By Cynthia Ayala
Hello there readers! So here is the latest book of the month poll. If you want your book to win, remember to vote. And remember all winning books will get a featured book review. Happy reading folks!
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By Cynthia Ayala
“Special Circumstances” was supposed to be just a myth, something to keep Pretties and Uglies in check, a scary story. But for Tally, they were very real, and now, they have made her and most of her friends Specials. Dangerous and apathetic, the team of Specials have been given one mission: destroy New Smoke and their allies. Still, nothing has ever been easy for Tally whose heart continues to fight what she has become. Now she has a choice, be a hero to the so called villains or destroy them.
Specials is the third book in the Uglies series by Scott Westerfeld. The series, a young adult dystopic/fantasy, was published by Simon Pulse on May 9, 2008, follows Tally Youngblood as she discovers who she is in a world that divides people by their looks.
Continue reading “A Hard Hitting Conclusion | Review of ‘Specials’ (Uglies, #3)”
By: Cynthia Ayala
Pretties is the second novel in the Uglies series written by Scott Westerfled. Published on November 1 in 2005 by Simon Pulse, the novel carries on the theme set in the first novel about the cost of unity and perfection. A well-written novel that fails as a sequel…but not by much.
Continue reading “Prettier than Ugly? Not Quite | Cyn’s Book Review of Pretties (Uglies, #2)”
By: Cynthia Ayala ’16 / Emertainment Monthly Staff Writer Pretties is the second novel in the Uglies series, it carries on the theme set in the first novel about the cost of unity and perfection. It is a well-written novel that fails as a sequel, but not by much. Full review here: Prettier than Ugly? Not Quite: A Review of “Pretties” | Emertainment Monthly Continue reading Prettier than Ugly? Not Quite: A Review of “Pretties” | Emertainment Monthly
By: Cynthia Ayala Author: Scott Westerfield Publisher: Simon Pulse Published: February 8, 2005 Series: Uglies Genre: Young Adult, Science Fiction, Dystopia Tally is about to turn sixteen, and she can’t wait. Not for her license – for turning pretty. In Tally’s world, your sixteenth birthday brings an operation that turns you from a repellent ugly into a stunningly attractive pretty and catapults you into a … Continue reading Twilight Zone meets 1984 | Cyn’s Book Review of Uglies (Uglies, #1)
