WARNING. WARNING. WARNING. ALERT. RED ALERT. WARNING. 
 Brain malfunctioning. Fast breathing. Gasping. Pulse unnaturally fast. Take a deep breath, Soumya. take a deep breath. Okay. 1, 2, 3. Okay. Calm. Deep breath. 
 This book. This book. THIS BOOK. 
 (Minus one star for the predictability in the plot.) 
 Words are not enough to describe my feelings. I loved loved loved this book. It was all excellent. Totally worth the plot, totally worth the excitement, totally worth the suspense over the synopsis. Awesome. 
 The plot is smooth and fast, the characters are smooth and wonderful. The narration is wonderful, good enough to make you picture everything in your mind's eye. The idea is original except for the Cinder part, *cough, Cinderella, cough* but who cares if the family and bit of the plot structure is from a classic story tale anyway? 
 What matters is the originality of the rest of the plot, the skill in weaving it, thread by thread, and the way it twisted and turned like a roller coaster (yeah, like a roller coaster, you see them coming at the last moment--they were not enough to take my breath away, but they were good, mind you, I saw them only at the last two moments.). 
 They were good, the twists, the turns, even if they were a bit predictable... it was all excellent, especially the twist in the end, though I saw it coming :P. Yeah, I figured from the last two hundred pages or so that (view spoiler)[ Cinder was actually the Lunar princess (what was her name, now?) (hide spoiler)] and only this little bit of predictability spoiled the end. But it was excellent and it really is a miracle I'm not jumbling names up! Really, really loved Prince Kai and was heartbroken over the first step sister's (view spoiler)[ death (hide spoiler)] . 
 Gah, it seems I am forgetting names after all, but never mind. 
 Loved this book. A must read for everyone. The characters were nice and original as well and I really loved them. Really looking forward to book 2!!! 
 Oh, and a smattering of applause to Merissa Meyer.