Wires and Nerve, Volume 1 by Marissa Meyer

Wires and Nerve, Volume 1 by Marissa Meyer -- 240 pages

Note: if you haven't  read the first books in the series, this review will spoil everything.

Once upon a time, there was a cyborg mechanic who found out she was the lost lunar princess. And there was an emperor who fell in love with her, but didn't know she was a cyborg or a princess, until he finally found out. And there was a charming captain and a socially awkward hacker. There was a fiery redhead who drove spaceships and fired pistols, sometimes at the hybrid wolf soldier, who was actually a good guy. There was a princess who was renown for her beauty as well as for going crazy, but she had her loyal guard to protect her.

But there was also an android. And android with a strange personality. She started off small, but finally got her own humanoid body, and she was one of the nine who saved Earth and Luna. But only a few acknowledge that it wasn't just programming. She's not a regular android. But neither is she human. She's something in the middle.

Cinder by Marissa Meyer

Cinder by Marissa Meyer - 390 pages

There's a prince, there's a ball, two steps sisters and a step mom, but all resemblance to the fairytale "Cinderella" stops there. Cinder is a cyborg, and a gifted mechanic because of it. But her world changes when Prince Kai himself steps into her booth to bring an android. It seems very important to him, even though the android is out of date, an old model. Even though she used to laugh at girls who tripped over Prince Kai, she finds herself liking him, all the while desperate to make sure he doesn't find out what she is.

But more than that will happen to Cinder. The plague is killing thousands of people, and via a cyborg draft, cyborgs are being tested in order to find an antibody. None of them survive.

This was my third time listening to Cinder, and I still love it.
This is book 1 of the Lunar Chronicles.