But the story isn't over yet--! Wow, I don't know if I'd call that a cliffhanger or just plain cutting the story short. Either way, I must read the next book as soon as possible, so I guess it was a good strategy on the author's part. 
 This was recommended to me as a fun read, and it definitely was that. I originally added it to my to-read list because Marissa Meyer got her start writing Sailor Moon fan fic, and this story was heavily influenced by that. It's very much Cinderella as a cyborg, but also with a Moon Princess to shake things up and make them slightly less predictable. Squee! And somehow the story works pretty well. I'm really curious about this extreme xenophobia/genocide that seems to still be going on in the distant future, though. I need more info on that. And I want to know where Cinder ends up. So, even though the writing isn't glorious or anything, it's definitely an entertaining book.