February 6, 2015

Flashback Friday: Lailah ~ Nikki Kelly

  • LailahPublisher: Feiwel & Friends
The girl knows she’s different. She doesn’t age. She has no family. She has visions of a past life, but no clear clues as to what she is, or where she comes from. But there is a face in her dreams – a light that breaks through the darkness. She knows his name is Gabriel.
On her way home from work, the girl encounters an injured stranger whose name is Jonah. Soon, she will understand that Jonah belongs to a generation of Vampires that serve even darker forces. Jonah and the few like him, are fighting with help from an unlikely ally – a rogue Angel, named Gabriel.
In the crossfire between good and evil, love and hate, and life and death, the girl learns her name: Lailah. But when the lines between black and white begin to blur, where in the spectrum will she find her place? And with whom?
Gabriel and Jonah both want to protect her. But Lailah will have to fight her own battle to find out who she truly is.

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Review

Red heartRed heartRed heartRed heartRed heart
The whole angle vs. demons thing is kind of over-rated….. Or so I thought before I read this book.
I have to give major props to this author for managing to come up with a unique twist to an otherwise overused plot. I loved the world that she created and how this book wasn’t based on religion but the darkness and light that exists in the world and how it came to be.
Cessie is a pretty amazing and imaginative character all on her own as she is the definition of walking contradiction. (This becomes more clear as the book continues). It was interesting that she wasn’t totally innocent of the ‘truth’ of vampires, but it was nice that she didn’t know everything as it allowed me to learn about her world along with her. This also prevented paragraphs and pages of the author attempting to explain his/her plot = *snore*.
Love-Triangles are not my favorite but it works in this book because even though the character can’t make up her ever-loving mind, it’s more about the battle with in her and who she really is. It helped that both of the guys trying to win her heart had their pros and cons. So not only was Cessie going back and forth, but so was I as I would root for one guy only for him to make a major mistake.
_in other words, this book was one big pot of confusing emotions_
I mostly rooted for Gabriel, mostly because he was on ‘light’s’ side and wasn’t trying to drink Cessie’s blood. But some girls are attracted to the “Edward-type” boys so I can definitely see the appeal in Jonah. Especially during the conclusion of the book!
There were just a lot of factors in this book that made it freakin’ awesome! Between the battles, the mystery girl, the love-hate relationships, and the fact that Cessie shouldn’t exist… it just all equals one heart-stopping read that is sure to keep readers on their toes!


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Author Info.

I was born and raised only minutes away from the chocolately scent of Cadbury World in Birmingham, England. So it will probably come as no surprise that when I'm not dreaming in Vampires & Angels, I dream in chocolate! For the past ten years I have lived in West London with my hubby and two dogs, Alfie - the Pug & Goose - the Chihuahua.
LAILAH is my debut novel, and first launched in serial form to wattpad, a readers & writers community. Within just 6months, LAILAH had over a million reads and thousands of comments and votes.
Since then, The Styclar Saga has gone on to pick up a traditional deal with Feiwel & Friends, and LAILAH, the first book in the series is due for release on October 7th 2014.
These days I spend my time balancing my amazing job of writing fantasy fiction, with my other, very important role of Chocolate Connoisseur. I like to multitask and do the two together. It makes me happy.



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