Showing posts with label Heather James. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Heather James. Show all posts

Saturday, June 14, 2014

Review: Water (Elements of Power #2) by Heather James


Fantasy

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Blurb:


Water pooled around my feet, rising at an alarming rate. I stared - panicked - at the palms of my hands, willing the water gushing out of them to stop as miraculously as it had begun.

I only sneezed!

Jasmine is struggling to control her new powers, causing floods and fires with an accidental flick of her wrist. In a desperate attempt to master at least one aspect of them, she travels to the Brizan Realm, where she comes closer to discovering the truth about her parents than ever before. But not everyone wants their secrets revealed.

Alone, powerless and, for the first time in her life, afraid, Roxy has only one thought occupying her mind: escaping Cinaer's clutches before it's too late. Her flight will take her across the ocean, but not in the direction she is expecting. Before she can try and get back to Brae, she needs to rescue herself.

Despite being on opposite sides of the world, the girls soon find themselves closer than ever.




My thoughts:

**This book was given to me by the author for a "Read-to-Review".
This hasn't affected my review in any way.**

Second book of the Elements of power series.
Water cannot be read as a standalone. 
If you haven't read Fire, I wrote a spoiler-free review here.

The following paragraphs will contain minor spoilers.

Water was too short for my liking. Not only because of the number of pages, but also because I really got into the story.
Similar to the first book, Water was narrated by Jasmine and Roxy. Only this time, the story was more focused on Jasmine, which I didn't mind at all, since I like her better than Roxy.
I learned a lot about the other Realms. Namely the Brizan and Sephan Realm. Who knew the Sephans would be so peaceful yet angsty competitive at the same time?

Interesting characters were introduced. They made me wonder who are to be trusted and who are not. Especially Tristan, who is shady as heck.
With new characters comes new love interests! I personally ship Roxy with Tristan. But the question is who will Brae choose?
With everything happening, uncertainty is evident.
All I know is that there's a storm named Jasmine brewing and it's gonna be good! Anticipating the third book! :)

Rating: 4.5/5 hearts




About the Author


Heather James is a young-adult author who writes about heroines with amazing powers, heroes who will break your heart and fantasy realms that you will want to move to. 

She works as a librarian in a school and spends her school holidays writing, reading, playing flag-American football and baking.


You can find out more about Heather here:

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Wednesday, April 09, 2014

Review: Fire by Heather James


Fantasy

Get the book here: Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Smashwords

Blurb:


Is control over the elements a gift, or a curse?

Roxy thinks that she is in control of everything: with flames flaring at her fingertips and an equally fiery attitude, what more could she need? But then she meets Brae, a prince from a rival Realm, who turns her assumptions of superiority upside down.

Jasmine has none of Roxy’s confidence or intensity. But she does have a secret - and Brae - and she’s not going to give either up willingly.


My thoughts (spoiler-free):



This book was given to me by the author for a "Read-to-Review".
This hasn't affected my review in any way.

Fire was an entertaining and enjoyable read. 
Fans of Avatar: The last Air bender (holla at you!) will quickly get the concept of the book.

There are four Realms that have their specific elements. The Helian Realm had fire, Arcan Realm had Air, Brizan Realm had Water and the Sephan Realm had Earth. Not everyone has the power to control an element, so each realm had people called Protectors , they serve as soldiers for their respective realms.

There were two alternating perspectives, Roxy and Jasmine's. These two are complete opposites, Roxy from the Helian Realm is snarky and bad-ass, while Jasmine from the Arcan Realm is shy and meek.I usually root for heroines like Roxy, but this is the only book I've read that made me root for a heroine like Jasmine.
The story itself was short, but it took me a while to finish, I had to slowly take all the details of their world.
I would totally read the sequel, Water.


Rating: 4/5 hearts




About the Author


Heather James is a young-adult author who writes about heroines with amazing powers, heroes who will break your heart and fantasy realms that you will want to move to. 

She works as a librarian in a school and spends her school holidays writing, reading, playing flag-American football and baking.


You can find out more about Heather here:

Blogspot       Goodreads       Facebook
Twitter        Pinterest         Smashwords