Review: Best in the series so far
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 14, 2014
I started Elemental Dawn expecting to read about Charlotte's 4th semester at Paranormal Public. As it started, I felt like its Harry Potter roots were showing a bit as this Book 4 started with Charlotte leaving her unhappy home to go to the chaotic but loving home of her friend, from where they go to a big event in the paranormal community. But since this event was the coronation of their vampire friend Lanca after her father was killed, the story quickly veered in another direction.I like Elemental Dawn best of all the Paranormal Public books so far because it had a strong story arc while keeping all the characters the same. I liked seeing that Dobrov had sort of joined their group. One of my favorite bits was when Charlotte was reflecting that people found her disappointing as the only elemental, and I found the concept of this one girl needed to save the world being actually kind of shy and unassuming and not really up to the task as being interesting. Of course, a lot of the reason she is not up to the task is that no one seems to want to help her. I'm not entirely sure how I feel about the fractious paranormals who seem to want to give the darkness what it wants rather than fight it. Or, rather, I do know. I don't like them. They need to step up and figure out what they want.Spoilery warning: Keller has zero points by the end of the book. But even that's kind of welcome, as I've found him a bit too perfect so far. You know, assuming everything actually works out in Elemental Fire and beyond.