Water: Review

From Goodreads:
Shayna's first surfing session of the summer is interrupted by the screams of a mother who has lost her little boy in the water. Without regard to her own safety, Shayna swims out, rescues the boy, but must escape the clutches of something far worse than she could have ever imagined – mermaids.

Compelled to answer the sirens' call, the boys of Shayna's town are drawn to the sea, but when they return are afflicted by an unknown illness, a sickness which is draining them of their life force. Unable to tell anyone about the mermaids, Shayna and her friends are forced to solve the mystery before it's too late, and in doing so, Shayna will finally have to face the full force of her powers. Whether she’s ready or not, she will have to face her true nature.

My Review:
My, oh, my, how did I enjoy this book? From seeing Shayna and the gang again, to all the new things that have happened, well, this was a very great, welcome book! I especially loved the cover, as it's tying with the whole "person per element" theme of the covers, like the cover for Fire, has a guy, who I'm pretty sure is Steven, and yeah, it was very creepy, and wonderful! Love it!

Others have commented that this book is more action packed, and I can see why-in those ones, they were trying to find out who the bad guy was, or trying to find him. In this one, they pretty much know the bad guy and how to find them from the get go. Thus, more time for the action scenes! So yeah, for this book, because I so very much love the action scenes, they give you energy, especially good when it's 1 AM and you're writing this review knowing you'll be up in 6 more hours and that you're cranky if you get less then 8. Yeah. So those action scenes were very, very, very welcome!!!

As for the plot elements of this book, well, the above paragraph gives a some of plot, but not all of it, and yeah, I just enjoyed all the elements that the plot had, with all the powers that keep building up, with Shayna, and with the gang, well, I can't wait to see more of this unfolding!

Water was a pretty darn fantastic book, I really, really enjoyed it, and I can't wait for Fire, and the 5th book (Who thinks it's going to be called Spirit?)

Author: Shauna Granger
Series: Elemental #3
Read: October 18th, 2012
Source: YA Bound Review Copy for Tour
Reason Why: Really enjoyed the first 2 books, had to read more!
Published: May 21st 2012

5/5 Hearts

4/5 Books

3.5/5 Stars

Bio:
I don't do well talking about myself. So as basics go, I have recently self-published the first two books in my Elemental Series, Earth and Air, Young Adult Urban Fantasy novels. Look for the third installment, Water, coming in 2012!

I have been working on the Elemental Series for the last four years and plan for it to be a 5 book series. It was a hard decision to self-publish but it's been an exciting and terrifying ride.

And to my readers (or fans of my covers), I have beautiful bookmarks that I would love to share with you. If you'd like one, drop me a note with your contact info and I'd be happy to send you one!

Contact and Buy AKA Links:

Website/Blog

Twitter 

Facebook

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Amazon

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Kobo

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 Stops on the Tour:

October 15:

A World of Mine - Review – Earth/Air

Chocolate Coated Reviews – Review - Earth

Reading with ABC – Review - Earth

Beesleybuzz - Promo Post

October 16:

Kissed by Ink - http://kissedbyink.com – Review - Earth

I Am A Reader, Not A Writer - http://iamareadernotawriter.blogspot.com -Promo Post

The Book Rogue - http://the-book-rogue.de – Promo Post

A Reader's Devotion - http://areadersdevotion.blogspot.co.uk – Review – Earth

Pink Polka Dot Book Blog - http://pinkpolkadotbookblog.blogspot.com – Review - Earth

Imaginary Reads - http://imaginaryreads.blogspot.com –Review - Earth

October 17:

Black Lilies Are Deadly - http://blackliliesaredeadly.blogspot.com/ - Review – Earth/Air

Behind A Million And One Pages - http://behindamillionandonepages.blogspot.com - Promo Post

Turning the Pages - http://www.angelafristoe.blogspot.com - Promo Post

Splash of Our Worlds - http://splashofourworlds.blogspot.com/ - Promo Post

Unputdownable Books - http://unputdownablebookies.blogspot.com/ - Promo Post

A Soul Unsung - http://soulunsung.blogspot.com - Promo Post

October 18:

The Reading Diaries - http://thereadingdiaries.blogspot.com/ - Review – Earth/Air/Water

The Book Life - http://www.thebooklife.com – Review – Earth/Air/Water

Library of a Book Witch - http: // www.booklovewitch.blogspot.com - Promo Post

Books and Swoons - http://booksandswoons.blogpspot.com/ - Promo Post

RuteCanhoto - http://rutecanhoto.blogspot.com – Review – Earth

October 19:

My Chaotic Ramblings - http://mychaoticramblings.info - Promo Post

Book Nerd Canada - http://booknerd.ca – Review – Air/Water

Ever and Ever Sight - http://everandeversight.blogspot.com/ -Review – Earth/Air/Water

Words I Write Crazy - http://writingcrazyme.blogspot.com/ - Review – Water

Step Into Fiction - http://stepintofiction.blogspot.com – Review – Earth

Every Free Chance Book Reviews - http://everyfreechancebookreviews.blogspot.com/ - Review – Earth/Air/Water

Mr. Book Wonder - http://mrbookwonder.tumblr.com - Promo Post

Books and Coffee with Creamer - http://www.booksandcoffeewithcreamer.blogspot.com - Promo Post

October 20:

Lovely Reads - http://serenityslovelyreads.blogspot.com/ - Review – Earth/Air/Water

Michelle Shouts Random - http://michelleshoutsrandom.blogspot.com - Promo Post

JennReneeRead – http://JennReneeRead.blogspot.com - Review - Earth

TeenyReader - http://teenyreader.blogspot.co.uk/ - Review - Earth

Comfort Books - http://paigebradish1996.blogspot.com/ - Promo Post

Week 7 Review: Earth

From Goodreads:
Shayna and her two best friends have the abilities to manipulate and control the four elements, earth, air, water and fire. While learning to hone their growing powers, they discover a new and malicious presence in their sleepy beach town. Someone is performing blood magic and threatens to expose their small magical community. So far only small animals have been slaughtered, but then the nightmares start. 

