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. Marked for death. And now that she knows the truth, so is Becca.
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. The storm is coming. Elemental is the new series to watch. The first edition of the novel was published in April 24th , and was written by Brigid Kemmerer. The book was published in multiple languages including English, consists of pages and is available in Paperback format.
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We do not guarantee that these techniques will work for you. Lets just say I had no reason to be scared. I was ensnarled with this book from about page…oh…. I cannot wait for the next in the series. Good: Becca: Brave, yet scared too. Chris Merrick: If he looks anything like he does on the cover he is extremely hot.
But apparently all the Merrick boys are, as the throw around extremely heavy top spoil bags for a living…it must define a lot of muscles.
Not to mention he thinks only about Becca and how all he wants to do is wrap her in his arms. Then he goes and does something like sticks up for her and gets detention because of it and I was sold. Gabriel Merrick: obviously the seriously mad boy out of the bunch I say seriously because they all tend to be a little bad who knows that he looks good and loves to flaunt it.
Also the sportive one of the bunch who uses the fact that he and his brother are identical to his benefit i. You sexy thing. Nicolas Merrick: apparently the genius and light headed one of the family.
That is saying a lot considering he is generally found right along side his brother pulling some decent pranks and razzing their younger brother Chris. Michael Merrick: Although the pony tail threw me a bit it was his ass-hatness that threw me even more but in the end Michael Merrick was seen as just as tough and hot as his brothers through my eyes.
Swift, strong, and a deep down nice guy. Bad: So…I thought and thought about what I would put here and I guess there was only one thing to do with the book. In the beginning I loved Chris, somewhere in the middle not so much, then in the end I loved him again. Perhaps it was what Kemmerer was going for? Well all and all there should have been more Chris and Becca…mainly them making out…but there are more books to come so you never know.
Her writing style is beautiful. Its not confusing and like so many others she bring her humour across beautifully. But I think the shocker is that she can do it with so many characters…so many male characters especially. The book was paced perfectly with action around ever corner and the meaningful reflective moments and romantic moments exactly where it felt they should be.
This series is one that will be highly loved for readers across the world. Come on there has to be a Nick book. Nick and Quinn…oh ya its going to happen. View more of my review and others at my blog: www. View all 3 comments. This book drove me nuts.
And I'm in the mood to rant. You wanna know why? Because idiotic heroine, obnoxious heroes, fucking love triangle, teenage drama. I'm too old for this shit. I'm trying really hard to write a coherent review, but every time I think of anything from that list above, I start to see red. I'll begin from Becca, because she is what made this book insufferable for me. Becca has the personality of a kitchen cloth, which is my witty way of saying she has none.
Nothing makes her sp This book drove me nuts. Nothing makes her special or stand out from every other girl. Is she exceptionally smart? Hahahhaha, no. Is she stunningly beautiful? Is she in any other way interesting, maybe cunning or charismatic, strong, brave, daring, anything, just to prove she's a worthy heroine? So you see, a cloth is a perfect comparison for her personality. No, I'm not being fair when I say she has no significant talents.
She has one talent. When shit starts to hit the fan, Becca can get in the middle like nobody's business. Every single time things start to go downhill, she manages to get involved and end up in a life threatening situation, only so she could be rescued by the heroes. Oh my god, the blushing!! Fine, once or twice I can understand, but every freaking time she talks to someone she blushes! At this point it's past shyness and social awkwardness, this is a physical condition that should be medically treated!
Maybe it's like a high blood pressure thing or whatever. That much blushing and flushing couldn't be healthy, for real. What's next on my list?
Obnoxious heroes. As it is in YA, they're all really not boys anymore as sixteen-year-olds still tend to be but they're all like really grown up with defined cheekbones and jawlines and muscles and voices and each one is basically sex on a stick, just perfect human beings with no flaws at all.
You can't beat them, you can't fluster them, you can't do them wrong. And fuck me if that love triangle made any sense! And how it was resolved. No sense. I'll cut this review short before I start repeating random words for "emphasis".
It's no secret I didn't like this book. But, I'll read the next one. Because I'm a glutton for punishment. Just kidding, I'm not, but I'm feeling patient and maybe the next book proves to be better.
I keep hoping this might be like the Fever series, where you have to suffer through the first book to get to the awesomeness that is the rest of the series. So, off to the next book.
Despite everything, that made her smile. Storm is about a girl, named Becca, who saves a boy, named Chris, when she sees him getting beaten up by two strangers!
Then, she gets tangled up in his family story, as she discovers that Chris and his three brothers have special powers according to their element earth, fire, wind, water. Now she has to find her way out of this mess and try to help the Merrick brothers while sorting out her personal life! The plot was great and one crazy thing happened after another!
But what really got me were the characters. Each character was complicated and had their own tragic story. Michael, who is the oldest of the four, had to carry the weight of the family and take care of his brothers, after their parents died, and Gabriel was certainly not making it easy for him!
His brothers had isolated him and blamed him for everything. The twins had the best sibling relationship, I think. They always understood each other and helped each other. I always feel that twins have a special bond that nobody can break. Gabriel was the 'bad boy', whereas Nick was the sweet, caring one. Finally, Chris was like a confused puppy. He had to learn to control his powers and tried to put up a tough front, but in reality he was vulnerable and lonely!
Becca was a great female lead. She was strong and always tried to do the best thing for everyone even though she had been hurt by people in the past.
As for the minor characters, Quinn was a bit abrasive and loud mouthed but it was only because she cared so much about her loved ones and Hunter was a character-mystery for me as i feel that there was a deeper meaning behind his every word. The romance was quite strong in this one and there was a love triangle but i didn't feel that it overpowered the story at any point. I hope this was not the last time we see Becca and Chris because they are so sweet and young and innocent and i love them! The only thing that I didn't like was the fact that a couple of times women were judged because of the way they dressed.
Also, I don't think Becca stopped blushing throughout the entire story. Overall, I loved it and I can't wait to continue with the series. Unfortunately, I have a full tbr for September, so Spark I'll see you next month! I was pressured, brainwashed, and totally convinced to go into this book with high expectations, and even then it still blew me away! Storm starts on a dark night when our awesome heroine Becca literally saves Chris Merrick's life.
Everything quickly goes to hell from there when she realizes that Chris and his brothers aren't normal — they're Elementals, targeted because of how powerful they are. And now that she knows the truth, Becca isn't so safe either. Becca is the perfect I was pressured, brainwashed, and totally convinced to go into this book with high expectations, and even then it still blew me away! Becca is the perfect imperfect heroine for this novel!
She's bad-ass and tough, but she's also vulnerable in a way that makes her so real. One thing I loved about this book was how Brigid Kemmerer incorporated bullying into the mix — with Becca's ex-boyfriend who I hate with a passion! She reacts to it the way most girls would, and I couldn't have loved her more if I tried. This review would not be completely without mentioning the Merrick brothers.
As one of my friends said, you'd think Brigid Kemmerer grew up in a house full of boys with how well she wrote them! Their brotherly bond, the way they fought, their heated banter Topped off with Brigid's great writing and the sweet romance, this book has it all. With four hot brothers, a fantastic heroine, an Elemental-based storyline that will steal your breath away, Storm was one of my most highly anticipated reads of the year and it definitely lives up to the hype! Brigid Kemmerer, you are definitely starting off on the right foot with this debut.
Why would you even think to borrow this? Buy all the way!! View all 34 comments. Don't be fooled by the 3 and a half star-rating, the book is quite good and if you don't usually over-think the paranormal worlds like I seem to do you will definitely love it more. This is a refreshing story about 4 boys with powers way too strong for 3. This is a refreshing story about 4 boys with powers way too strong for their own good and also a story about a girl caught in the middle of a fight beyond her power of comprehension.
This is a story about revealing secrets that could kill you and about love that could heal you, it has a lot of action, a bit a drama, some humor scattered here in there, not to mention that there is plenty of hotness involved.
Be aware! If I remember Captain Planet, am I a bit too old? Well this book reminded me of that cartoon movie series and I've always liked the idea of one controlling the surrounding natural elements, the idea of them giving you power, the idea of that power consuming you.. Yeah, I am talking now a bit more about Chris' brothers than himself, but in this story they come all in one package and some of them will steal your heart with their humor, or their drama, or them both.
The characters. When you have 5 hot guys parading is this the right word? I loved the teasing between the brothers and Chris when we started to see Becca, I loved how they stood for each other even when they disagreed with what one was doing, I loved how they wanted to fight back and not keep their head down because that wouldn't solve anything and they would be bullied again and again.
Yeah, sometimes the overprotectiveness was getting on my nerves, but this is what loving your younger might do to one I have a younger sister and I like to think that I would do everything to keep her out of trouble, even though it's not the case.
The writing. The is something melodic about the way Brigid writes. It captivates you and makes you want to read more, to know more, to see what happens next.. You simply can't put the book down. I've been reading on the train, on a bus and a boat, and it's funny because i usually get motions sick if I read in a moving vehicle, but I guess that the story was way too interesting for my brain to think of something else.
When you have alternating povs from two main characters things are clearer than bottled water. And when you have a cute relationship that starts pretty well, but you know with whom the girl might end it leaves you with a bitter taste.
I am not a big fan of paranormal love stories and this one was no exception. I don't understand why did the two liked each other, and i don't understand why the third one got to be left out when he started so damn well, I don't know why there was a need for a love-triangle in the first place, and I don't get how Becca ended with the one she ended because not only there was no chemistry between them, but it was the same treat-me-like-hell-because-i-like-you story all over again.
The paranormal elements. There were things that didn't make much sense, mostly by the ending. We started to understand many things, but as a paranormal world goes it wasn't really enough.
Making storms out of nothings is something, but changing the course of life is an entirely different thing, and no-one seemed to be bothered by this. And the same goes for the next book and there are still no consequences! The confession. You can't just go tell a girl all your secrets only because you like her and she knows a bit of it anyways. There are sectrets that are not only yours, the are things more powerful than you, there are sectrets that could kill.
Also there were some disturbing things left hanging Again, i know this is paranormal fantasy, but young people are reading it. Don't make them think that if someone tries to rape you is alright for you to hide it. Make them fucking pay for it! It really annoys me that something this important is treated so lightly in YA books. Keep an eye for this series because I bet that many of you will like it as well!
Happy midnight reading! Four brothers, each a powerful elemental, a community at war, and one girl caught in the middle, Brigid Kemmerer brings her A-game in her electrifying debut. Storm should come with a cautionary notice. The boy is Chris Merrick, who, al Four brothers, each a powerful elemental, a community at war, and one girl caught in the middle, Brigid Kemmerer brings her A-game in her electrifying debut.
And that might just be the least of the surprises coming her way. Becca and Chris, Chris and Becca Storm wastes no time jumping straight into the action. We join Becca as she finds Chris being beaten in the school parking lot, and it escalates from there.
Both Chris and Becca are eminently likeable, fascinating and engrossing, and both have unique, singular voices. After saving Chris, who is in her grade, but she hardly knows, her world is irrevocably shaken, and only gets more complicated from there. The quietest and most reserved of his brothers, Chris is much like element he controls: calm and still on the surface—sometimes—but hiding a tumult of dangers, currents and fathomless depths below. Watching Becca and Chris step around each other is a delight.
The two are drawn to each other, but neither understands the other, neither knows what it means. Both hide secrets and hurts, and are struggling to fight inner demons as well as the external kind. He plays a large and important role in Storm, and it feels as though his part may only just be becoming clear.
The Brothers Where Storm truly shines is in the authenticity of its characters, in particular the four brothers at its core. Every one of the four Merrick boys feels real. Chris and his brothers are fascinating to say the least. Enormously powerful, the boys are a natural disaster waiting to happen—literally.
