Waiting on Wednesday: Cinder by Marissa Meyer

Welcome back to another installment of Waiting on Wednesday,  hosted by Breaking the Spine. This book used to have a different cover, with a high heeled shoe but it seems to have changed. Not sure why.. I liked the old one better, but this still sounds like a fun book! Cinderella as a cyborg. YES.

Title: Cinder
Author: Marissa Meyer 
Publisher: Feiwel & Friends
Publication Date: January 3rd, 2012

From Goodreads:

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.

In this thrilling debut young adult novel, the first of a quartet, Marissa Meyer introduces readers to an unforgettable heroine and a masterfully crafted new world that’s enthralling.