Cinder / Marissa Meyer / 390 pages

In this Cinderella story, Cinder is a cyborg - half human and half machine.  She works in a machine shop and is reputed to be the best mechanic in New Beijing.  She, of course, has 2 stepsisters and a stepmother.  Prince Kai brings his android into Cinder's shop for repair and, again, of course, Cinder longs to attend his ball.  The prince has recently lost his mother to letumosis, the Blue Fever.  A worldwide pandemic has killed hundreds of thousands.  The cause and cure are unknown.  When Kai's father, the emperor, succumbs to letumosis, Kai is visited by Levana, Queen of Lunar.  Possessing glamours allowing her to control Earthens thoughts and feelings, she has designs on Kai's kingdom and earth itself.  The plot is further complicated by Cinder's discovery that she, too, is Lunar...  This story is unresolved when the book ends...waiting for book two.