But they keep their powers constantly tamped down. They live in fear of a power greater than theirs, creating a fascinating dichotomy between their power, and powerlessness to defend themselves without bringing a fate worse than harassment down on their heads. Storm is a remarkable debut. A story that is so many things, but most importantly, fun.
Very good. Nothing eartshaking, but hey, good is already more than I expected, since I haven't touched a het paranormal YA in months. It looks like I read it in 8 days, but it was actually 4, with one long break in the middle. This means that no, I wasn't completely sucked in and sitting on the very edge of my seat, but while reading I was mighty interested in what was going to happen next.
Good enough. So: schoolgirl mooning over complete strangers, a love triangle let's not even , pointless descriptions of clothing, secretly following people around does anyone actually do that irl? Because it sure happens a lot in books , immediately accepting paranormality but then refusing to trust someone evidently trustworthy just to stick with the mysterious hippie guy er Oh dear. I guess I haven't managed to exterminate my inner schoolgirl completely yet , people who say "crap" SHIT.
There was a lot of good stuff too! Like the fact that all that testosterone was fogging up my phone screen. If I'm reading the next books for one reason, it's the Merrick brothers. I'm sure as hell not interested in the girls.
It might not be the friendliest or most healthy attitude, but it's fantastic to see. They look like complete tools. Colton Haynes though. Oh god, I'd climb that like a squirrel. You see? Everything goes back to Teen Wolf. So Colton Haynes is Chris, in my mind - as if I needed one more reason to want to lick him. Chris, that is. Not that I don't want to lick Colton Haynes. He Chris was just too adorable and natural and spontaneous and grumpy and just plain nice to resist.
Plus he looks like Colton Haynes. Humour me. Hunter, on the other hand, made my brain itch. He was cocky in that "I'm so cool I don't even need to rub it in your face" kinda way that is even worse that straight-out bragging, yet he still had this almost ethereal feel about him that confused me and annoyed me and made my leg automatically jump and kick the table everytime I read his name.
If this was the author's intention, kudos; if it wasn't, fix it. Still, I want find out what the hell the deal is with him. One more reason to continue the series, I guess. Also, discoveries! Did you know that hair on a scar grows back white? I had no idea, and when I first read about it here I called bullshit. That's actually kinda cool, anyway. As in such a girl. I don't know if I've just lost the ability to like or relate to female characters or authors are just that bad at portraying them, but they end up pissing me off more often than not.
Are clothes and boys and the occasional paranormal ability really all we think about? She acted in a moderately logical way though, so I didn't outright despise her. Thank fuck she had some family issues too, at least I could like one thing about her - the way she interacted with the 'rents.
The romance was Although I can't help but be suprised by the complete absence of actual smut in here - it's like the main characters' hormones are hybernating for some reason. There's an almost-rape not with one of the love interests, chill!
There are some suprises too, if YA lurve and girliness hadn't convinced you to give this a try yet. The double twist at the end took me completely by surprise, despite a couple generous clues dropped during the story. But that's probably just me.
But it's a few steps higher on the originality scale than I expected - and I tend to be pretty optimistic. I wanted to wait and read it in "book" format. I'm glad I did. You might think I gave this book 5 stars to help boost the rating, but let me tell you, it won't need the help.
This book takes you on such a ride. The characters grab hold of you and don't let you do until they are done telling you their story. This book is not the next "anything", it's the first of a great series and you won't be disappointed if you spend time with the Merrick brothers. The storm is coming Soo it started off good, but got super boring and I lost interest. Heavy with dialogue and not enough plot to keep me invested, I was torn between rating this a two or a three.
This book is non-stop all the way through. While I truly enjoyed Chris in Storm, he was simply too young and his problems too childish for me to relate to.
Layne has her own issues because of troubles at home. First and foremost, I have to admit that I thought Gabriel was an extremely well-written character. The chain reaction that started over the past couple of weeks with one, then several friends of mine reading this series only got me more excited to want to talk about the books.
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