Short Story Review: Elemental by Brigid Kemmerer

Elemental by Brigid Kemmerer
Series: Elemental #0.5
Publisher: KTeen (Kensington)
First published: March 27th, 2012
Source: Bought
Format: eBook
Pages: 50

Goodreads Summary:

Earth, Fire, Air, Water – they are more than you dream.

As an air Elemental, 17-year-old Emily Morgan doesn’t have much power. That’s okay—she knows what happens to kids who do.

Like Michael Merrick. He’s an earth Elemental, one with enough power to level cities. Which makes him sexy. Dangerous. And completely off limits. At least according to Emily’s family.

But her summer job puts her in close contact with Michael, and neither of them can help the attraction they feel. When forces of nature like theirs collide, one misstep could get someone killed. Because Emily’s family doesn’t just want her to stay away from him.

They want him dead.

My Rating: 4.0 / 5

What I thought about it:

My first thoughts after finishing Elemental were: Why the hell didn't I pre-order a copy of Storm? It might have happened before, but usally it's not easy to fall in love with a story just by reading fifty pages, but that's exactly what happened for me with Elemental. 

Within fifty pages you don't get to know the characters as well as you would after reading three hundred pages. But that didn't stop me from starting to obsess over them, so I devoured Michael and Emily's story and ended up being disappointed. Disappointed because there wasn't more about them, especially after a somewhat cliffhanger-y ending that made me want to throw my Kindle against the wall.

Elemental is the perfect introduction to a series I'm expecting to be amazing. It shows you the basic aspects of the world these characters are living in without telling you too much. To be honest, it actually just made we wonder more about their elemental gifts and the problems they cause than I did after reading the synopsis. I definitely can't wait to continue, or rather properly start this series.

Have you started this series? What did you think about it?
Do you plan to read it?
Carina

New Distractions #01

If you spend half a week thinking about whether to continue participating in In My Mailbox or not, it's probably the best decision to not do so anymore. Nonetheless I don't necessarily feel comfortable slapping a new name on an old meme, so I have no choice but credit Kristi from The Story Siren for the inspiration for this post. That doesn't mean I'm supporting her actions, but in the end this kind of post isn't my idea. I'm not a person for such drama like the one we had last week and so far I've managed to stay out of it, but taking this step feels necessary to distance myself from everything.

Kristi's blog was the first book blog I've ever come across and read, so I probably don't even need to say that I'm disappointed - more by the lack of a true apology than what she did in the first place. People make mistakes all the time (and yes, I feel comfortable calling this a "mistake", because that's what you call things you shouldn't have done), but you should be able to stand up and admit them - and apologize properly for what you did. Then forgiveness is a lot easier.

It's not my place to forgive Kristi, but I need to forget before being able to read her blog again like I used to. I'm one of the bloggers who were inspired by her love for YA books and who looked up to her without truly knowing her. I won't judge her as a person, but as a blogger, as a role model for other bloggers. I won't say that I'll never read her blog again, but for now I need a break.

And despite never having wanted to say anything, this is already too long. I'm sure you're all sick of the drama and yet another three paragraphs about it is more than enough. Sorry! Let's get to the awesome books I got last week:

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The books I received:

Bought:

Elemental

For review:

Glitch | Timepiece

Sweetly | The Blessed | Wings of Arian

Huge thanks to St. Martin's Griffin, Egmont USA, Hachette Children's Books (UK) and Devri Walls.

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Remember to enter the giveaways I currently have on my blog (they're listed on top of the blog on all pages) and to link your IMM / Book Haul / whatever-you-call-it-now below. :)

Carina