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zooloo1983's review against another edition
5.0
*I was given this book by the author for a unabiased and honest review*
When I received my copy of Elemental Claim I was excited. I read the blurb and the first thing my husband said to me was that this book was right up my street and boy he was right. I do love paranormal romances and this book had a feeling of J.R Ward and Laurell Hamilton for me but with lots of twists turning everything upside down. There is something for everyone in this book who loves the supernatural world. You have the Gods of Greek mythology, you have werewolves, you have vampires, angels, tricksters and humans!
From the start the adventure begins, there is no build up where we spend ages learning the back story of a character, from the first couple of pages there is an attempted abduction, a near death and the initial threads of a romance.
his olive skin beaconed to a part of her she never even knew existed
The main story is about Emma and Rogan, one is a dangerous descendant and another an Elementalist sworn to protect the Seven planes...from Descendants! The only thing is Emma think she is human, until she realises she is not human nor is her missing twin sister. What I did love about this book was the fact we did not spend the whole time dwelling on just these two, we were teased with a small back story of Rogan and his past. Teased a bit to Xeno and becoming a fallen angel, Jack being a trickster and Hunter being human, none of which took away from the story and I felt that each change of point of view helped progress the story.
The fact that Emma is not your typical damsel in distress made me warm to her quickly, her reactions were real and her resolution to become strong and take control of her own destiny was a great change to the norm. Going from a "bookworm that occasionally fought monsters through a console" to embracing her new path was refreshing.
One of my favourite passages in the book is when you meet Hades and Zeus (I am a sucker for Greek mythology), the description by the author of them in present day was spot on! The switch between the perceived knowledge and the author new view of these two historical figures was great, Hades having emotions and Zeus a show off and how they do like to gossip. The author has taken everything you know and turned it on its head and when you find out who one of the villains is, well you are in for a shock and it is a fantastic change! And Snuffles! That was great fun!
I picked up on a sentence in the book from Emma's POV
Ever since she had caught his gaze staring at her from the depths of the river, she had felt a jolt of primal recognition
I am not sure if this a throwaway comment or not but I really hope that there is something here to be developed on. Does something in Emma's subconscious recognises Rogan? Or are they just true lifemates? It did made me question, was she always in human form? Or was she someone else before?
He had not failed for the last twenty-nine operations and he was determined to make it a solid thirty
This sentence in the book resonated throughout when reading because you just have a sense of foreboding, will they be successful in the mission? Will Liz make it out ok? Will Emma survive this? What deal with Gabriel did Xeno make? Please god I hope she makes it ok!
Now I have finished the book the title makes perfect sense to me, I feel like I should have picked up on this sooner!
I have so many unanswered questions I can not wait for the next book in the series!
Coming soon is a Q&A with the author, stay tuned
Taken from my blog www.zooloobookblog.co.uk
When I received my copy of Elemental Claim I was excited. I read the blurb and the first thing my husband said to me was that this book was right up my street and boy he was right. I do love paranormal romances and this book had a feeling of J.R Ward and Laurell Hamilton for me but with lots of twists turning everything upside down. There is something for everyone in this book who loves the supernatural world. You have the Gods of Greek mythology, you have werewolves, you have vampires, angels, tricksters and humans!
From the start the adventure begins, there is no build up where we spend ages learning the back story of a character, from the first couple of pages there is an attempted abduction, a near death and the initial threads of a romance.
his olive skin beaconed to a part of her she never even knew existed
The main story is about Emma and Rogan, one is a dangerous descendant and another an Elementalist sworn to protect the Seven planes...from Descendants! The only thing is Emma think she is human, until she realises she is not human nor is her missing twin sister. What I did love about this book was the fact we did not spend the whole time dwelling on just these two, we were teased with a small back story of Rogan and his past. Teased a bit to Xeno and becoming a fallen angel, Jack being a trickster and Hunter being human, none of which took away from the story and I felt that each change of point of view helped progress the story.
The fact that Emma is not your typical damsel in distress made me warm to her quickly, her reactions were real and her resolution to become strong and take control of her own destiny was a great change to the norm. Going from a "bookworm that occasionally fought monsters through a console" to embracing her new path was refreshing.
One of my favourite passages in the book is when you meet Hades and Zeus (I am a sucker for Greek mythology), the description by the author of them in present day was spot on! The switch between the perceived knowledge and the author new view of these two historical figures was great, Hades having emotions and Zeus a show off and how they do like to gossip. The author has taken everything you know and turned it on its head and when you find out who one of the villains is, well you are in for a shock and it is a fantastic change! And Snuffles! That was great fun!
I picked up on a sentence in the book from Emma's POV
Ever since she had caught his gaze staring at her from the depths of the river, she had felt a jolt of primal recognition
I am not sure if this a throwaway comment or not but I really hope that there is something here to be developed on. Does something in Emma's subconscious recognises Rogan? Or are they just true lifemates? It did made me question, was she always in human form? Or was she someone else before?
He had not failed for the last twenty-nine operations and he was determined to make it a solid thirty
This sentence in the book resonated throughout when reading because you just have a sense of foreboding, will they be successful in the mission? Will Liz make it out ok? Will Emma survive this? What deal with Gabriel did Xeno make? Please god I hope she makes it ok!
Now I have finished the book the title makes perfect sense to me, I feel like I should have picked up on this sooner!
I have so many unanswered questions I can not wait for the next book in the series!
Coming soon is a Q&A with the author, stay tuned
Taken from my blog www.zooloobookblog.co.uk
meganbernard's review
3.0
This is a hard one for me because I enjoyed the concept and the characters were great but a couple of things really let this down for me. The first things was the use of Scots; as a Scot myself I just didn’t feel like it was authentic at all. I also found it a bit of a chore to get through and ended up falling asleep on multiple occasions even though I was enjoying.
