Loved it!! Thank you Brooklyn for recommending that I move it to the top of my summer reading stack. This futuristic Cinderella story has it all, cyborgs, a plague, evil step-mother, handsome prince -- and yet it still had an unpredictable cast and plot. (just because you know the old story of Cinderella, doesn't mean you know this version.)
Here's the summary:
Sixteen-year-old Cinder in considered a technological mistake by most of society and a burden by her step mother. Being cyborg does have its benefits, though: Cinder's brain interface has given her an uncanny ability to fix things (robots, hovers, her own malfunctioning parts), making her the best mechanic in New Beijing. This reputation brings Prince Kai himself to her weekly market booth, needing her to repair a broken android before the annual ball. He jokingly calls it "a matter of national security," but Cinder suspects it's more serious than he's letting on.
Although eager to impress the prince, Cinder's intentions are derailed when her younger stepsister , and only human friend, is infected with the fatal plague that's been devastating Earth for a decade. Blaming Cinder for her daughter's illness, Cinder's stepmother volunteers her body for palgue research, an "honor" that no one has survived.
But it doesn't take long for the scientists to discover something unusual about their new guinea pig. Something others would kill for.
And there's a book trailer:
