Cinder by Marissa Meyer. Audiobook read by Rebecca Soler. 8 Disks.

 
 A young 16 year old girl named Cinder is the best mechanic in the city of New Beijing. She is an outcast because she is a cyborg due to an horrific accident in her childhood. Because of her reputation, the Prince comes to see if Cinder can fix the royal android. Her stepmother interferes and when Cinder's younger sister is infected with the plague which is decimating most of Earth's population, Cinder is sent to the plague testing facility as punishment. What is found there may change the world as everyone knows it.
  As the story unfolds there are glimpses of the conventional Grimms' fairy tale. Cinder is a wonderful heroine. Facing some of the toughest obstacles of growing up, being different and 'adults' just don't understand anything, Cinder comes through with shining colors. There are hilarious one-liners, a burgeoning romance with the Royal Prince, lots of skillful world building (Did you know there are people living on the moon?) and a good mystery about what exactly did happen to the Lunar princess all those years ago.
   I cannot wait to listen to the sequel. What will happen with Cinder and the Prince?  Is Cinder the answer to the plague as the doctors think? And where is the princess? This is a great book for people looking for a not so grim dystopian world. Enjoyable for adults young and old.
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