Summary:
The fight for survival begins.
An ancient prophecy warns of a girl destined to cause the extinction of the vampire race.
So when 17-year-old Axelia falls into a sacred well filled with blood and emerges a vampire, the immortal empire believes she is this legendary destroyer. Hunted by soldiers and mercenaries, Axelia and her reluctant ally, the vampire bladesmith Lucas, must battle to survive.
How will she convince the empire that she is just an innocent teenager-turned bloodsucker and not a creature of destruction? And if she cannot, can a vampire who is afraid of bugs summon the courage to fight a nation of immortals?
Summary & Photo provided by Dark Mind Blog Tours
Length: 219 pages
Source: Review Copy
Publication Date: June 6th 2012 by Jet & Jack Press
This book really impressed me. When I first got the tour invite I was drawn in by the stunning cover more so than the summary. What can I say? I love book covers. By the time I got around to reading the book summary I had already made up my mind to host a spot on the book's blog tour.
I'm very glad that I chose to take part in the blog tour for What Kills Me by Wynne Channing. Before this I had never heard of the author before so I'm happy that the I was able to try a new to me author out.
I really liked Axelia's (I LOVE her name!!) character. She was a normal teenager with normal wants and desires when she took off abroad but then a pesky ancient curse found her falling into a well and BAM! She got fangs and became a vampire. I actually thought the whole ancient curse thing was a nice touch. I thought it was really unique to find a vampire novel.
What really had me liking the book the most was that there was an adequate bit of romance but there was a nice amount of action. I loved Lucas and how he fit into the story because he was such a great match for Axelia.
Overall, the book was a really enjoyable read. I happened to read it in one sitting it was such a good read I just had to finish it it because I couldn't help but want to find out what was next. I highly recommend this book to all the YA paranormal romance lovers who are looking for a unique take on vampires.
*I received a free copy in
exchange for my free and honest review. I was not compensated in any way and all
thoughts and opinions expressed therein are my own.
Really Liked it!
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Author Bio:
Wynne Channing is an award-winning national newspaper reporter and young adult novelist. She loves telling stories and as a journalist, she has interviewed everyone from Daniel Radcliffe and Hugh Jackman to the president of the Maldives and Duchess Sarah Ferguson. The closest she has come to interviewing a vampire is sitting down with True Blood's Alexander Skarsgard (he didn’t bite). She briefly considered calling her debut novel "Well" so then everyone would say: "Well written by Wynne Channing."
Giveaway:
Wynne Channing is kindly giving away one e-copy of What Kills Me and one Butterfly bookmark to one lucky winner.
The giveaway is US/Canada ONLY
Wynne Channing is kindly giving away one e-copy of What Kills Me and one Butterfly bookmark to one lucky winner.
The giveaway is US/Canada ONLY
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When I saw this post, my first reaction was I LOVE that cover and then I read your review and smiled. We think alike when it comes to covers, don't we? ;)
ReplyDeleteAnd I love one sitting books. :D Sadly I can't participate in the giveaway but good luck to everyone.
Thanks for dropping by! I hope you get a chance to read it soon it was really good :)
DeleteGreat review and I love the cover too!
ReplyDeleteThank you! I wish I had a poster of the cover I ove it so much.
DeleteThe cover is wickedly AMAZING! I love it. Going to add this book to my TBR pile especially since just by reading the synopsis it is right up my alley.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for the wonderful giveaway.
awesome.. get review i had to buy it :)
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