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A Book Only Fans Could Love | Review of ‘Dangerous Dream’ (Dangerous Creatures, #0.5)

‘Dangerous Dream’ by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

By: Cynthia Ayala

They’re finally graduating! But a simple graduation soon ends in disaster when Dark Castor Ridley makes an appearance. And when Link makes a (love)ly declaration, things take a turn for the worst. Angry and hurt, Ridley travels the world in order to push a certain Linkubus out of her mind. And when she is caught in New York City, she becomes entangled in a dangerous underground Caster game where the stakes are higher than ever.
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Weekly Reading List #15

By: Cynthia Ayala

Hey there avid readers—or who I hope are avid readers. I’m sure you have noticed that I have made some changes to my reading list. That’s because The Last Ever After by Soman Chainani is coming out this Tuesday, and even though I am a 23-year-old adult, well, I’M JUST SO EXCITED! I loved the first two books and I read the second one in a night, just could not put it down. I’m hoping this one does not disappoint.

Oh—before I forget—all synopsis are the courtesy of Goodreads.com. Happy reading.
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Gripping and Incredibly Terrifying, ‘Survive the Night’ is a Must Read Thriller | Review of ‘Survive the Night’

Survive the Night by Danielle Vega Razorbill

We’re all gonna die down here. . . .Something is hunting Casey and her friends in the underground tunnels of New York City, the abandoned subways, flooded by the storm. After finding the body of her friend Julie dead and disemboweled, Casey and her friends seek an exit, a way out of the dark, away from the monster that this hunting them. How do you fight what you can’t see? How do you survive the night?

Gripping, terrifying, Survive the Night is a can’t put down thriller. Published on July 7, 2015 by Razorbill, this is the second novel by Danielle Vega who has written a horror novel that puts horror films to shame.
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Review: “The Ice Dragon” is a Game of Thrones story for all ages – Emertainment Monthly

By: Cynthia Ayala ’17 / Emertainment Monthly Staff Writer

ice-dragon-e1436715331277-174x131Set in the land of Ice and Fire, “The Ice Dragon” tells the story of Adara, a young girl who can “tame” the fearful ice dragon though friendship and kindness Continue reading “Review: “The Ice Dragon” is a Game of Thrones story for all ages – Emertainment Monthly”

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Weekly Reading List #13

By: Cynthia Ayala

Hey there readers! I know that I missed last week but I was at the Florida Supercon so I didn’t get a whole lot of reading done. But this week, man, I read two whole books! Cinder and Survive the Night were so good. Especially Survive the Night. Danielle Vega really knows how to suck a reader in and with that novel, she simply captivated me. I’m very picky with giving books five stars, but that novel certainly earned it; I couldn’t put it down.

Anyway, here’s what’s coming up on my weekly reading list and, as always, all synopsis are courtesy of Goodreads. Happy reading folks.
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An Imaginative & Cohesive Novel | Review of ‘Wolf Pact’ (Wolf Pact, #1-4)

By: Cynthia Ayala

Wolf Pact by Melissa de la Cruz
Disney Hyperion

Bliss Llewellyn has come far, finally escaping the clutches of her father, Lucifer himself. But her task to help the Blue Bloods is far from over. She may not be a Vampire anymore, but those gifts haven’t left her and her mother, the fallen angel Gabrielle, has given her a task: finds the werewolves, find the hounds that once guarded time and bring them to the fight against Lucifer and his silver bloods. It’s a task easier said than done.

Melissa de la Cruz has brought in a new chapter in her New York Times bestselling Blue Bloods series, one that follows Bliss Llewellyn as she makes her journey in search of the Hellhounds. Published on January 15, 2013 by Disney Hyperion, the novel takes one of the more underrated characters within the Blue Bloods series, and finally gives her life…or at least tries to.
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Imaginative But Lacking Character | Review of ‘A Book of Spirits and Thieves’ (Spirits and Thieves, #1)

By: Cynthia Ayala

A Book of Spirits and Thieves by
Morgan Rhodes
Razorbill

Worlds collide when Crystal Hatcher watches her sister enter into a comma when a light from a mysterious book in a mysterious language envelops her. And when she gains the attention of Farrell Grayson, the mysteries of the book throws her into a dangerous game with the Hawkspear Society. Moreover, while she balances the secrets that revolve around her, her sister Becca must contend with being a spirit in the land of Mythica that only young Maddox Corso, can see and help. Published June 23, 2015 by Razorbill, A Book of Spirits and Thieves brings together very different worlds with ancient and dark magic.
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