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    Dahlia

    By Christina Channelle

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    Dahlia is an introvert, hides away from others, and prefers her own company. With no recollection of her life before the age of five, the majority of her days spent in and out of orphanages, and being thrown away by foster parents who no longer want her because she's "strange", she's had reason to be.
    Fast-forward and Dahlia is living with a foster family that appears to actually want her. Things are finally normal. But that is short-lived when her past catches up with her: forgotten memories return via dreams, her new mind reading abilities, and a strange thirst for ... blood? Now with the appearance of a mysterious guy who she can't take her mind off of, and suddenly number one on a supernatural hit list, she realizes everything that's been going on in her life is nothing compared to the fact that she's not even human.

    First book in the Blood Crave Series.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherChristina Channelle
    Release dateApr 14, 2013
    ISBN9780991834877
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    Dahlia
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    Christina Channelle

    Christina Channelle is the author of Young Adult and New Adult Fiction, her series including Four Letters and Blood Crave. She's happily addicted to coffee, the colour green, and Netflix. She's also partial to writing about angsty girls who may or may not have a potty mouth. Christina was born and raised in the Greater Toronto Area, graduating with both Bachelor of Arts and doctorate degrees. She is currently enrolled in a post-graduate television writing and producing program where she looks forward to being buried in scripts and producing awesome web series.

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    • 3/5
      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.
    • 4/5
      I adore the world that the author created in this novel. It is a very complex situation that was created in this novel, fraught with ancient enemies and lies from those closest to the main character. Battle lines have been drawn for centuries, yet the girl who is the key to it all seems less than aware of what is to come. Beautiful, intricate, and complicate can describe the problems that are faced by the main character. But it is just the beginning. One battle does not win the war.Dahlia by Christina Channelle tells the story of a girl, Dahlia, who has always been different but refuses to believe it. After being shipped from foster home to foster home and then back to the orphanage, she is tired of all of the change and never feeling like she can call a place home. This foster home seems different though. The parents are not put out by her off-putting responses when she first arrived and the son seems to only want to be her friend. How can she even begin to trust them? Once she trusts them, she'll tell the truth and that will for sure get her sent back to the orphanage but maybe that's better than being in limbo. It's her first time ever staying at a foster home long enough to be enrolled in high school -- a prospect that is both thrilling and frightening. This is where her life seems to only get more complicated. A guy keeps appearing, telling her secrets that seem crazy to say the least and disappears in the blink of an eye. Who is he? Or rather, what is he? His eyes seem to glow and he knows about the scars on her back, something she never showed anyone before. He seems to know her better than herself. Now, she must face her fate and the fact that people out there want her dead. Will she survive until the end of the book? Can she be rescued from a fate that seems to predict her death? Who can she trust?Dahlia reminds me a lot of a scared animal captured from the wild. She constantly backs herself into a corner, never trusting anyone especially the hand that feeds her and preferring to use claws instead of kindness. I understand her wariness around people that she feels she cannot trust because I think it is something a lot of people can relate to in the end. There is always people who we cannot trust whether it is because of an instinct or a reaction built over time. It was wonderful to see her get out of her comfort zone and try to make friends, forcing herself to at least pretend for a moment that she can trust them. She has a hard time believing that anyone could possibly care about her beyond a pay check or the things she has. I love the fact that she wants to be normal but I love her more for the fact that she slowly comes to embrace her nature and who she is. I really admire the fact that she manages to keep a journal because I have always wanted to and never managed to keep it up beyond maybe a week. Greyson has always been aware of his nature, inheriting his memories from his parents when he was born but instead of having memories that are meant to celebrate, they only weigh him down. His ancestors held ties to an evil man, Merrick, who seems determined to either be set free or bring about the apocalypse. Even if he doesn't believe in the cause that could bring out destruction, he feels that he has to complete his task in order to feel the release of the weight that has followed him all these years. I can understand his need to fulfill the job that his family seemed unable to complete and the weight that he feels is always following him. I think he wishes that it was a different situation once he gets to know Dahlia. He is meant to capture and take her blood for his duty but falling in love with the target was definitely not part of the plan. Unable to stay away from her, he decides to not make it a secret and that only seems to draw more trouble to a girl who already has her life on the line. I like the fact that even if he has to do this because of his family, he hates himself and the cause even more. My heart ached for him as he battled between the two sides of his nature.Maddox is a sort of partner for Greyson, both of whom are supposed to wait at the sidelines never speaking to the target. He has a deep desire to cause destruction and ruin which makes sense since he is tied to Merrick. I'm sure causing the apocalypse would be a fun pastime for him instead of some horrific possibility like it is for Greyson. I kind of wanted to understand his character more than I actually got to. He seemed like a big teddy bear with a devious side. He definitely could've caused some damage. Ava appeared a little while into the book and seems to be the only one willing to spend time with Dahlia or treat her like a normal person. She consistently makes references to things in her past that freaks Dahlia out while making her all the more curious. She is perhaps the most complex character in the story with so many sides to her that you honestly don't know what one is the true her until the very end. There is a group of bad guys that I won't name because that would be an epic spoiler and therefore I will only say this: Be careful who you trust. These people are hidden in plain sight and they are most definitely dangerous.Her foster family is really what a foster family should be. My parents are foster parents for my cousins and sometimes I think they feel the wait of the responsibility on their shoulders. These kids have faced horrific scenarios, so to take them in is kind of like exposing them to a situation that they aren't comfortable with. I see a lot of my parents in Dahlia's foster parents so it made them relatable in a way they wouldn't have been previously. I love the fact that they are so patient and accepting of Dahlia even when she pushes boundaries, daring them to send her back. Sam is also a key player in her comfort zone that is created in this situation. He acts like a pest but he is only trying to get her to respond to him and act like a normal person. I really loved him by the time the book was finished.It was a wonderful read and I am definitely excited for the sequel!
    • 1/5
      Horrid.