Category Five

Name: Category Five
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Ann Dávila Cardinal
ISBN: 9781705001592

Author: Ann Dávila Cardinal

Series: Five Midnights

Narrator: Almarie Guerra

Unabridged: 7 hr 15 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 06/30/2020

Categories: Young Adult Fiction, Suspense & Thriller, Hispanic & Latino, Horror

Synopsis

Category Five is a new supernatural YA thriller from Ann Dávila Cardinal, set against the backdrop of a post-hurricane Puerto Rico. After the hurricane, some see destruction and some smell blood. The tiny island of Vieques, located just off the northeastern coast of the main island of Puerto Rico, is trying to recover after hurricane Maria, but the already battered island is now half empty. To make matters worse, as on the main island, developers have come in to buy up the land at a fraction of its worth, taking advantage of the island when it is down. Lupe, Javier, and Marisol are back to investigate a series of murders that follow in the wake of a hurricane and in the shadow of a new supernatural threat. “A page-turner: part mystery, part ghost story, with touches of romance and social commentary.”—Kirkus Reviews

About Ann Davila Cardinal

Ann Dávila Cardinal is a writer and part-time bookseller with an MFA in writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts. Her young adult horror novels include Breakup from Hell and Five Midnights and its sequel, Category Five. Ann lives with her husband in a little house with a creepy basement and is always on the lookout for parts of monstrous creatures floating in the Vermont rivers as Lovecraft wrote about. Visit her online at anndavilacardinal.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Gerardine on May 06, 2020

I'm from Puerto Rico and I lived like many Puerto Ricans the disasters that Hurricane Maria left on the island. Many of us suffer months with no power, no running water, no communication, or food. At that time getting gasoline or ice was an odyssey, we had to get up very early and make a line for ho......more

Goodreads review by Jessica {Litnoob} on June 28, 2023

4.5 stars First and foremost I wanted this to be longer because I had an amazing time on this ride. Category five picks up a full year after the events of Five Midnights and really shows us a different island living through all the same problems and then some. While our cast of characters are trying t......more

Goodreads review by Jennifer on June 23, 2020

Category Five by Ann Dávila Cardinal is a follow-up to her YA novel, Five Midnights, and continues the supernatural sleuthing adventures of Lupe, Javier, and Marisol during Lupe’s first time back to the island after Hurricane Maria. Lupe finds not only the island ravaged by the storm, but soon disco......more

Goodreads review by Sofia (Bookish Wanderess) on August 19, 2020

I haven't read the author's previous book which is supposed to be like a companion novel to this, and I definitely agree that it wasn't necessary. While there were references to the previous book, they told me enough that I didn't feel lost or like I was missing anything. I listen to the audiobook o......more

Goodreads review by Allie on October 07, 2020

Set in post-Maria Puerto Rico, this supernatural YA thriller explores a community that is rebuilding after the category five hurricane and grappling with investors sweeping in to take advantage of the natural disaster that has left destruction across their land. What I loved: Category Five kept me on......more