Leticia

Leticia #1

by Lindsay Anne Kendal

Leticia has a dark secret, and somebody somewhere knows what it is. After being tormented and brutally attacked, it becomes obvious they want her dead. A mysterious group come to her aid. They want to fight by her side and help her win the war someone has declared on her. Together, they present a force to be reckoned with. Love, loss and longing put strains on the alliance. Not only must they fight their enemies, but their own fears and desires. Leticia must also face a harsh reality. If she wants a happy future, she must first confront her past.

Genres: Werewolves, Young Adult, Paranormal, Fantasy, Romance

Kindle Edition

First published February 16, 2012

About the author

I have lived in Droylsden, Manchester, all my life. I live with my parents, my younger sister, Cheryl, and her little girl, Faith.

I never knew what I wanted to do with my life until I began writing. This is my dream. I get most of my inspiration from music. I’ll sit listening to it and suddenly I’m no longer in the room. My stories play like movies in my mind, then I go and write them down.

I'm a very dark person. I love anything spooky, supernatural, or unexplainable, and so that’s the genre I want to write in for the rest of my life.
I work as a freelance graphic artist. I have created covers for my own novels, self published authors, World Castle Publications and Sizzler Editions. I will also be creating the covers for Empire Voices audiobooks.

Scary films are a true love of mine, although I find it very hard to find one these days that actually frightens me. My favourite story of all time is Bram Stoker's, Dracula. The movie is equally as amazing.

I have had a love of photography from being a child. I have literally thousands of photographs which I have taken over the years. Now, I have a professional DSLR camera and I'm looking to do photography as well as my graphics as a sideline project.

I have a blog site and website where you can find out more information. Please visit me at either...

http://lindsayannekendal.blogspot.com/

or

http://www.lindsay-anne-kendal.com/

Reviews

[Jane · Rating 4 out of 5]

Leticia by Lindsay Anne Kendal

Updated review after the book has been reworked

4 Stars

Leticia is a lone werewolf, forced into isolation by her ex-boyfriends inability to come to terms with her lineage and his determination to rid the world of `her type'. She spends eight years in her wolf form, having very little contact with humans until the loneliness becomes unbearable leaving her with no choice but to face the world, and people again. It soon becomes clear to Leticia that not much has changed, someone is still hunting her, so refusing to spend the rest of her life on the run Leticia decides to stay and face her enemies. With the help of some new found supernatural friends and an inner strength she didn't realised she had, they stand together and fight back.

The novel is set in an area of England close to where I personally live and visit often so it was surreal to read about it in a book, I was able to visualise the places easily as I know them so well. Clearly Lindsay has researched the area and has included a lot of historical facts that I was unaware of.

Jackson and his sister Nancy are shape-shifters, they live together with Nancy's vampire boyfriend Tristan and all have the same moral code `we look after our own' (`our own' being any and all supernatural beings) When they happen across Leticia who is obviously having some problems they have to help and after her home is burned to the ground in one of the many attacks on her, she moves into their house with them. This doesn't help, Leticia is followed and now all four of them have become targets. The plot has some unforeseen developments and unexpected turns of events that had me guessing at the outcome and held my interest.

Since Lindsay first wrote Leticia it is clear that she has learned some new writing skills and has applied them to the rewrite of this work. Where initially I found the opening chapters very simply written, it now has a better flow and a more experienced feel to the writing as a whole. We are more able to connect with the characters, they have a depth to them that was not there originally and the emotional feel given in the latter part of the original write is consistent throughout the whole book now.

Copy supplied for review

[Maria Wilson · Rating 5 out of 5]

First can I say thanks to the author for sending me this book for an honest review.

Leticia had spent years in isolation, wondering the hills throughout the Northern Peak District and The Yorkshire moors. Finally she has returned to normality. However, it seems Leticia will not be allowed to lead the nice, peaceful life she craves so much...

This book was a real page turner. You never seemed to know what was going to come next. I was gobsmacked with one of the chapters, I couldn’t believe that even though all through the book I had expected him to be the arsehole... he was innocent.

The characters are well developed. I would just like to have a bit more background info on Tristan. Jackson was a complete dickhead at first, but awwww, how I love him now. Nancy, well, I felt really sorry for her at first. She seems such a nice girl and just wanted a girlie friend. I’m not surprised when she’s lived with two guys for god knows how many decades. As for Leticia, I have so much respect for her. She knows herself and her limits. She is in control of her own mind and is not easily led. She has respect for all living creatures and is doing her best to avoid a bloodbath. Sadly though, it seems this is something she will have to endure.

