Review: The Beginning of an Awesome YA Series
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 4, 2012
This is a short novella, but it tells the story that starts it all.  Michael Merrick is a 17-year-old teenage boy who just happens to be an earth Elemental, and he is really powerful, dangerously powerful.  His mom and dad, have made a deal with the other Elementals in town in order to try to keep Michael and his three brothers safe, but the deal hinges upon the fact that they have promised that Michael will not use his power, at all.  Emily Morgan just happens to be the daughter of one the people fighting against Michael and his family, not to mention the fact that her brother and his friends try to torment Michael every chance they get in order to get him to break the agreement.  What Emily and Michael didn't count on was falling in love.  With everything and everyone warring against them, will they be able to survive?This was really a really short novella, but it is so good and sets the stage for the rest of the series. In fact, I wish it could have been a whole book.  I would have liked to have seen a lot more of Emily and Michael. I love books that have teenage male leads.  I find that so entertaining and fresh.  Of course I love my heroines to, but there is just something about these guys that I am drawn to.  Brigid Kemmerer has done an excellent job of writing these characters and this novella just sets you up and leaves you hungry for Storm, the first book in the Elemental series.  Trust me, this is one series you won't want to miss.