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    Elemental
    Elemental
    Elemental
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    Elemental

    By Brigid Kemmerer

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    Earth, Fire, Air, Water – they are more than you dream.

    As an air Elemental, 17-year-old Emily Morgan doesn't have much power. That's okay--she knows what happens to kids who do.

    Like Michael Merrick. He's an earth Elemental, one with enough power to level cities. Which makes him sexy, dangerous, and completely off limits. At least according to Emily's family.

    But her summer job puts her in close contact with Michael, and neither of them can help the attraction they feel. When forces of nature like theirs collide, one misstep could get someone killed. Because Emily's family doesn't just want her to stay away from him.

    They want him dead.

    Praise for Brigid Kemmerer and The Elemental Series

    "Magic, suspense, and enough twists to keep you reading until sunrise. An incredible start to the series!" --Award winning author Erica O'Rourke

    "Overflowing with action, snappy dialog, and hot guys--The Elemental Series will take your breath away." --Kim Harrington, author of Clarity

    "Plenty of romance and non-stop action. . ..Elemental is the new series to watch." --Inara Scott, author of The Marked

    12,000 Words
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKensington Books
    Release dateApr 1, 2012
    ISBN9780758280480
    Elemental
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    Brigid Kemmerer

    Brigid Kemmerer is the author of the New York Times bestseller Defy the Night, the New York Times bestselling Cursebreaker series, which includes A Curse So Dark and Lonely, A Heart So Fierce and Broken, and A Vow So Bold and Deadly, and Forging Silver into Stars. She has also written the contemporary young adult romances Call It What You Want, More Than We Can Tell, and Letters to the Lost, as well as paranormal young adult stories, including the Elemental series and Thicker Than Water. A full-time writer, Brigid lives in the Baltimore area with her family. www.brigidkemmerer.com @BrigidKemmerer

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    • 5/5
      This is a short novella, but it tells the story that starts it all. Michael Merrick is a 17-year-old teenage boy who just happens to be an earth Elemental, and he is really powerful, dangerously powerful. His mom and dad, have made a deal with the other Elementals in town in order to try to keep Michael and his three brothers safe, but the deal hinges upon the fact that they have promised that Michael will not use his power, at all. Emily Morgan just happens to be the daughter of one the people fighting against Michael and his family, not to mention the fact that her brother and his friends try to torment Michael every chance they get in order to get him to break the agreement. What Emily and Michael didn't count on was falling in love. With everything and everyone warring against them, will they be able to survive?This was really a really short novella, but it is so good and sets the stage for the rest of the series. In fact, I wish it could have been a whole book. I would have liked to have seen a lot more of Emily and Michael. I love books that have teenage male leads. I find that so entertaining and fresh. Of course I love my heroines to, but there is just something about these guys that I am drawn to. Brigid Kemmerer has done an excellent job of writing these characters and this novella just sets you up and leaves you hungry for Storm, the first book in the Elemental series. Trust me, this is one series you won't want to miss.
    • 4/5
      I’ve been eagerly awaiting the release of “Storm” ever since I stumbled upon it on Goodreads. So when I saw that there was an eBook prequel being released ahead of “Storm”, I went ahead and pre-ordered it. As this is a short introduction to the Elemental series, I don’t want to actually summarize the story. Instead, I’ll try my best to explain why I enjoyed this prequel, and why you need to read it:Emily Morgan: I wasn’t so sure what to make of her at first. I was worried that she would turn out to be a useless character. But after the scene with the putter and the tires? I’m convinced otherwise. She is, as Michael puts it, definitely not predictable, and I like that about her character.Michael Merrick: Michael is mysterious, deadly and yet warm all at once, if that even makes sense. I have a feeling that the Merrick brothers may very well be topping the “YA Boyfriend” lists soon.The Elementals: I think Kemmerer has a really interesting story here. While we don’t learn too much about the Elementals in this prequel (to be expected, given its length), Kemmerer does provide enough information concerning their backgrounds to keep us interested. I can’t wait to see how the story develops, and just what these characters are capable of, when “Storm” releases in April.
    • 5/5
      What a great read! I thought it was unique and engaging. The characters were well developed and I really started to care for them. I felt Michael's anguish and frustration. I think this was a very nice beginning and can't wait to read Storm because this book definitely leaves you HANGING. I really do hope that we get caught up on what's happened to Michael and Emily. RECOMMEND! I bought the book when it was up for .99, however, it is available now for free as a Kindle read for a limited time. Check it out!
    • 5/5
      It was only 50 pages, so this review will be short. However, Kemmerer's writing blew me away, so I had to say something about this. Elemental is a wonderful introduction to the elemental world that Kemmerer has created for her Elementals series. I know, a lot of "elemental"s in that sentence, but that's okay. Anyway, this series allows the reader to get to know a little bit about Michael and what, exactly is at stake if any of the brothers mess up. It gives a starting point to all the hate that is present in Storm, and it illustrates why Michael is the way he is. It ends on a huge cliffhanger, but that's because it almost serves as an extended prequel to Storm. Also, the US print copy of Storm has this novella included, so you can read it if you buy Storm (which I also recommend... review to come). If you have the e-book of storm, prefer an e-copy, or live in another country, then this novella is well worth the $0.99. I'd recommend this novella to anyone who loves a good, light read.You'll be enthralled with the world that Kemmerer has created, and you will run out and buy Storm as soon as you've finished this.
    • 5/5
      I had no idea Michael had gone through all this stuff. No wonder he's so ruff with the boys.
    • 3/5
      Not a novella, more like a teaser chapter. Still, the "tease" portion worked, I'm interested in picking up STORM.
    • 3/5
      This is really just a short story meant as a prequel to the series. It doesn't explain much, just that there are four brothers. Michael, the oldest, has already manifested strong earth powers which upset the other residents of the town who fear him. He makes friends with Emily, a girl in his class, and ends in a bit of a cliffhanger. Not much to it, but it's a good teaser.