I’m not giving anything else away, what I will say is that if you want a page turner with likeable characters, beautiful settings (as I see someone else on Goodreads has mentioned) and twists and turns to keep you guessing, this is the one for you.

[Stephanie · Rating 4 out of 5]

I received this book free from the author in exchange for an honest review. I thought this was a different take on werewolves and other supernaturals and I liked it a cool story if survival, love and loyalty.
Leticia was a great character she had found ways to survive over the years and even after being dealt a crushing blow of betrayal she manages to find an odd way to survive and then deal with the aftermath. She discovered who she was and who she wanted to be and even after everything she wants to believe there is a good in everyone. Sometimes I wanted her to let her guard down and trust Nancy and Tristan cause I did right away, but I understood her hesitation.
Jackson oh Jackson be still my beating heart, the handsome brooding man ready to lay down his life for his family and Leticia. There were moments when I thought he was being a bit childish, I know he was the way he was fir a reason but after everything he had seen from Leticia I couldn't understand why he would continue to act as he did, didn't stop me from rooting for him and thinking he was a cutie. At some points I found his dialog a bit cheesy and I laughed (in a good way) if I was meant to swoon I did not but I did not hate it.
The last half had me on the edge of my seat I thought I had all the answers and then the curve ball that I did not see coming. The ending was a huge WTF moment for me, that cliffhanger had me reeling. I found this series to have lots of the things I enjoy action, friendship and mystery and I would like to continue on and find out what happens next.

[Kendra · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book sucked me in from the very beginning. I couldn't put it down! I had it read in just a few hours. The characters are amazing. Leticia is the type of strong bad-a female characters I love to read, and Jackson is the perfect stand-offish and gorgeous hero turns boyfriend.
After being tortured and left for dead by who she thinks is her current love, Leticia finds herself leaving civilization for her wolf self and wandering alone in wolf form for 8 years. After being alone for so long, she's back living amongst the humans again, and soon finds herself being targeted, stalked and attacked. Her rescuer comes along, and eventually she meets his sister Nancy and friend Tristan. There's a bit of attitude at first, but then they're close friends, and after her home is destroyed, become inseparable after she moves in with them. The attacks continue, and after so much, they finally find who they think is behind them, only to be left more broken and confused.
There's a major cliffhanger at the end. I knew as I got to only 10 pages left to read, there was definitely not enough room for all that needed to happen! I'll be watching for the next in this series!
I did find one thing in the story that kind of bugged, but after a while I got used to it and it was easier to ignore- so many run-on sentences. Literally 3 or 4 sentences bunched into one, sometimes separated by commas, and a few possessives where a plural was meant. Nothing major, but as I stated, it took me a few chapters for them to not bother me.
Review by Kendra of www.FaeBooks.co.uk

[Natalie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I've just started leticia... I was hooked after 1st page I can't read fast enough. I love you Lindsay Anne Kendal you truly are a remarkable woman with an amazing imagination. A+++++++

[Fern (whirlwindbooks)]

Cannot wait to read and review!

- http://www.whirlwindbooksandreviews.com/

[Louise Charleston · Rating 5 out of 5]

Well I downloaded this on Friday and I've finished it already! I couldn't put this one down, which is just the same as the other books I have read by this author.

Leticia is very different to the Bloodlines story this author is currently writing. It's nice to see that an author can change their voice to suit other stories. By that I mean that sometimes you can tell the same author has written the books by the wording they use, or the same decriptions of places, or the characters all being similar to others they have introduced.

Leticia has spent time in isolation after a heartbreaking incident resulting in people chasing her and trying to kill her. Whilst Leticia would have no problem killing all of them in a split second, she values human life and does not want to kill people. She also doesnt want to risk a murder investigation in case her secret is exposed.

After returning to every day life and living peacefully for around a year; the attacks start again. She meets three other people, all supernaturals, a vampire and two shape shifters, Jackson, Nancy and Tristan. All of them try to help Leticia, since they have a code "we look after our own".

There are twists and turns, most of which I didn't see coming and was really shocked. Especially when it came to Leticia's ex-lover, Luke. The characters are interesting and all have very different personalities. Jackson, at first, ARGH!! I wanted to slap him, and I loved how Leticia handled him. She really didn't take his shit and shut him up every step of the way. Girl power!
But in the end I couldn't help but love him, after all, who doesnt want a guy who is actually so deep and passionate and loving, not to mention... gorgeous..*swoons*.

