Cinder: Book One in the Lunar Chronicles

Blurb

A New York Times bestseller Book One in the Lunar Chronicles and a reboot of the Cinderella story 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 Marissa Meyer on Cinder writing and leading men Which of your characters is most like you I wish I could say that I m clever and mechanically minded like Cinder but no I can t fix anything I m much more like Cress who makes a brief cameo in Cinder and then takes a more starring role in the third book She s a romantic and a daydreamer and maybe a little on the nave side things that could be said about me too although she does find courage when it s needed most I think we d all like to believe we d have that same inner strength if we ever needed it Where do you write I have a home office that I ve decorated with vintage fairy tale treasures that I ve collected my favorite is a Cinderella cookie jar from the forties and NaNoWriMo posters but sometimes writing there starts to feel too much like work On those days I ll write in bed or take my laptop out for coffee or lunch If you were stranded on a desert island which character from Cinder would you want with you Cinder definitely She has an internet connection in her brain complete with the ability to send and receive comms which are similar to e mails We d just have enough time to enjoy some fresh coconut before we were re