Shayna suffers nightmares of being chased and sacrificed only to wake up bloodied and bruised. She thinks her magical blood is the ultimate target for the final blood rite. When an innocent girl, Tracy, is kidnapped Shayna knows it's only a ploy to draw her out; she can't let someone die because of her.

My Review:
I enjoyed this book a lot! I don't read a lot of books about elemental magic, I mean, there's been a few, but yeah, this book had it's own spin that was unique, and really enjoyable to read! Plus there were some pretty great characters, and a mystery, too!

I really enjoyed the relationship with Jensen, because it was fraught with tension, because hey, there's some spooky things going on, and both of them might be connected to it, in various ways, and there's an attraction between them! My only wish, is that they could've spent more time together, because it was a lot of fun to read, and because their relationship progressed so slowly!

Finding out who was the bad guy, after everything that happened, was a bit sad, because we didn't want that person to be the bad guy-but they were, and there was nothing that we could do about that, we aren't the writer, we're the reader.

Yeah, I really enjoyed this book, it was pretty spectacular, and I can't wait to read more of this series!

Author: Shauna Granger
Series: Elemental #1
Read: February 12th, 2012
Source: Author for review
Reason Why: I wanted to, it sounded good, and I have a review post for book 2!
Published: May 1st 2011

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars

Air: Review

From Goodreads:
It was a rough start to the school year for Shayna and her friends, Jodi and Steven, but thankfully summer break is near. Trying to sort out her feelings for the new guy in town, Shayna agrees to let Jensen join her on a group date with her friends. While out they end up at a local coffee house where their classmate, social outcast Jeremy McCormick, is humiliated by his baseball star brother. When Jeremy runs away from the jeering crowd, Shayna and Jodi hear the unmistakable sound of a thousand wings chasing after him, but no one else seems to hear them. These are not like any air elementals that Shayna or Jodi have ever encountered before and they fear Jeremy has gotten himself tangled up in something too dangerous for him to handle. But when Shayna tries to help Jeremy control his magical abilities she realizes it might be the biggest mistake of her life.

My Review:
Oh, great book! I know, this review is coming supremely late, but I was stupid and took off more then I could chew. That's why I only got around to reading this book almost 6 months later. Opps. I'm really sorry! I've now read Air, and now for the review!

So it's been the better part of a school year since the events of Earth, and since then, Shayna, Jodi, and Steven have been working on their gifts, and Shayna especially on the extra power boost that she got. And things are pretty good, until someone with extremely powerful Air magic comes along, and fairies recruit Shayna to solve the problem, but the thing is, she doesn't know what she's fighting, she knows who is the puppet, but not the puppet-master.

One thing that was a bit annoying, was that they were looking for Jeremy, and they confronted him a few times, but due to what happened each time, he disappears, they deal with with the problems, but they don't mention a quick thought about, "where did he go?" And this happened a few times, and it was a bit irritating. But other then that, it was really really great book!

The first book was more present stuff, new things, demons, ext, and this one, was more, remembering, past, and fairies, which I think spreads the books into new areas, so each book is fresh, and new, and something different to say without spreading itself too thin, after all, its areas that had been covered briefly before, with the whole Fae/Jodi, so this was just an exploration of that side. Can't wait to see where the 3rd book will be going!

And the romance, well, I really liked them together in the first book, but after the events in Earth, she's not able to really trust him, and while their physical relationship progressed, their emotional one deteriorated, and I don't think it'll last too long in the next book, and that she'll move on to someone who really accepts her, understands her, and that's what the characters really need.

This was a great book, can't wait for the 3rd book! Check it out!

Author: Shauna Granger
Series: Elemental #2
Read: May 8th, 2012
Source: A Tale of Many Reviews Review Copy
Reason Why: Sounded interesting!
Published: September 26th 2011

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

3.5/5 Stars

Bio:
I don’t do well talking about myself. So as basics go, I have recently self-published the first two books in my Elemental Series, Earth and Air, Young Adult Urban Fantasy novels. Look for the third installment, Water, coming in 2012!

I have been working on the Elemental Series for the last four years and plan for it to be a 5 book series. It was a hard decision to self-publish but it’s been an exciting and terrifying ride.

You can find me on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Shauna-…

And to my readers (or fans of my covers), I have beautiful bookmarks that I would love to share with you. If you’d like one, drop me a note with your contact info and I’d be happy to send you one!

Contact and Buy AKA Links:

Blog

Twitter 

Facebook 

Goodreads

Amazon

Barnes & Noble

Smashwords