Christina Channelle

I received a copy in exchange for an honest review. This does not influence my opinion in any shape or form.

Jaded little lies is the full length novel of Those Four letter words. You don’t have to read Those Four Letter Words in my opinion because Jaded Little Lies explains what happened in a brief overview. I personally think you should Those Four Letter Words so you can really understand what is going with Jade, B and Reed.

Once again, I loved Jade. I loved her care free attitude the way she spoke her mind not really caring how it came out. I loved the fact this tough girl would melt into a puddle with Reed. He really did bring out a different side of her. I also loved that no matter how crappy things got for her she always tried to stay strong. And seriously, after everything she went through I don’t think I would have been that strong.

The story is once again told in Jade’s point of view with a brief point of view of Reed. I really love Jade’s point of view. Her voice was really strong and it kept me turning the page so that I could find out her story.

I did predict some of the things that had happened. I figured it would happen but I didn’t predict the others. Most of the questions that I was left with from Those Four Letter Words happened to be answered in Jaded Little Lies however, I did end up with a ton more questions that I can not even write here because I’ll spoil the story for you.

I realized pretty deep into the book it was going to end in a semi-cliffhanger however some things were wrapped up but it still left me craving more. I realized there is more books to the series. There is another novella and another book coming out in early 2016 (that is such a freaking long time to wait but I’ll wait because I do plan on continuing the series). Anyway, I personally loved Christina’s writing style how edgy and how it drew me in ya’ll know I’ve been struggling with books lately and this one kept my attention the whole time. Who knows maybe Christina finally snapped me out of my book funk.
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This review is really hard to go in length about because I would be revealing spoilers but I will attempt! Reap is a one of a kind novella! It is extremely addicting and opens the doors up to a great series. My only problem with Reap was the length, I wanted it to be much longer. Novellas, Novellas, Novellas! The book begins with “Mia” waking up of sorts. You spend almost the entire novel in limbo because she has no idea who she is and you don’t really find out anything about her until the last few chapters. This aspect made it a bit confusing at first but the writing is really so good that all the kinks are smoothed out. The writings draws you in from the first page to the last. The book is broken down into three parts her not knowing who she is, starting to remember her old life, and then finally everything comes back to her! I thought that was really clever. Mia is a really likable character and I immediately wanted her to be with Dante. However, it is hard to fall in love with someone when you don’t even know yourself.I would recommend this book to any YA lovers. There is a hint of paranormal, though it doesn’t happen until the very end. I have a hunch that the rest of the series will be more paranormal based. My last question for you is do you believe that true love will always find it’s way?

Link to review: http://thepassionatebookworms.com/reap-blog-tour-3/… (mais)

3.5 stars
Dahlia...oh, Dahlia. A VERY interesting take on vampires and their origins. This is the beginning to what will be a great series, I am sure. This is the foundation novel: we get to know Dahlia, we're introduced to Greyson, we're learning the background of everything. So this book is a little slow in that there isn't a rapid jump into action. It is more of a discovery journey, something that a lot of series lack.

Without giving away what she is, for I really hate spoilers, let's just say that her counterparts that introduce her to what she is are the epitome of the bad sides of human. Jealousy, anger, hatred, prejudice, violence. And Dahlia is just a young, teenage girl trying to deal with this all.

There are a few paranormal/fantasy themes here that Ms Channelle blended together really well in my opinion. I enjoyed the book and look forward to the rest of the series.

Dahlia is available on amazon.com and the prequel/sidestory, "Fallen Tears", novella is also available and will detail the story of Rowan, someone introduced to the reader at the end of the first novel.… (mais)

Received as part of a blog tour!

Truth be told I wasn't expecting much from this one. But for a debut, this one's actually good! The premise doesn't let on much.

Dahlia Winter's has always known there was something different about her. One of her earliest memories is the feeling of being watched , she's known this even at the young age of five. She never fit into the foster system until one family decides to take her in and starts breaking her shell. Soon she finds herself amid strange occurrences. People vanishing, healed injuries, cravings for blood. Enter green-eyed hunk who helps her find her way and meet her destiny.

I'll tell you this. This book starts out creepy. Reaallyy creepy. What with her earliest memories and wierd blood swapping incident with the wolf (I'll let you find out about that yourself) . It was an eerie ride.

This is a really interesting take on angels and vampires. That's right. This one has angels, vampires and magic. I was actually able to guess a little with the hints that miss Channelle kept dropping. The scars on her back? I started figuring out the significance pretty soon. And the introduction to the lamia aka vampires? Well yeah kinda got where that was leading to. But I enjoyed reading it nonetheless.

I was initially worried when all these elements started meshing together. Hoping this wouldn't be like a dish gone bad because of too many exotic ingredients but didn't so kudos to you Christina!

Now things I enjoyed :

*Sam
Sam is Dahlia foster brother. And I loved the rapport between them! His constant teasing and trying to get Dahlia to loosen up, his worrying, all of it was really endearing. I actually did not like the ending with him. Not needed!

*Merging of the Lapsus ( the fallen aka angels) and Lamia (vampires)
Yeah I was nice to see how she got them together it was a bit traditional vampire abilities mixed with a little Vampire Academy-ish powers plus angels from Hush hush ( I haven't read this series yet but I know the basic storyline and stuff within )

*Ava
I liked her. The mysterious girl who Dahlia connects with at school. She could have been further fleshed maybe but she was good!

I couldn't totally connect with Greyson ( the green-eyed hunk ) at all times. I liked him, he was a good character. He just didn't seems all that memorable to me. Maybe it's something wrong with me, but hey it's just my individual opinion.

On the whole a really good and intriguing read. I will be looking forward to reading the next book and finding out about Rowan a character who is introduced to us at the end but don't know anything about in Fallen Tears the novella.

A great job from a debut author with a high scope of getting it to greatness with her interesting take on vamps and angels. Christina Channelle I'll be on the look out for you.… (mais)