I really enjoyed this cyborg meets cinderella story. Cinder is a likeable "altered" cyborg-girl who lives with a suitably despicable step-family. By day she works as a mechanic in a futuristic asian-inspired empire that has risen from the ashes of WW4 - think ID chips, hovers, servant androids etc with a splash of japanese and chinese names. Cinder falls (of course) for the also likeable Prince Kai as the future of the empire hangs in the balance and questions from Cinder's past are revealed. 
 The cyborg, futuristic retelling of a classic fairytale is a bold and brave approach to what could have been yet another YA dystopian type novel. Cinder is strong, sassy and brave. Kai is not your average arrogant prince looking for a beautiful princess. There is lots to like in their interactions (no instalove btw), and in some of the background plot elements (political intrigue, a race to find a cure for a plague that is ravishing the empire, Cinder's interactions with her family and with her cute android friend Iko). 
 My only gripe is that the world building is not as strong as it could have been. I was left not really understanding why the Lunar Empire was historically at war with the Earthens (and how did they come to live on the moon - are they altered humans? aliens? something else?). I would have liked a bit more information in that area, likewise the asian elements weren't strong enough to feel believable. If you take away the names, there wasn't a lot of asian influence left and it may as well have been set in the US. 
 Other than that though, this was a fun read. I listened to the audio which had a good narrator.