Lailah, Nikki Kelly
Lailah, Nikki Kelly
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Lailah

Author: Nikki Kelly

Narrator: Pearl Hewitt

Unabridged: 11 hr 48 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/07/2014


Synopsis

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 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.

About Nikki Kelly

Nikki Kelly is the author of Lailah, Book One of the Styclar Saga. Lailah was first launched in serial form on Wattpad, an online readers' and writers' community. Within six months, the novel had over one million reads. Nikki lives in London with her husband and their daughter.

About Pearl Hewitt

Pearl Hewitt has been described as warm, witty and wonderfully British with a rich, versatile range and a precise, polished sound. 25 years in the US has not diluted Pearl’s native northeast English (Geordie) dialect but she’s skillfully competent performing a myriad of accents from across the UK, Europe and beyond. Starting out as a volunteer at Houston Sight Into Sound Radio, a service for the reading-disabled, Pearl became a professional narrator in 2012 and has not looked back since.Her portfolio, around 270 titles spanning many genres for both major publishers and indie authors, includes a diverse range of characters of all ages, genders and even species. Her performances in both fiction and nonfiction have earned her a variety of awards and nominations, including, Audiofile Earphones Award, Independent Audiobook Award, One Voice and SOVAS nominations. Pearl’s inspiration as a narrator began in childhood, listening to her mother’s enchanting bedtime stories. Her imagination would soar with tales of their cat, Tiger, and his neighborhood friends as they solved mysteries and saved the day. Today, Pearl hopes to inspire that same love of storytelling in her listeners.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Giselle

I really REALLY wanted to love this one. A girl with mysterious powers who doesn't age and can apparently never truly die!? What's not cool about that? If it wasn't for the infinite details that bogged the plot down to a snail's pace, it might have fared better with me, but my interest quickly waned......more

Goodreads review by Booknut

A cross between Lauren Kate's Fallen and The Vampire Diaries, Lailah is a mixed bag of romance meets cheesiness. A 'human' girl has lived multiple lives and can't remember the details of any of them clearly. Sound familiar? She can't choose between two hot guys who she feels a 'pull' towards, like they......more

Goodreads review by Rachel

Read the full review @ A Perfection Called Books Just when I thought the paranormal scene was dead (no pun intended), the glorious Nikki Kelly brought it back to life with a fascinating and creepy tale. The protagonist, Lailah, doesn't know who or what she is. She doesn't age, and whenever she dies,......more


Quotes

“Just when we thought the vampire fad was overplayed and finally vanquished, Kelly slams readers with an exciting new world . . . Vivid and cleverly crafted, this novel will appeal to fans of Julie Kagawa's The Immortal Rules and Courtney Allison Moulton's "Angelfire" series, who will celebrate this new heroine of extraordinary strength.” —School Library Journal