Prequel to Cinder

Blurb:

Cinder, a gifted mechanic, is a cyborg.  She's a second-class citizen with a mysterious past, reviled by her stepmother and blamed for her stepsister's illness.  In Glitches, a short prequel story to Cinder, we see the results of that illness play out, and the emotional toll that takes on Cinder.  Something that may, or may not, be a glitch ...

Review:

This is a short and sweet prequel to Cinder that tells the tale of how she got to her step family.  It also features the first introduction to Peony, who has such a great soul and her reaction to the introduction of Cinder was wonderful.  We also meet Iko who is the first android that Cinder repairs using her amazing mechanical skills.

Unfortunately, though we only get a glimpse of the stepfather so we have no notion as to why he decided to adopt this lost soul.  Another down side (but in line with all other Cinderella stories) we are not told the reason for the stepmother’s instant dislike of Cinder … she just does.

Whilst you can read the main novels without reading any of the novellas they add so much more to the reader’s enjoyment of the main novels.

There are two ways to read this series.  

As the author wrote them (and how this reviewer read them; and the way this reader recommends you read them):

Cinder (Book #1)

Glitches

Scarlet (Book #2)

The Queen’s Army  (I read this before Scarlet)

The Little Android 

     Note: As this short story is not directly related to the events in the books, it doesn’t really matter when you read it.

Cress (Book #3)

Carswell’s  Guide to Being Lucky

Fairest (Book #0.5)

The Princess and the Guard (to be released summer 2015)

Winter (Book #4)

Or chronologically:

Fairest (Book #0.5)

The Queen’s Army

Glitches

The Princess and the Guard

Carswell’s Guide to Being Lucky

The Little Android

Cinder (Book #1)

Scarlet (Book #2)

Cress (Book #3)

Winter (Book #4)

I rated this book as 'I liked it' on Goodreads (3 stars)