Review: Another Chapter in the Project ELE Series
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 20, 2013
Exposing ELE is the third book in the YA Series "ELE" and picks up where Finding ELE left off. When Willow's parents and Tony are taken and presumably dead we quickly learn instead that they're being detained. Willow feels it necessary to go help, even at times when it should be against better judgment. Emotions are constantly fueling Willow's decisions, some without thought as she goes on a mission to stop Dr. Hastings and recover her parents and Tony.Through the series we are slowly getting a glimpse of Willow's character growing and progressing. In Project ELE Willow has some small selfish tendencies (lying to Alec). Those tendencies and her childish behavior further grew in Finding ELE which only reminds us that our character is a young adult. I'm not sure if that's good or bad. I don't think YA books should read down to their viewers but at times I do think that young adults struggle to find their place to fit in. Who doesn't? Even as we get older that lesson still stays the same at times. Willow has tendencies to run off without telling anyone. Her motivations in saving her family are right but her actions tend to almost always be wrong and to put others and herself in danger. In Exposing ELE Willow does slowly grow into herself. Having previously been reunited with her mother and watching her mother lead gives Willow encouragement to step up when it's necessary.I had no idea Exposing ELE would leave the reader with a `to be continued'. There are a lot of unanswered questions that I hope we'll find the answers to and get our conclusion in the next book. All in all I give Exposing ELE 4 out of 5 stars. I'd recommend the series for ages 13 and up.