re read review 
 Full review can also be found on: Paein and Ms4Tune's Book Blog 
 This was a re-read. The last time I read this, I went straight on to the next one and ended doing a series review. Which means this will not be a first impressions review which actually makes me a little sad. I've not got the excitement I had for Cinder the first time around, in fact I may resent it just a little, because it and it's friends are between Winter and I - the book that currently holds all my excitement. But because my memory is more useless than a chocolate teapot I need to re-read them to know where I am, so here we are. 
 Though it didn't hold all my excitement I and I was trying to read it with some sort of restraint, I still enjoyed it - I found future characters hidden all over in there - and the ending was just perfect. It was setting up for the next book, but I settled down, turned the page and found no more! 
 I still find this world terribly clever, a futuristic fairytale where the princess tries to save the prince. Oh, and by the way she's a cyborg! Don't let that put you off, I nearly did the first time I read this and boy am I glad I didn't. I really thought that would prevent me from connecting with the character and I really have no idea why. Her story continues through the rest of this series, it's not finished here, all wrapped up in a bow with a happy ending, but I do wonder if there will be another confrontation with her step-family like in some of the retellings, this would be a facinating interaction, from the middle of her HEA...of course she's got to actually get there first. 
 If you love fairytale retellings and you have a thing for sci-fi then this is the book for you. I'd forgotten a lot of the storyline but I remembered as I read through and the problem is I've remembered more than was just in this book so I'm trying hard to not give any foreshadowing away while still doing justice to this book! 
 Hope I succeeded... 
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 Full review can also be found on: Paein and Ms4Tune's Book Blog 
 I have no idea why it took me so long to read this book. Honestly, this book kept me up. As in, still reading at 4am when I have to be up at 8, kept me up. I then finished it when I woke up and rushed through my morning afterwards. The only reason I actually put it down in the first place was because I was driving long distance the next day. Never read and drive people!! 
 I may have mentioned this, but I love retellings of fairy tales...Especially unique ones. Cinder is only loosely based on Cinderella, for at the end of the book, she does not have her prince and her kingdom (to quote an old song I don't quite remember), she has a far greater role waiting for her, if only she's willing to reach out her hand and take it.