Today I’m reviewing The Verdant Cage—an atmospheric story where lush beauty hides something far more dangerous. Blending mystery, survival, dangerous power struggles, and compelling character dynamics, this one explores control, identity, and what happens when the place meant to protect you becomes your prison. 🌿🖤 Continue reading The Verdant Cage Podcast Review 🌿 | Nature, Power, Control & Survival
The Verdant Cage by Jess Lourey was such a pleasant surprise! Atmospheric, mysterious, and packed with tension, this YA dystopian thriller pulled me into Noah’s Valley and its increasingly sinister secrets. With compelling characters, dangerous discoveries, and an ending that left me very happy there’s a sequel coming, this one was far more captivating than I expected. 🌿🖤 Continue reading The Verdant Cage Review 🌿 | Dark Dystopian Fantasy, Mystery & Deadly Secrets
By Cynthia Ayala
The United States is debt free, but only because it was bought out by Valor National Bank that plays by new rules. Bottom line, read the fine print. Debt collectors are now assassins that give them three options: pay, die, or become one of them. Patse was given those choices when they came for her mother. Now she has a hit list, a van, and a job. Protect her mother at by getting blood on her hands.
Hit by Delilah S. Dawson was published on April 14, 2015 by Simon Pulse. A young adult thriller that paints a dystopic future for America that seems closer to reality than it is fiction.
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By Cynthia Ayala
Hey there avid readers! I hope that everyone is having a splendid week. For me, it was Spring Break so I relaxed, went to work obviously and had some homework, a few short stories to think about my paper that is going to be due in a while, and the final version of my short story, which needs to be done by Thursday.
Anyway, it was nice week, a nice break from school but now it’s back to school and back to the real world where bills live. Ugh. So, here is my reading list that will keep me sane. All synopsis are courtesy of Goodreads. Happy reading.
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