Overall fairly average and probably won’t go on to read the sequel.
Overall fairly average and probably won’t go on to read the sequel.
libellumartinae's review
4.0
I have been reading paranormal romance for quite some time right now, and although I have found many amazing books, there are some that make me literally put my hands in my hair! Thank to God this wasn't the case!
I was given a free copy of this book for a honest review and I still want to say how thankful I am to have met this amazing author and her world! 😆😘
Although there were somethings which made me a little bit confused and sometimes even seemed strange, I loved both the world-building (you would think that so many fantastical creatures all together might destroy and create confusion in the writing but no, they made it even better and I just love how they are all together and I don't have to chose a specific creature to root for!) Also as a big mythology geek I loved the gods and Emma is simply amazing and her reactions are so real and I loved her and as with not many main characters I really didn't want to smack her in the face for any decision she made (although if I was in her place I would be like "I have read to many books to remain clueless towards a vampire") (at least reading will come handy! 😓). I loved Rogan, but my favorite of the crew was definitely Jack 😍; also Xeno is lovely and I want to know more about her along with Hunter (I am shipping them! 😆), also Hunter is wonderful and so relatable! 😊
I really loved this book and I am looking forward to read the second one! 😆
I was given a free copy of this book for a honest review and I still want to say how thankful I am to have met this amazing author and her world! 😆😘
Although there were somethings which made me a little bit confused and sometimes even seemed strange, I loved both the world-building (you would think that so many fantastical creatures all together might destroy and create confusion in the writing but no, they made it even better and I just love how they are all together and I don't have to chose a specific creature to root for!) Also as a big mythology geek I loved the gods and Emma is simply amazing and her reactions are so real and I loved her and as with not many main characters I really didn't want to smack her in the face for any decision she made (although if I was in her place I would be like "I have read to many books to remain clueless towards a vampire") (at least reading will come handy! 😓). I loved Rogan, but my favorite of the crew was definitely Jack 😍; also Xeno is lovely and I want to know more about her along with Hunter (I am shipping them! 😆), also Hunter is wonderful and so relatable! 😊
I really loved this book and I am looking forward to read the second one! 😆
bookwormboymom's review against another edition
5.0
Ok....I loved this book!!! It had a great mix of urban fantasy and mythology! I will be purchasing book 2 as soon as I am done this review 💜 if you love black dagger brotherhood, or lords of the underworld you will love this 💜
ruth_miranda's review against another edition
3.0
Imagine a world where all the old pagan pantheons come to life and all the mythical creatures you can dream of are real. Imagine a world where gods and goddesses spawn such powerful progeny they are forbidden of reproducing amongst them. Imagine a world where if it were to happen, the offspring of those gods and goddesses would be forever cursed and doomed. Now add elementalists, fallen angels, vampires and dogs from hell and you got yourself thrown into the world of “Elemental Claim”. This is an action packed, fast paced novel that brings to life the realm of the Myth, and serves us a pinch of every pagan religion. A novel that will go down well with all those who have a soft spot for mythology and paganism, but especially for all those who are looking for constant action and a fast pace.
laleahanna's review against another edition
3.0
This book and I didn’t vibe
TW for tons of rape-y scenes.
I didn’t like the jumpy style of the last few chapters. The romance was weirdly rushed but also nicely
TW for tons of rape-y scenes.
I didn’t like the jumpy style of the last few chapters. The romance was weirdly rushed but also nicely
rleigh7x's review
adventurous
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
4.0
3.5 stars, rounding up for now because I need time to process.
This book is… confusing. Intriguing yes but also confusing. The characters are good, their motivations clear, but the pacing was weak. Too little happened and then too much happened in the last 5 chapters.
Emma as a main character was great until she went goo goo eyes for Rogan. The mystery of the twins was weak overall and the three goddesses’ motive is the flimsiest and least fleshed out.
Also the single fully spicy scene we get was downright cringe. That’s all I will say since it took so damn long to even get to.
I wish we’d had more of exploring Emma and Liz’s powers. And the entire ending just feels anticlimactic because in the end, nothing was achieved. What was the point of this book?
I might ruminate and come back to this review, but at the moment I’m hesitating to continue.
This book is… confusing. Intriguing yes but also confusing. The characters are good, their motivations clear, but the pacing was weak. Too little happened and then too much happened in the last 5 chapters.
Emma as a main character was great until she went goo goo eyes for Rogan. The mystery of the twins was weak overall and the three goddesses’ motive is the flimsiest and least fleshed out.
Also the single fully spicy scene we get was downright cringe. That’s all I will say since it took so damn long to even get to.
I wish we’d had more of exploring Emma and Liz’s powers. And the entire ending just feels anticlimactic because in the end, nothing was achieved. What was the point of this book?
I might ruminate and come back to this review, but at the moment I’m hesitating to continue.
plantpawg's review against another edition
2.0
This was not great. The pacing was weird, the characters were all very one dimensional, and the protagonist was whiny and weepy and very hard to connect with. The story was also all over the place, and the last “battle” had too many jumping POV’s to make sense. There were so many points of conflict, and while I think that definitely does help make some books interesting, it just bogged this one down and made it difficult to read.
The one saving grace of this book was the shower scene. For that it gets two stars instead of one.
The one saving grace of this book was the shower scene. For that it gets two stars instead of one.
erynmccee's review
4.0
I enjoyed this story: the characters are intriguing and I loved the action. The ending was fast-paced, at times I had to go back and re-read as I wasn't following.
Good book.
Good book.