Entertaining sci-fi take on Cinderella, with the added bonus of cyborgs, mind control, and moon people. There's been a really interesting world built up here, though I'm left with questions as to just why society in general is so determined to believe that cyborgs aren't human. Lose a hand in an accident, get a robotic one attached and suddenly you're a lesser being? I'm not entirely convinced, and I'd be interested in seeing the history behind it, but for the moment I'm happy to take it as read that this world exists. Basically because it's enjoyable - Cinder is an inventive take on a classic, and I like the characters I'm supposed to like, which is comforting.

The plot, however - I don't feel as if I can really say that it's obvious, as a Cinderella retelling is pretty much covering familiar ground by definition, but the twist to Cinder's true identity is blatantly clear from page 44 on. It's also, I have to say, a bit frustrating that so much of this book is based around the Idiot Plot trope, in which people don't talk to each other about obvious things and complications then ensue. I mean, I'm grasping that Cinder has a low social status, but I desperately wanted her to stop whining about her foot and start worrying more about her mouth, by which I mean opening it so that words can come out. The doctor is just as bad, but drama apparently overcomes common sense. (It's such an irritating trope.) Still, readable fun.