By Cynthia Ayala
Hey there avid readers! I hope that everyone is having a wonderful week. School is inching towards the finish line and I’m so close I can taste the diploma. I just need to pass the classes and then I am all set to go. Man, it’s been wild. Anyway, mostly done with projects so I’ve got some time to breathe and read. Check out my reading list below.
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By Cynthia Ayala
A virus spread, taking the world by surprise. Many died, but those that didn’t either became insane, driven to madness, or became something more. For Dani and Zoe surviving doesn’t just mean living, it means finding each other and returning home. But the dangers out there are closer than they thought and finding each other might be impossible.
Published February 21, 2013, L2 Books After the Ending by Lindsey Pogue & Lindsey Fairleigh is a young adult post-apocalyptic sci-fi novel following friends separated by miles trying to find their way home through all the dangers around them.
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By Cynthia Ayala
Despite the disaster that turned into Reed’s birthday party, she is adamant on rebuilding Billings, refusing to let her legacy become a pile of rubble. But someone is lurking in the shadows of Billings, adamant on ending her and Billings once and for all.
Published August 30, 2011, by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, Vengeance is the final novel In Kate Brian‘s bestselling young adult Private series.
Looks like Brian ditched that witch coven things very quick. There for a book then gone. Was it a gimmick? Probably, but it did give the reader a little more insight into the world of Billings and the history of it too. Although the ending here, it felt a little bit like a let-down.
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By Cynthia Ayala
Cedric, the crowned prince of Caelum, has found himself in LA, a very long way from home via a magical portal. Bu the portal is locked on Earth and Liv, an aspiring filmmaker and foster girl who wants nothing more than to escape the endless system, may be his only help. But the pair of them are getting more than they bargained for.
Published June 7, 2016, by Harper Collins, The Marked Girl by Lindsey Klingele, is a young adult fantasy novel that brings magic into an otherwise plain world.
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By Cynthia Ayala
Hey there avid readers! I hope that everyone is having a wonderful week. School is inching towards the finish line and I’m so close I can taste the diploma. I just need to pass the classes and then I am all set to go. Man, it’s been wild. Anyway, mostly done with projects so I’ve got some time to breathe and read. Check out my reading list below.
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By Cynthia Ayala
Hey there voters, readers, and writers! Another month means it’s time for another Book of the Month Poll where you vote for your favorite upcoming book, author, or cover (because let’s face it, the cover really is a strong selling point). So check out this month’s list of titles and vote for your favorite. If there is a novel you think should be on the list leave a vote for that novel in the comments section. Remember, you can vote here on Pollcaster and the winner will get a featured book review here on my website. Happy voting!
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By Cynthia Ayala
It was a close one this month, but as always, only one book can prevail at being the Book of the Month. This month’s winner is Crystal Storm by Morgan Rhodes, the fifth novel in her best-selling Falling Kingdoms series. Check out the details on the series right here and stay tuned for January’s Book of the Month Poll.
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By Cynthia Ayala
Allyson fights acne, not trolls. She plays music and tries to keep her head down as she moves from school to school, dragged around the country by her mother who won’t tell them what they are running from or who’s after them. But when an encounter with trolls, real life, not-in-her-head trolls, Allyson discovers that she’s half-dragon. When a boy from her school goes missing and turns out to be a unicorn, the tables turn and the magical community begins to blame her friend Beth who just happens to be half-troll. Now on the run, the girls hunt down the real monsters to save themselves and those they care about.
Published November 23, 2015, by Curiosity Quills Press, Acne, Asthma, and Other Signs You Might Be Half Dragon by Rena Rocford is a young adult fantasy about what it’s like to discover a hidden part of yourself that turns out to be magical.
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