Storm by Brigid Kemmerer

Book Review #9

Storm

by Brigid Kemmerer 

Ever since her ex-boyfriend spread those lies about her, Becca Chandler is suddenly getting all the guys—all the ones she doesn't want. 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. They’re powerful. Dangerous. Marked for death.

And now that she knows the truth, so is Becca.

Secrets are hard to keep when your life’s at stake. 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. But then Hunter goes head-to-head with Chris, and Becca wonders who’s hiding the most dangerous truth of all.

- Goodreads Summary

        Okay, so I have mixed feelings about this one. You have this really cool story idea, you have an author who obviously knows how to write a book, but the story itself was a little wonky. I liked this book, it wasn't phenomenal, but it was definitely entertaining. And what can you expect? Not every book can be another Book Thief, or Harry Potter, or Obsidian, some books take the tools they have to work with and make what they can out of it. That's what happened with Storm.

        The major conflict of the story was not clearly defined until well after the middle of the book. I kept waiting and waiting for someone to just come out and say it, or think it, or really just anything. It's never a good sign when the reader is waiting. There is a romantic aspect between the two main characters and that a well was very confusing. Chris, the main guy, obviously has a thing for Becca, the main girl. All the while Becca is totally having a 'thing' with two different guys. The thoughts that were going through my head were not the 'What just happened?' that goes along with cliffhangers, it was a literal 'What just happened?' 

         Now, all of those complaints sounded pretty bad, but let me say this. Storm is the first book of a trilogy and I am interested enough to read the next one.

My Rating: 3/5

                            -Sarah Elisabeth          

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