Something else I really liked was how the author mentioned some of the local legends around the place the story is set. I've actually been researching them this afternoon and am now planning to visit Longdendale Valley myself.

Anyway, I would recommend Leticia to anyone who is a fan of YA Paranormal Romance, and anyone who loves in depth characters, action, and beautiful settings.

[Claire · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love werewolf books! This one was no different!

Leticia - such a pretty name! - Has been alone for a long time. After deciding to face the world again, she realizes she is still not safe. She comes across a group of supernatural beings - two shape shifter's and a vampire who take her into their group. I really liked Nancy as a character - I wish I had someone like her as a best friend (YES, a shape shifter!). I also loved Jackson from the start - his attitude really got me! (yes, to swoooon!)

The setting was described beautifully and the characters are fantastic. The only thing I found difficult was the amount of dialogue. Sometimes I found it a bit much, but eventually I got used to it.

I AM BURSTING WITH EXCITEMENT FOR THE NEXT BOOK! The killer cliff-hanger ending was phenomenal to read! I don't want to accidentally give anything away!

[A Belle & A Book · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was gifted to me by the author for an honest review. Let me start by saying that I was intrigued with the plot and characters from page one. The author does a fantastic job of grabbing the reader from the start. The characters are complex and well defined. The story has a good mix of suspense and romance. The actions reels you in. While I was immediately reeled into the book by the storyline, characters, and drama I am disappointed in the abrupt manner in which the story ended. I understand that it is a series but I felt like they didn’t resolve many issues in this first installment. It’s also ends on a major cliffhanger. I don’t want to give away any spoilers so you will just have to take me word for it. If you are into book series, this a great one to read. This author is definitely one to keep your eye on.

[K.B. Miller · Rating 4 out of 5]

4 Triple Goddess Moons
I have to start off by saying that normally I'm not really into the whole werewolf thing... however, I enjoyed Leticia. The character is well thought out, her struggles, her attitude, and just her makes it very difficult NOT to connect with her. The story line was not typical and therefore refreshing. The author did a great job of letting the story tell itself and not forcing it. I loved that the setting of the story was in the UK. I purchase tons of paperbacks to donate to my local library that they do not own, and the teens that I have met would gobble this book up! So, I plan on purchasing a copy for them.
Good job to the author and I am looking forward to book 2.

[Lynzie Andrews · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved this book. From the very start I could relate to Leticia. Spending that much time in isolation made it hard for her to be around people all the time. I felt everything she did, from the upset and worry to the respect for human life. I hated Jackson at first, but fell in love with him half way through the book. Tristan was pretty cool and I felt so sorry for Nancy, all she wants is a friend she can keep.

The characters are likeable. The writing flows well and the suspense will kill you.

Oh and by the way. Damn you with your cliffhanger!! that is soooo cruel lol.

[Tyler Jenkins · Rating 5 out of 5]

After reading the first two books of another series by this author, and thoroughly enjoying them, I immediate set out to look for other works.

I was full of a cold last week and had to take a couple of days off work. This book kept me company. You can tell this writer is improving her craft. The storyline keeps you glued to the pages. The characters are likeable and the settings are beautiful.

I like the fact that this author gives each character their own unique voice and personality.

Looking forward to Betrayal.

[Sharon l Aldcroft · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is set in England.
It is described so well you can visualise everything(she must of known the area very well).

She pulls you into the book so much by describing Leticia in great detail before and after she moved.
Her character is brilliant and the relationship/friendship with the other characters is so well formed so once your in that book that's it you daren't put it down your just to scared of something happening.

Only miss-hap to me......a cliffhanger.
I hate them. Now I have to wait for the next one.....but how long........?????

[N. Kuhn · Rating 4 out of 5]

Well, this starts out slow, but once it gets moving, you're hooked! This book takes you on an amazing ride! So buckle up and enjoy it! I really think that there are so many readers out there who would enjoy this! Heartache, love, loss, forgiveness and moving on! Each in its own way make this book what it is, a good read.

[Margaret · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great novel with interesting plot and characters. Warning! this book has a major cliffhanger. I was so into this story and so gobsmacked with how it ended I actually smoked two cigarettes one after the other. Axiously awaiting the next installment.

[LaGina · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was a little slow in the beginning and took me 3 tries to get into it but once I did I couldn't put it down. I think it has all the elements for a good read. Just stick with it if you have a slow start it will be well worth it.

[Tracy · Rating 3 out of 5]

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[Lindsay Kendal]

My latest novel to be released very soon.