Title: Changes
Author: Gillian Felix
Genre: YA Fiction
Book Blurb:
Adriana Banovic’s 15th birthday sucked! She got fired after eight years of playing Shayanne Montgomery on the #1 soap in the country, found out that her family was on the verge of bankruptcy and worst of all, forced to return to Westwood Academy. Her only saving grace was a chance glance at dreamy mystery boy Haze Lyndon. Armed with only his picture and a determination to find him—even if it means turning Los Angeles over on its ass.
In this new adult novel you’ll meet Robin Banovic, Adriana’s father; financially challenged, dealing with the death of a family member and his brother’s disappearance.
You’ll meet Savannah DaCosta aka Savi, mother/manager; Savi enjoys the life her rock star daughter Leighann has provided. When Leighann makes a choice to end her career, Savi sees it as a personal attack.
You’ll meet college boy Haze Lyndon; New to Los Angeles, Haze soon realizes how quickly money changes hands in the City of Angels. Will he return to questionable ways to survive or go back to the safety of his family in Wisconsin?
Praise for Changes
“I see a huge
following for this new series! I know I'm going to watch for more!” Di Bylo
– Amazon Top Reviewer
“Gillian Felix is
truly wonderful in the way she writes and captivates her readers. She has a
true gift and I guess anyone who reads her books will be waiting for the next
book as eagerly as I am." Namrata Ganti - Red Pillows
“There are love, lies,
secrets, and desires that rival any soap opera out there.” Karen-Anne
Stewart, Author
“This series is like the Sopranos meets
Nashville. It was gritty and realistic whilst entertaining and dark.” Rachel P
About the Author:
Gillian Felix was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad. She grew up watching night time soap operas by Aaron Spelling with her mother. That’s where her obsession with rich, powerful and devious characters were born. After repeatedly seeing Mr. Spelling’s name on the screen night after night, Gillian knew she wanted to be an Aaron Spelling, before she knew that Aaron Spelling was actually a person.
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Reviewer: Aly
Review:
Changes was a good book--just a bit different from what I was expecting for its genre.
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Changes was well written. That’s a fact that cannot be contested. There were no errors that I picked up on in the writing and that is always good to see.
I did find that I didn’t really make connections with any of the characters or really feel any interest in learning more about them which the book provides in a lot of detail. Changes gives a lot of background on different characters in order to set up the books in the series, or so I believe. It seemed like there were little plots but overall this was more of a get to know the characters kind of deal. Which is good to know if you’re interested in reading the rest of the series.
You get a lot of the family dynamics as well and how that works out as far back as Adriana’s grandparents. That was intriguing to watch play out as it’s not all sunshine and lollipops. But you also get perspectives from characters outside Adriana. I didn’t really understand why but I am certainly curious about it.
There was the typical high school drama going on which got a little bit escalated and I certainly did not expect the ending to happen when it did. So that kept me on my toes. I don’t know why but I don’t think I expected Adriana to do what she did. At least not go that far.
Changes was a good book--just a bit different from what I was expecting for its genre.
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