The Lunar Chronicles are books that take characters we already love and put them in a dystopian world. In this version of Earth, there are humans (and lots of cyborgs and androids!) living here on Earth and "Lunars" living on the moon. Lunars mhave powers to make themselves appear however they'd like and can basically mind control, so they've been banned to Luna. There, of course, are other intricacies but this is the basic idea within this world.
Now, let's talk about the characters. If the idea of people living on the moon that can also mind control doesn't hook you, these people will. Of course, you have Cinder(ella) and Prince (...Kai who is charming!) but here's the thing: Cinder is a cyborg. Yep! Prince Kai is just a normal person but then we have Cinder's best friend, who is an android who has the hots for all males within the story. She's adorable, I promise.
The story is that Cinder falls for Prince Kai, who visits her to get his android repaired (yep, she's a mechanic!). While that's happening, the plague is spreading and Cinder ends up twisted all up within that and tensions between the Queen of Luna and Earth. The Queen can be easily compared to the Wicked Stepmother and we later meet characters based off of Little Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel and Snow White. If you've seen Doctor Who or Torchwood, we also get a character who reminded me an awful lot of Captain Jack Harkness. He's hilarious. :)
I highly recommend this series. I picked up the first book after my best friend raved about it and ended up reading the first half of the series in just a few days. If you do pick it up, I recommend reading the books in the following order, as there are extra novellas (Fairest and Stars Above) that will enhance the story if you do.
Cinder --> Scarlet --> Cress --> Fairest --> Winter --> Stars Above
If you have read it or end up reading it, please let me know your thoughts!
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