This is a book that will be released in a few weeks. It’s called Cinder. I just got an advanced copy of it and can’t wait to read it (makes me really excited, haha). Tell me what you think. Do you think it’ll be something you’d want to read when it publishes in Jan? Or no? The publisher is spending 100k on marketing, so they think it’ll sell well. It’s the first in a four part series and it’s by a new author.
Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the population. From space, a ruthless lunar people watch, waiting to make their move. No one knows that Earth’s fate hinges on one girl. . . .
Cinder, a gifted mechanic, is a cyborg. She’s a second-class citizen with a mysterious past, reviled by her stepmother and blamed for her stepsister’s illness. But when her life becomes intertwined with the handsome Prince Kai’s, she suddenly finds herself at the center of an intergalactic struggle, and a forbidden attraction. Caught between duty and freedom, loyalty and betrayal, she must uncover secrets about her past in order to protect her world’s future.
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Does This Book Sound Any Good To You? Do You Want To Read It?
Posted on December 18, 2011.
“Earth’s fate hinges on one girl. . . .”
“mysterious past”
“life becomes intertwined with the handsome Prince”
“forbidden attraction”
Each of those phrases alone would make me unsure of a book. Having all four of them together completely turns me off and screams “cliche”.
No, and no. Not interested in androids/cyborgs or that particular brand of Sci-Fi. Beijing is a huge city and I am getting from what you wrote that there’s going to be action, she’s going to be all sad and misunderstood, then she’s going to save the world and live happily every after with the prince.
It’s a sci-fi feminist twist on a fairy tale, Cinderella. Not particularly original, but then again what is anymore?
Nope! BORING
I’ll give it a go.
I enjoy retellings of fairy-tales : ) also, I’d like to think that even if the story had been done a hundred and one times, I wouldn’t care: if the characters are enjoyable, then I’ll read. To me, it’s the character who’s important, not the story they’re in.
Sorry, but no. My reason is the same as Lily’s. But good luck with it!