Both Vivid and Bland | Review of ‘Blood and Salt’ (Blood and Salt, #1)

By Cynthia Ayala

“Blood and Salt” by Kim Liggett
G. P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers

Ash Larkin has been haunted by the past. A past that was never her own, a past from a time so long ago. Images of a dead girl have haunted her since she was a child. But when a ghost from the past comes for her and her mother goes missing, Ash and her twin brother must venture to Kansas to find the cult her mother once as part of in order to seal everyone’s fate and save her mother. But something darker, older, has different plans for her….

Published on September 22, 2015 by G. P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers, Blood and Salt by Kim Liggett is a young adult horror and romance novel written in a very creative way to incorporate suspense and romance into one 352-page book without weighing the book down in a convoluted mess.
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Entertainment & News

Weekly Reading List #20

Hey there reading addicts! If you’re like me you probably have a reading list longer than your arm and just can’t decide what to read next. Check out my weekly reading list to see what I’ve got going on and see if anything here tickles your fancy. Continue reading Weekly Reading List #20

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‘Black Mass’ Delivers Spectacular Performances and a Great Story | Review of ‘Black Mass’

Black Mass starring Johnny Depp Warner Bros.

By Cynthia Ayala

The true story of Whitey Bulger, the brother of a state senator and the most infamous violent criminal in the history of South Boston, who became a FBI informant to take down a Mafia family invading his turf.

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Based on a book of the same title, Black Mass stars Johnny Depp as notorious crime lord James “Whitey” Bulger and his rise to power while he leads the FBI to fight his battles for him making him the king of South Boston.
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Book Reviews, Entertainment & News, Publications

A Mature & Stand Out Novel | Review of ‘The Fiery Heart’ (Bloodlines, #4) – Emertainment Montly

Sydney Sage has admitted what is in her heart: that she is in love with vampire Adrian Ivashkov. But as an Alchemist, she is supposed to loathe them, fear them and protect the human world from them and their vampire secrets. Continue reading A Mature & Stand Out Novel | Review of ‘The Fiery Heart’ (Bloodlines, #4) – Emertainment Montly

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Book Reviews

Spunky, but no bite | Dangerous Creatures (Dangerous Creatures, #1)

By Cynthia Ayala

Dangerous Creatures by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Ridley Duchannes is a bad girl. She lets the world know in her skimpy clothes and high heels. She’s a Dark Castor, a Siren. You can never trust her, and you shouldn’t. But lucky for her, her on-again-off-again boyfriend Wesley “Link” Lincoln doesn’t know any better. Ridley’s past, her mistakes, have gotten her into a world of trouble and for her, Link is her key out. But something more sinister is after the pair of them, something that may cost them everything.

Dangerous Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl is the first published novel of their new series, a spin-off of Beautiful Creatures. Published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers on May 20, 2014, the novel follows fan favorite bad girl Ridley as she gets into a whole new world of trouble with her quarter Incubus boyfriend, fellow fan favorite, Link.
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Entertainment & News

Goodreads Giveaway for ‘Thought Seeker’ (Eclipsting Trilogy, #2)

Enter for a chance to win 1 of 5 autographed copies of Thought Seeker, the second installment of the Eclipsing Trilogy by Nia Dragin. Continue reading Goodreads Giveaway for ‘Thought Seeker’ (Eclipsting Trilogy, #2)

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Weekly Reading List #19

By Cynthia Ayala

Hey there avid readers! Okay, so here’s the deal. I will be having 2 separate reading lists (if you haven’t already noticed) one featuring school reads and one reading my out of school reads. The whole reason is because there is just way to much to put it in one article and this way it will give all of us a way to differentiate the pair of them. So here we go, a start of a whole new school year with me trying to stay sane by being me and not letting myself drown in school work.

And, as always, all synopsis are courtesy of Goodreads.
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A Book Only Fans Could Love | Review of ‘Dangerous Dream’ (Dangerous Creatures, #0.5) – Emertainment Monthly

By Cynthia Ayala ’17 / Emertainment Monthly Staff Writer

Dangerous Dream is the new novella from the Dangerous Creatures series by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl. Published on December 17, 2013 by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, this young adult fantasy novel follows the Dark Caster Ridley as she finds herself in a bit of trouble of her own making[…] Continue reading “A Book Only Fans Could Love | Review of ‘Dangerous Dream’ (Dangerous Creatures, #0.5) – Emertainment Monthly”