Review: Another Great!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 1, 2013
Imagine growing up a fully fledged elemental, having complete control of one of the four elements: earth, water, fire, or air. It sounds phenomenal, doesn’t it? Except, your full control really isn’t much control at all, and when you call on your element, and sometimes even when you don’t, scary things tend to happen.  And that’s why the lesser elementals want you and your entire family dead.  You’re too dangerous.Brigid Kemmerer’s latest novella, Breathless, gives readers something we’ve been yearning for for a long time, a glimpse into the heart and soul of Nick Merrick.  Up until this point, Nick has been somewhat of a background character, and though readers know a lot about him, we’ve never really experienced the depths of his heart and soul like we have his other brothers in the series.  But that all changes with Breathless.  In this novella, Kemmerer focuses her attention on Nick, air elemental extraordinaire.  And as we really get to know him, Kemmerer shows us his confusion and his true want and need for acceptance, not just from his friends, but also from his family.  Nick has always felt a little bit different than his twin Gabriel when it comes to girls, but until now, he’s repressed those thoughts and feelings.  Yet, while the allure of college calls to him, so does his yearning for a relationship, except for Nick, his preference would cause multiple problems with his family, or so he believes, and so he struggles to accept himself.This is a very well written novella that I highly enjoyed, especially as we get to see how calm, cool, and collected Nick is anything but as he struggles to figure out just who he is and who he wants to be.  Believing himself to be the exception of the “norm” in his family, Nick’s thoughts and feelings will have readers rooting for him the whole way, and I cannot wait to see how everything pans out for Nick as he takes his next steps towards the relationship he truly desires.