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Review of 'Hope: A History of the Future'
Engaging, playful, and thought-provoking, Hope is a seven-generation-spanning vision of the future as it could be—based on scientific projections, as well as historical and legal precedence—that will leave readers grappling with questions of destiny, responsibility, and the possibility for hope in a future world.
By Cyn's Workshop4 years ago in Geeks
Review of 'All of Us Villains'
All of Us Villains takes seven kids from seven magical families and locks them away within a competition. Part Hunger Games, part Tri-Wizard Tournament, All of Us Villains gives readers a character-driven story about what it means to be powerful in a world that marks you as a villain.
By Cyn's Workshop4 years ago in Geeks
Review of 'Life As We Knew It'
I guess I always felt even if the world came to an end, McDonald’s still would be open. Like one marble hitting another, when the moon slams closer to earth, the result is catastrophic. Worldwide tsunamis wipe out the coasts, earthquakes rock the continents, and volcanic ash blocks out the sun. As August turns dark and wintery in northeastern Pennsylvania, Miranda, her two brothers, and their mother retreat to the unexpected safe haven of their sunroom, where they subsist on stockpiled food and limited water in the warmth of a wood-burning stove. Told in a year’s worth of journal entries, Life as We Knew It chronicles the human struggle to hold on to the most important resource of all—hope—in an increasingly desperate and unfamiliar world.
By Cyn's Workshop4 years ago in Geeks
Review of 'My Dearest Darkest'
My Dearest Darkest offers readers a spine-tingling read following a group of young girls as they discover an entity that can give them whatever they desire. However, the risks begin to rise as they find a connection to a missing person case of years before.
By Cyn's Workshop4 years ago in Geeks
Review of 'The Iron Flower'
Elloren Gardner and her friends were only seeking to right a few wrongs when they rescued a Selkie and freed a military dragon. The last thing they expected was to be thrust into a realm-wide underground resistance against Gardnerian conquest. While the Resistance fights the harsh rulings of the Mage Council, Gardnerian soldiers descend upon the University…led by none other than Lukas Grey, now commander of the nearby military base. Though Elloren tries to keep him at arm’s length, Lukas is determined to tie himself to her, convinced that she’s the heir to the power of the Black Witch, a legacy that will decide the future of Erthia. As his magic calls to her, Elloren finds it more and more difficult to believe she’s truly powerless, as her uncle always claimed.
By Cyn's Workshop4 years ago in Geeks
Review of "How To Survive Your Murder"
Synopsis Alice Lawrence is the sole witness in her sister’s murder trial. And in the year since Claire’s death, Alice’s life has completely fallen apart. Her parents have gotten divorced, she’s moved into an apartment that smells like bologna, and she is being forced to face her sister’s killer and a courtroom full of people who doubt what she saw in the corn maze a year prior. Claire was an all-American girl, beautiful and bubbly, and a theater star. Alice was a nerd who dreamed of becoming a forensic pathologist and would rather stay at home to watch her favorite horror movies than party. Despite their differences, they were bonded by sisterhood and were each other’s best friends. Until Claire was taken away from her. On the first day of the murder trial, as Alice prepares to give her testimony, she is knocked out by a Sidney Prescott look-alike in the courthouse bathroom. When she wakes up, it is Halloween morning a year earlier, the same day Claire was murdered. Alice has until midnight to save her sister and find the real killer before he claims another victim.
By Cyn's Workshop4 years ago in Horror
Review of 'A Forgery of Roses'
A Forgery of Roses blends fantasy, the gothic, and mystery to weave together an engaging novel. Story Development A Forgery of Roses follows young Myra, a young girl who is now the sole caretaker of her ailing sister after her parents’ disappearance. Myra, like her mother, has a gift many would kill for: the skill to alter reality with a stroke of her paintbrush. However, this is a gift she rarely uses as many believe the artist’s power should belong to the Artist himself. So, Myra keeps it secret and safe. Until the Governor’s wife comes along and blackmails her into using her magic to bring back her dead son. Once at the mansion, Myra can’t help but explore the old building and the abandoned 5th floor.
By Cyn's Workshop4 years ago in Geeks
