I don't really get the hype. It was a nice read, but nothing amazing. Credit for a really weird idea, aka mixing Cinderella with the rest of the story line. And I'm not even sure if I like that part. 
 Other than that, on the plus side, there were some halfway funny lines by Cinder. The down part: so horribly predictable. 
 I'm sure if Meyer had put the whole story of the series into one book, she could have made a good, entertaining, dense book. This way, it dragged already in Book 1. Not too keen on going on with that.