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Tension Driven Chick Lit | Review of ‘Deadly’ (Pretty Little Liars #14)

By Cynthia Ayala

Deadly by Sara Shepard
HarperTeen
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Aria, Emily, Hanna, and Spencer have done some very bad things, but they are done being tortured. The FBI has been lurking around and the girls have decided to put their lives in their hands. But just as they thought everything would be okay, it all begins to unravel. A always has a plan, and it is deadlier than ever.

Deadly, published on December 3, 2013 by HarperTeen, is the fourteenth novel in Sara Shepard bestselling young adult series, Pretty Little Liars.
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Weekly Reading List #41

By Cynthia Ayala

Hello there avid readers! So I am in the last two weeks of school and that means I really have to finish these two papers I’ve got going on here and work on my packing. I’m almost done with my packing. I’ve got boxes all taped up and the like. It’s really going to be my cats stuff that is going to be a while. I mean I’m going to have to wait until the very last moment to put away his litter box, which includes cleaning it, the litter genie (which is awesome by the way) and really just clean up my room, but stuff away and the like. I’m almost done, I did two loads of laundry last night and just started throwing things into boxes and space bags. I misplaced a sock. It’s going to be a crazy last week here, let me tell ya.

But anyway, here is my weekly reading list. Happy reading folks, and, as always, all synopsis are courtesy of Goodreads.
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Weekly Reading List #40

By Cynthia Ayala

Hello there avid readers, I can’t believe it’s already April. This is last month of this semester. It’s so weird how it always seems like it’s going to feel like it will go on forever, but then it goes by so quickly and the next thing I know, it’s time for me to start packing again, to finish up the last of my semester. It’s so weird how fast time flies. Next thing you know, summer will be over and I’ll be back at school.

It will be nice to enjoy my summer days of sleeping in and working nights at my movie theater. I love my movie theater, I totally need a raise, but as I’ve always said, I’d rather go broke working a job I love with great company and bosses than be miserable. I actually look forward to going to work. Of course, I’m also a night owl so working nights is tons of fun.

But you are not here for that, you are, or maybe you are, but here is my current reading list. As always, synopsis are courtesy of Goodreads.
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Thrilling & Realistic | Review of ‘Crushed’ (Pretty Little Liars #13)

By Cynthia Ayala

‘Crushed’ (PLL #13) by Sara Shepard
HarperTeen
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“A” is back, and they are not alone. After years of torture, these four pretty little liars are at the end of the line. Terrified and paranoid that “A” is around every corner, Hanna, Aria, Emily, and Spencer are trying to put the pieces together to find out who A is and destroy the hold she has them once and for all. But that’s easier said than done.

Published on June 4, 2013 by HarperTeen, Crushed by best-selling author Sara Shepard is the thirteenth novel in the Pretty Little Liars series.
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Review: “Last Christmas” Appreciates Villain’s Backstory (Private Series, #0.6) – Emertainment Monthly

By Cynthia Ayala

cvr9781416913696_9781416913696_hr-326x245Last Christmas is the prequel to the New York Times Bestselling Private series that combines mystery and romance to build up the story of the most notorious character in the Private series: Ariana Osgood[…] Continue reading “Review: “Last Christmas” Appreciates Villain’s Backstory (Private Series, #0.6) – Emertainment Monthly”

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An Electrifying Prequel | Review of ‘Ali’s Pretty Little Lies’ (Pretty Little Liars, #0.5) – Emertainment Monthly

By Cynthia Ayala / ’17 Emertainment Monthly Staff Writer

alis-pretty-little-lies-326x245Ali’s Pretty Little Lies gives the readers exactly what they want without disappointing them at any point[…] Continue reading “An Electrifying Prequel | Review of ‘Ali’s Pretty Little Lies’ (Pretty Little Liars, #0.5) – Emertainment Monthly”

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An Electrifying Prequel | Review of ‘Ali’s Pretty Little Lies’ (Pretty Little Liars, #0.5)

By Cynthia Ayala

'Ali's Pretty Little Lies' by Sara Shepard HarperTeen
‘Ali’s Pretty Little Lies’ by Sara Shepard
HarperTeen

Long before A hunted the four pretty little liars, there was Alison DiLaurentis. Girls wanted to be her, boys wanted her and unknown to them all, someone wanted her dead.

Learn all about Alison and her lies and deep dark secrets that threaten her entire world and her life. Follow Alison’s life leading up to her death. Hear her story and see how everything started and how Alison DiLaurentis’s life ended.

Sara Shepard has gifted readers with a revelation of at least half of the mystery that had created the bestselling young adult series Pretty Little Liars with her prequel Ali’s Pretty Little Lies. Published on January 2, 2013 by HarperTeen, this novel takes readers back to the beginning of the entire series and allows them to see the chain of events that weave the mystery that haunts the Pretty Little Liars.
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A Superficial & Slightly Shallow Gothic Tale | Review of ‘The Dolls’ (The Dolls, #1)

By Cynthia Ayala

‘The Dolls’ by Kiki Sullivan
Balzer + Bray

Eveny Cheval has gone from the big city, New York, to move back to her childhood home in Louisiana with her aunt Bea, a place she hasn’t seen since her mother’s suicide fourteen years ago. But her home town has a dark side, one that is connected to her mother’s death and the popularity of the Dolls, the pretty powerful girls at her new school. Something is wrong in her hometown and it’s up to her to fix it and save lives.

The Dolls is the first novel in The Dolls series, a young adult southern gothic tale by Kiki Sullivan. Published on September 2, 2014 by Balzer + Bray the novel follows one young girl as she goes traverses life between magic and high school.
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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 Thrilling & Suspenseful Mystery | Review of Last Christmas (Private Series, #0.6)

By: Cynthia Ayala

Ariana Osgood wasn’t always the sociopath that everyone knew. Once upon a time, she was a meek girl who had everything that anyone could want: straight A’s, the perfect boyfriend, and the coveted spot in Billing’s House. But last Christmas, Ariana discovered what she was really capable of. Trapped on campus by a blizzard with notorious bad-boy Thomas Pearson. As everything she thought she knew about herself unravels as she finds comfort in the arms of Thomas Pearson, Ariana discovers that her simple holiday romance of love is about to turn into a nightmare when she catches someone watching her. And Ariana will do anything to keep her little secret safe. Anything…
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