Lihn Cinder is a cyborg. She lives in New Beijing under the same roff of her stepmother Adri and stepsister Pearl and Peony. Ah, let's not forget Iko, a cute android. Cinder's life is not easy. In her society cyborgs are seen as less human and so are less respected. Her stepmother hates her and trying to ruin her life is basically one of the only purpose of the woman. 
 Cinder cannot wait to escape but the path in front of her is still long. And so prince Kai shows up at her mechanic shop... 
 I was kinda puzzled about the sudden apparence of the future king. In this novel I was expecting everything but that... it looked strange. 
 Anyway, Meyer's writing style was one of the first that I read while I was approching to English language, and it was really useful for me. It gave the strenght to reach and read more English written books. Also, it was amazing how fast I'd read this novel that I asl enjoyed a lot. So, this is extremly important for me. 
 Other things didn't convinced me at all. 
 First: the story basically revolves around Cinder. Yes, I get that the book is called after her, but I couldn't stop to feel that Kai, Cinder's family, Queen Levana. and so were all nothing more than a details in Cinder's story - something useful so the story could go on. 
 Talking about the protagonist, I liked Cinder. Some part of her made me nut, like how she surrended so easier to her stepmother horribile acts and words. If I was Cinder - let's just say that I would have burn her. And since Cinder didn't have so many prospect in life a good "burn the family and run away" soundend good to me. 
 But Cinder is a kind girl, so no evil plan was put in motion. 
 I get less and less why people are so crazy with Kai, or why all the girls in the book are crazy over him. He's royalty. Okay, and so? Has he other characteristic? Kai is gentle and I would say that it's his main feature. 
 And here I come like the black sheep I'm, the bad reader who wants to crusch other bookworms' ships... but why Cinder and Kai are romantic? They met few times over the whole book, talking little and not about so many importanti things. 
 The romance didn't bother mebut I also didn't get it. They're cute but they're also like other billions of couple. 
 I was a little bugged by the worldbuilding. I have so many questions that still aren't answered at the end of the whole series. But in order: 
 - why cyborgs are hated? 
 - why Kai doens't have real issue with the fact that cyborgs are used for experiment? 
 - why Kai gave Cinder such and easy access to vital and secret informations? 
 - why Kai, future Emperor, is free to goes around th city withput guards? A hood is not going to make unrecognizable. 
 Has you can see: MANY QUESTIONS. 
 Anyway, as I alrwady wrote, Cinder was a light and cute read, and also a good approach as one of my first ya english reading experience.