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
Shahrzad, taken from the man she loves, lives amongst an old flame and enemies, but what keeps them apart is the curse that forces Khalid to kill his brides. However, there is a darker danger that lurks closer to them that will destroy all they hold dear.
Published on April 26, 2016, by G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers, The Rose & the Dagger by Renee Ahdieh is a young adult fantasy that retells 1001 Arabian Nights with the same heart. Continue reading “A Magical Carpet Ride | Review of ‘The Rose & the Dagger’ (The Wrath and the Dawn #2)”
By Cynthia Ayala
Hey there readers. Well this month wasn’t really a big surprise as for the winner seeing as it is part of a bestselling series. So may I present to you, courtesy of your votes, Octobers Book of the Month *drum roll* The Midnight Star! Check out what it’s all about below. Happy reading and stay tuned for next month’s poll coming up soon.
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By Cynthia Ayala
Adelina has fallen from grace. Her friends turned their backs on her leading her to revel in her ambition and revenge. Now known as the White Wolf, she had fled Kenettra with her sister and is on a journey to build her own army of allies, to go home and destroy the Inquisition. She is no hero, led only by fear and hatred, and now her powers are starting to take control of her. Those who betrayed her want to stop her but Adelina can’t be stopped, and her actions, driven by darkness, will bring the world to it’s knees.
The Rose Society by Marie Lu was published on October 13, 2015 by G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers and is the second book in the young adult fantasy series The Young Elites. Continue reading “A Dark & Enticing Tale | Review of ‘The Rose Society’ (The Young Elites, #2)”
By Cynthia Ayala ’17 / Emertainment Monthly Staff Writer
No one stays on the island once the sun leaves, but for Marin, Kana, and Line, they didn’t have a choice and they were forgotten […]
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By Cynthia Ayala
The sun doesn’t set for twenty-four years, and when it does, the darkness rises, bringing the nightmares and monsters of the night alongside it. No one stays on the island once the sun leaves, but for Marin, Kana and Line, they didn’t have a choice and they were forgotten. Now the trio need to not only survive the night, but make it off the island and swim south towards the desert lands. But it may be to late for them to save themselves…
Nightfall by Jake Halpern and Peter Kujawinski is a post-apocalyptic young adult thriller, published by G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers on September 22, 2015. It follows three young teenagers as they traverse their home island Bliss, seeing it in ways they never had before. Continue reading “‘Nightfall’s Thrilling Concept is Dulled by Uncharacteristic Writing | Review of ‘Nightfall””
By Cynthia Ayala
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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“The Wrath and the Dawn” ties together mystery, romance, and brilliant narration to reimagine the events of the classic tale, “A Thousand and One Nights.” […] Continue reading “Review: ‘The Wrath and the Dawn’ is a Well-Done Retelling of a Classic Tale – Emertainment Monthly”
By: Cynthia Ayala
Published May 12, 2015 The Wrath of the Dawn is a young adult fantasy retelling of love and adventure inspired by A Thousand and One Nights, this tale, written by Renee Ahdieh and published by G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers, showers readers with mystery and romance. The tale follows one young girls attempt to undo the wrongs that have been done, the many murders of innocent women by Khalid, the eighteen-year-old Caliph of Khorasan. However, as Shahrzad soon discovers, there is something more to these killings than meets the eye.
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By: Cynthia Ayala
Published on October 7, 2014 by G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Group, The Young Elites by Marie Lu, follows Adelina Amouteru is a survivor of the blood fever. But the fever touched her, altered her hair color, her appearance and giving her powers beyond reason. She is the main protagonist of the novel, but not the typical hero, with darker ambitions and inhibitions, overshadowing her kind heart.
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