Cinder -- the Lunar Chronicles When and where does the story take place?

The story takes place in 125 in New Beijing. It is the future after a disastrous World War IV.

List two main characters and tell something about each one

Linh Cinder: The protagonist is 16-year-old Linh Cinder, a cyborg mechanic, who is loosely associated with the fairy tale Cinderella although there are major differences between the traditional Cinderella and Linh Cinder. Linh Cinder is the only real heir to the lunar throne because her mother was Queen Channary (now deceased) and she is the niece of Queen Levana. Linh Cinder was born with the name Selene Channary Jannali Blackburn but sadly did not know who her father was and her memory was weak because of an accident she was involved in. In that accident both of Linh Cinder's parents perished and she lost a hand and one leg. Her legal guardian after her parents' passing was Adri, who abused her. Linh Cinder is stubborn, doesn't dress well, is often dirty; she is thin, wears a ponytail; her left hand and left leg are metal and she has 4 metal ribs. Notably, she is a very skilled mechanic.

Prince Kaito...

Similar to the Cinderella fairy tale, Kai is supposed to marry someone he doesn't want to marry, but in time (after meeting her several times) he develops romantic feelings for Linh Cinder. Unlike Linh Cinder, the prince is of Asian extraction, and earthling. His hair is black, shaggy and straight, and although he likes more casual clothes (he meets Linh Cinder wearing a hoodie), he is the prince and is expected to wear formal clothes like suites and dress shirts. On page 6 of Meyer's book the prince is described with "…startled copper brown eyes and black hair that hung past his ears and lips that every girl in the country had admired a thousand times" (Meyer, 6). Cinder doesn't want the prince to find out she's a cyborg, which creates drama and conflict in the novel.
What is the main conflict of the book? There are several concurrent conflicts in the novel -- which keeps readers glued to the story. One of the main conflicts in the book is the terrible plague that is killing many people. Somehow Cinder is blamed for her sister contracting the plague. Meanwhile millions of people have been…