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    The thrill of having a summer job wore off about fifteen minutes after Emily Morgan started working. She’d had two customers all day. The sports complex was such a joke. No wonder she hadn’t had any competition for this job.

    It wasn’t even a sports complex, not really. Mini-golf that no one wanted to play when it was a hundred degrees outside. Batting cages that no one would use until school started up in the fall. She probably wouldn’t see another soul until after five, when the white-collar dads showed up to use the driving range in a last-ditch effort to avoid going home to screaming kids.

    Even then, in this heat, she’d be lucky if there were many.

    Ugh, her hair was already plastered to her neck. Days like these, she wished she had enough power to do more than stir up a gentle breeze.

    Then she choked off that thought.

    She knew what happened to kids with power.

    Besides, sitting here wasn’t so bad. She worked the shop alone, so she could blast the entire sound tracks to Rent and Les Mis and sing along, and no one would give a crap. She didn’t have to watch her brother Tyler light insects on fire with a magnifying glass and a sunbeam, like he’d done last summer. She didn’t have to listen to her parents argue.

    She could count the days until she turned eighteen.

    Until she could get away from her family.

    The shop door creaked and rattled, sticking in the humidity. Emily straightened, excited for a customer, for someone—anyone —to break up this cruel monotony.

    Anyone but Michael Merrick.

    For a second, she entertained the thought of diving behind the counter.

    Real mature, Em.

    But her hands were slick against the glass casing.

    It wasn’t that he looked all that intimidating. He’d be starting his senior year this fall, just like she would, but sometime over the last six months he’d grown to the tall side of average. He worked for his parents’ landscaping company, she knew, and it couldn’t have been light work—his arms showed some clear definition, his shoulders stretching the green tee shirt he wore.

    He was filthy, too. Dirt streaked across his chest and clung to the sweat on his neck. His jeans had seen better days, and his work boots would probably track dirt across the floor. Even his hair, dark and wild and a length somewhere between sexy and I-don’t-give-a-crap, was more unkempt than usual.

    Emily didn’t care about any of that.

    She had her eyes on the baseball bat in his hands.

    He’d gotten into it with Tyler last weekend, had sent her brother home with a black eye and a bloody nose, leaving their parents to argue for an hour about how they were going to handle the Merrick problem.

    Emily slid her hand along the counter, toward where they kept the putt-putt clubs for little kids.

    I don’t want any trouble, she said, her voice solid but too quick. Her fingers wrapped around the handle of a club.

    Michael’s eyes narrowed. I don’t either.

    Then she realized he hadn’t moved from the doorway, that he was still standing there staring at her, his hand on the knob.

    He glanced past her, at the corners of the shop, as if reassuring himself that they were alone. She had no idea what that meant. She watched him take in her stance, the way she’d half pulled the putt-putt club free.

    He followed her gaze to the bat resting against his shoulder.

    His expression hardened, and he shoved the door closed. He was halfway across the floor before she realized he’d moved, and she yanked the club free, ready to swing if he gave her an excuse.

    Then he was within reach, and she registered the bat leaving his shoulder, and, god, her parents were right—

    He was going to swing—

    He was going to kill her—

    His hand shot out and caught the steel bar.

    Emily stood there gasping. She’d done it—she’d swung for his head. The end of the

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