Age: Middle School-High School
Fairytale: Cinderella, fractured

I just loved the romance between Cinder and Kai and their personalities meshing was very believable. Cinder's character by herself was very well written and I loved her strengths (selflessness for her sister, valiant, playful with Kai, smart, interesting backstory) and her weaknesses (self-conscious). It was neat to see that her submissiveness to her step mother was a concern of self-preservation since Cinder was owned by the mother and could easily be sent away to prison or to death. I just wish there was more discussion of cyborgs and why they are considered second-class citizens since they are humans just with synthetic parts.

Amidst all of these enjoyable moments, I was really really annoyed about how predictable it was.

Spoiler

From around page 75 I knew that Cinder was the lunar princess and Meyer just kept dragging it on like it was a big suspenseful mystery. If it's that obvious (especially since it's based on a princess fairytale) then reveal it at the beginning. Was there nothing else that could have been the clencher for the end?