Ivy's Book of the Month- October

I totally forgot about BotM. But anyways, I'm back and ready with a new book.

 Cinder the first book in Marissa Meyer's "The Lunar Chronicles" series. 

Summary: Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the population. From space, a ruthless lunar people watch, waiting to make their move. No one knows that Earth’s fate hinges on one girl. . . . 

Cinder, a gifted mechanic, is a cyborg. She’s a second-class citizen with a mysterious past, reviled by her stepmother and blamed for her stepsister’s illness. But when her life becomes intertwined with the handsome Prince Kai’s, she suddenly finds herself at the center of an intergalactic struggle, and a forbidden attraction. Caught between duty and freedom, loyalty and betrayal, she must uncover secrets about her past in order to protect her world’s future. 

The number of pages in this book are 387 for the hardcover. There is also a paperback version of the book. 

At the beginning of the book, it has already been announced that there will be three more books following this one: Scarlet, Cress, and Winter. The order is consecutive with a one-year spacing. Scarlet has already been released. 

Cinder is based upon Cinderella, as the cover shows the shoe is made of red glass. Lihn Cinder is a mechanic with her handy cyborg skills. She has a stepmother.

But before I get too in depth with the stepmother thing, she is a cyborg. They are humans who have gone through surgery to have more robotic like parts (which can also be seen on the cover). With an accident at the age of eleven, she is turned into a cyborg. 

Like humans they grow and all, but totally not the point. When her not-yet stepmother, Adri's husband goes to Europe, he adopts Cinder who was already an orphan due to the accident in which the surgery took place afterwards.

Adri has never liked Cinder and she has two daughters, the younger in which Cinder is a friend of. 

But enough about the family. Because she is a mechanic, Prince Kai goes to her to request that she fix up one of his androids -we are talking about robots, not phones- which in the futuristic world, people use. Yes, he is the "Prince Charming" of this story.

I should also mention that a plague has been going on. The lady that owns a bakery across from her mechanic shop has caught the plague and her sister does to. And she gets sent to laboratory testings to help scientists find antidotes for the plague. 

So after that much, what did you think of the book. So far, I'm doing good progress with the book. 

It might be a bit confusing in the beginning taking place in a futuristic "New Beijing" and having Meyer set up the scene, but it's quite alright after that.

When I brought the book in to school today, one of my classmates told me it was going to be a great read and so far, it really is. 

Give the book a try. It isn't a horror book as I once, thought it would be. The factors of a fairytale were sewn into the spine of this book, because it has the perfect elements for the person that has loved Disney movies with a darker twist. Even if you aren't one for those tales, you'll enjoy it because of the dystopian lifestyle of the characters shown throughout the book.

Signed,

Ivy