Book of the Month – April 2016

By Cynthia Ayala

The votes are in and this months book of the month is Emerge, the first novel in the Mer Chronicles by Tobie Easton. Available now as a Kindle by Month9Books, LLC. The book is scheduled for paperback release April 19th 2016 by Month9Books, LLC.

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A Sad and Wonderful Tale | Review of ‘Fairest’ (The Lunar Chronicles #3.5)

By Cynthia Ayala

Fairest
Fairest by Marissa Meyer
Feiwel & Friends
Image Credit: Goodreads

Before she was the Queen of Luna, she was just a princess, the forgotten daughter who would never be queen, and would go down in history as nobody. Lost and lonely, she was just a young girl, hopelessly in love with a soldier, smart and with a terrible secret. This is how she became the Evil Queen.

The bridge between Cress and Winter, Fairest is another novel in Marissa Meyer’s Lunar Chronicles series. January 27, 2015, by Feiwel & Friends, this story tells the tale of Queen Levana, the monstrous vindictive Evil Queen of Luna. But her story builds her character and the world where she came from giving readers a fascinating look at who she was before she became how readers know her.
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Weekly Reading List #31

By Cynthia Ayala

Hey there avid readers! I hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend. It’s funny, every Saturday I get home from work, I play with my kitten and then I pass out for a few hours. I’m just so tired after work, school and the gym, and I guess taking care of my kitten leaves me a little exhausted as well. So far, my life has been pretty good. Schools going well and I’m already in my 4th week, just 10 more to go. It seems so long and yet so short of a time span.
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Weekly Reading List #30

By Cynthia Ayala

Hello there avid readers! So I will be starting a new segment next Month to choose a book of the month. I don’t know if it will be books that are coming out, books I’ve already read in the past during that month or even a mixture of the two. Leave your opinions in the comments section and let me know what you think about the idea. Publishers and authors, if you’re interested, let me know!

Anyway, here is my weekly reading list, and again, all synopsis are courtesy of Goodreads. Happy reading!
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Review: “A Magic Dark and Bright” Is a Magical Mystery (The Asylum Saga, #1) – Emertainment Monthly

By Cynthia Ayala ‘ 17 / Emertainment Monthly Staff Writer

91kMke7-37L-174x131In paranormal mystery “A Magic Dark and Bright,” Charlie and Amelia set out to discover the dark history of their town after girls start inexplicably drowning. […] Continue reading “Review: “A Magic Dark and Bright” Is a Magical Mystery (The Asylum Saga, #1) – Emertainment Monthly”

A Mature & Stand Out Novel | Review of ‘The Fiery Heart’ (Bloodlines, #4) – Emertainment Montly

Sydney Sage has admitted what is in her heart: that she is in love with vampire Adrian Ivashkov. But as an Alchemist, she is supposed to loathe them, fear them and protect the human world from them and their vampire secrets. Continue reading A Mature & Stand Out Novel | Review of ‘The Fiery Heart’ (Bloodlines, #4) – Emertainment Montly

A Magical Mystery | Review of ‘A Magic Dark and Bright’ (The Asylum Saga, #1)

By Cynthia Ayala

A Magic Dark and Bright by Jenny Adams Perinovic
Bookish Girl Press

A ghost haunts the woods behind her house. Amelia Dupree calls her the Woman in White and the last time she saw her was on the night her brother died. But months have passed and when Charlie moves next door with his grandmother and girls start to inexplicably drown in the Susquehanna River, Charlie and Amelia set out to discover the dark history of their little town and the curse surrounding it.

Published by Bookish Girl Press on April 28, 2015 A Magic Dark and Bright by Jenny Adams Perinovic is a young adult paranormal fantasy about a young woman who dragged into a battle between a ghost and a curse.
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A Mature & Stand Out Novel | Review of ‘The Fiery Heart’ (Bloodlines, #4)

By: Cynthia Ayala

The Fiery Heart by Richelle Mead Penguin Group

Sydney Sage has admitted what is in her heart: that she is in love with vampire Adrian Ivashkov. But as an Alchemist, she is supposed to loathe them, fear them and protect the human world from them and their vampire secrets. And with the arrival of her sister Zoe, her struggles only increase. Not only is Sydney fraternizing with a vampire, she is friends with others while trying to harness her profound magical ability which undermines everything she was raised to defend.

A fiery heart indeed. Published November 19, 2013 by Penguin Group, The Fiery Heart by New York Times bestselling author Richelle Mead is the fourth book in her young adult paranormal/fantasy Bloodlines series that follows Sydney Sage and Adrian Ivashkov on their journey of self-discovery and love.
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