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With power comes enemies. Lots of them.
Hunter Garrity just wants to be left alone. He’s learned the
hard way that his unusual abilities come at a price. And he can’t seem to
afford any allies.
He’s up to his neck in hostiles. His grandfather, spoiling
for a fight. The Merrick brothers, who think he ratted them out. Calla, the
scheming psycho who wants to use him as bait.
Then there’s Kate Sullivan, the new girl at school. She’s
not hostile. She’s bold. Funny. Hot. But she’s got an agenda, too.
With supposedly secret powers rippling to the surface
everywhere around him, Hunter knows something ugly is about to go down. But
finding out what means he’ll have to find someone he can trust…
Regular followers of the blog know that The Elemental Series
is a big hit with Shel. And it wasn’t until recently that I finally had my turn
with the books. I read Storm and Spark which I enjoyed immensely but it was the
e-novella Breathless that completely won me over. Kemmerer excels at giving her characters a
turn in the spotlight, this time being Hunter’s, and gives them the time to
develop properly. And even though Hunter is not a Merrick brother, he is very
much connected to them and there’s no escaping that tie.
Hunter is a surprising revelation in Spirit. He appears to
be a jovial, easy-going guy in the previous books but in Spirit, all his insecurities
and demons are played out. He’s mentally in a bad place here with issues at home and at school which
means he’s making some bad decisions that land him in all kinds of messes. Of
course, he’s still on the outs with Gabriel Merrick and the rest of the
brothers because of his “spying” in Spark. Right now being isolated from the
people he has considered friends leaves him very vulnerable to trouble. And trouble
comes in the form of Kate, the mysterious new girl at school who befriends him
and the Merricks. Spirit has everyone figuring out what exactly honesty means, who can be trusted and
how to stand their ground while they’re being hunted mercilessly.
Readers, The Elemental Series has been a blast! Once you get
started, it’s hard to put the books down – any of them. One of the best things
about the series is that even though these are all teens with special powers,
they’re also so very human and relatable.
Everything they go through be it sibling rivalries, high school drama or
dislike of authority figures, they’re all reminiscent of stuff we’ve all been
through. There are so many times where you’ll find yourself going, “been there",
"oh that guy" or “yeah that sucks”. There's bound to be a character or a situation that will remind you of someone you know or something that has happened.
~ Bel
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