If watching Cinder uncover her Lunar heritage and cyborg identity—through Dr. Erland’s tests, Nainsi’s recovered data, and that jaw-dropping reveal at the ball—hooked you, you’ll love following Jenna as she slowly realizes the truth about her body and memories. Like Cinder, Jenna’s journey blends intimate mystery with big ethical questions, and each revelation recontextualizes everything you thought you knew.

If you were riveted by Prince Kai navigating Queen Levana’s threats, the political maneuvering around the letumosis crisis, and the peril of court alliances, Red Queen delivers that same knife’s-edge tension. Mare’s sudden rise into a hostile palace mirrors Cinder’s ball-night stakes, with betrayals and public spectacles that echo Levana’s manipulations—only here, the crown plays for keeps.

If the slow-burn spark between Cinder and Prince Kai—those workshops, the marketplace banter, and the will-they-won’t-they before the ball—made you swoon, The Selection centers that dynamic. America Singer’s complicated feelings for Prince Maxon unfold amid televised pageantry and class pressure, delivering the tension and sweetness you craved from Kai and Cinder’s forbidden connection.

If Cinder’s life as a stigmatized cyborg—barred from basic rights, pressed into plague testing, and dismissed at court—fired you up, Uglies hits that same nerve. Tally discovers how a supposedly perfect system weaponizes appearance and class, much like New Beijing’s prejudice against cyborgs and Earthens’ fear of Lunars, and her choices carry the same rebellion-against-the-machine urgency.

If you loved Cinder’s mechanic savvy—fixing Nainsi, outwitting outdated parts, and hacking through secrets—Warcross puts a hacker heroine center stage. Emika Chen’s talent catapults her from scrappy gigs to a neon-bright arena where corporate power and coded illusions hide real threats, echoing the way Cinder’s technical skills expose the truth behind Queen Levana’s glamour and the plague cover-ups.