A great read! A well written, original, and creative version of Cinderella. Marissa Meyer kept the story interesting and kept the plot moving at a great pace. The story never has a dull moment and the characters (especially Cinder) are awesome. 
 Cinder is a fairytale princess that's been transformed into a badass cyborg mechanic who lives in the futuristic society of New Beijing, China. 
 Cinderella as a badass cyborg mechanic 
 . Need I say more? Cinder is probably the coolest heroine I've come across in awhile. Because she's incapable of crying or blushing (or showing any emotions) I kind of picture her with a Lara Croft attitude and a Kim Possible style (but with a robotic hand and leg, obviously). 
 How cool is that? 
 I do have a few issues with the book though: 
 1. It is incredibly predictable. I saw every little twist and turn from a mile away (or at least 50 pages before it happened). 
 2. The relationship between Cinder and Prince Kai seems a bit forced, especially at the end (no spoilers!) 
 3. Also, Prince Kai is probably the most uninteresting character in the story. That's not to say he isn't likable... just boring compared to all the other characters. 
 4. The ending also left me feeling unsatisfied... but now I'm just being picky so I'm going to stop. 
 Despite all of these minor nuisances, the story has a very entertaining and captivating plot. I feel like this story would make a great comic book or manga... it's got every element of a good comic book (cyborgs, androids, Lunars (aka beautiful beings from the moon), handsome prince, romance, suspense...). Really hoping someone would buy the rights to make a graphic novel out of this. It has real potential of being the most epic sci-fi/fairytale graphic novel ever! 
 Can't wait to read the second book!