Storm by Brigid Kemmerer
(Book #1 of The Elemental Series)
Pages: 353; Paperback
Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corporation
Publication Date: 5/1/2012
Reading Level: Young Adult
Genre: Fantasy, Paranormal, Romance, Sci-fi
Goodreads Summary:
Earth, Fire, Air, Water – they have more power than you dream.
Ever since her ex-boyfriend spread those lies about her, Becca Chandler is suddenly getting all the guys—all the ones she doesn't want. Then she saves Chris Merrick from a beating in the school parking lot. Chris is different. Way different: he can control water—just like his brothers can control fire, wind, and earth. They’re powerful. Dangerous. Marked for death. And now that she knows the truth, so is Becca.Secrets are hard to keep when your life’s at stake. When Hunter, the mysterious new kid around school, turns up with a talent for being in the wrong place at the right time, Becca thinks she can trust him. But then Hunter goes head-to-head with Chris, and Becca wonders who’s hiding the most dangerous truth of all. The storm is coming....
Final Verdict:
This has been in my TBR shelf for so long. Due to the high ratings and the undeniably appealing cover, I just had to give it a shot. Just like most readers, I think I died and gone to literary heaven when I heard that there we're 4 good-looking brothers within the pages of this book.
I can't say I was disappointed but it definitely did not live up to my expectations. I wanted a nice introduction to their Elemental world but all I got was confusion. With nearly everything. The elementals, Becca's school situation and the past. It's like I walked into the middle of a movie and I'm just left trying to figure out what's happened. A lot of the motions set into place we're mostly cause of what happened beforehand. It would have been nice to at least have half of the backstory explained in full detail but no, I was left with itty bitty pieces of it for me to stitch up to get a full understanding. That was frustrating for me!
I didn't feel any connection with the characters either. They felt dead to me. Especially the guy protagonist! Honestly, I didn't see the appeal of the Merrick brothers anymore. It's a damn shame because I really thought they ALL could have been amazing ones. There were hardly any lines, mouth-watering descriptions or even wits for me to at least swoon over. Not to mention, I found most of them are jerks. Granted they went through what they went through but how am I supposed to like a guy who's pissed or indecisive half of the time? There were some points we're I liked them but other than that, I didn't really care for them.
I kind of liked Becca. I found myself sympathizing with her but not as much as really liking her character. I kind of liked Hunter too but after I got to the end? Not really as much.
I guess one of the things that kept me reading was because I was trying to figure out who Becca was going to end up with! I was going for Hunter then to Chris then to Hunter then to Chris. I don't really care for "love triangles", usually they annoy the crap out of me. This one was bearable although there wasn't a lot of romance to begin with. The relationship between the characters we're pretty hard to distinguish.
Past halfway throughout the book, an actual story picked up and I found myself invested. There was enough mystery and I was actually shocked for a second or two when we got to couple of twists.
Overall, I liked it enough to finish it but BARELY. Maybe it went too slow or too fast, I really don't know. It feels like everyone liked this book and I'm missing out because I feel otherwise! Brigid Kemmerer tackled too many interesting subjects for this story; A normal one and a fantasy, a couple then a love triangle. I'm sorry to say, that for me, it all felt short. Even reaching the end, too many questions we're left unanswered. But at least, Becca did end up with a guy or….. did she? Agh, I don't know.
This has been in my TBR shelf for so long. Due to the high ratings and the undeniably appealing cover, I just had to give it a shot. Just like most readers, I think I died and gone to literary heaven when I heard that there we're 4 good-looking brothers within the pages of this book.
I can't say I was disappointed but it definitely did not live up to my expectations. I wanted a nice introduction to their Elemental world but all I got was confusion. With nearly everything. The elementals, Becca's school situation and the past. It's like I walked into the middle of a movie and I'm just left trying to figure out what's happened. A lot of the motions set into place we're mostly cause of what happened beforehand. It would have been nice to at least have half of the backstory explained in full detail but no, I was left with itty bitty pieces of it for me to stitch up to get a full understanding. That was frustrating for me!
I didn't feel any connection with the characters either. They felt dead to me. Especially the guy protagonist! Honestly, I didn't see the appeal of the Merrick brothers anymore. It's a damn shame because I really thought they ALL could have been amazing ones. There were hardly any lines, mouth-watering descriptions or even wits for me to at least swoon over. Not to mention, I found most of them are jerks. Granted they went through what they went through but how am I supposed to like a guy who's pissed or indecisive half of the time? There were some points we're I liked them but other than that, I didn't really care for them.
I kind of liked Becca. I found myself sympathizing with her but not as much as really liking her character. I kind of liked Hunter too but after I got to the end? Not really as much.
I guess one of the things that kept me reading was because I was trying to figure out who Becca was going to end up with! I was going for Hunter then to Chris then to Hunter then to Chris. I don't really care for "love triangles", usually they annoy the crap out of me. This one was bearable although there wasn't a lot of romance to begin with. The relationship between the characters we're pretty hard to distinguish.
Past halfway throughout the book, an actual story picked up and I found myself invested. There was enough mystery and I was actually shocked for a second or two when we got to couple of twists.
Overall, I liked it enough to finish it but BARELY. Maybe it went too slow or too fast, I really don't know. It feels like everyone liked this book and I'm missing out because I feel otherwise! Brigid Kemmerer tackled too many interesting subjects for this story; A normal one and a fantasy, a couple then a love triangle. I'm sorry to say, that for me, it all felt short. Even reaching the end, too many questions we're left unanswered. But at least, Becca did end up with a guy or….. did she? Agh, I don't know.
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