Elemental Series - Book Review

I ran across the Elemental Series by Brigid Kemmerer on my library’s online portal. At first I was thrown when I got to the end of book 0 and it ended rather abruptly seemingly mid-storyline. I blame the electronic format on the fact that I had no idea that it was a novella. Fortunately, I persisted and ended up reading all 5 books and 3 novellas in under 5 days.

The Elemental Series follows four brothers and one of their friends, each book from a different brother’s perspective. All of them have elemental powers and are navigating high school, the beginnings of adult hood, and first loves. One of the things that I appreciate about this series is that, even though the major themes and dangers in each book are similar, each plot is fresh and each brother’s voice is distinctive. Each time I read a new book that brother suddenly became my favourite … but only until the next book started.

I highly recomend reading the novels and novellas in order (and knowing that book 0 is a prequal so you aren’t thrown by the abrupt ending). The novellas are all at then end of the final book and available individually as e-books. These books are definately on my list to re-read in the near future.