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Release date: January 28, 2014
Publisher: Kensington Teen
352 Pages
EARTH. FIRE. AIR. WATER.
Nick Merrick is stretched to breaking point. He's trying to keep his grades sky-high or he won't get in to college. He's trying to keep his brother's business afloat or the Merricks will be out on the street. He's trying to keep the secret of where he's going in the evenings from his twin brother Gabriel - or he fears he'll lose his family. And he's trying to keep his mind off the hot, self-assured dancer who is his 'girlfriend's' partner.
And then Quinn takes to hanging around his sworn enemy, and an Elemental Guide is counting the hours until he can try again to kill the Merrick brothers. Storms are brewing. On all sides.
SECRETS IN THE WIND. DANGER IN THE AIR.
Release date: January 28, 2014Publisher: Kensington Teen
352 Pages
EARTH. FIRE. AIR. WATER.
Nick Merrick is stretched to breaking point. He's trying to keep his grades sky-high or he won't get in to college. He's trying to keep his brother's business afloat or the Merricks will be out on the street. He's trying to keep the secret of where he's going in the evenings from his twin brother Gabriel - or he fears he'll lose his family. And he's trying to keep his mind off the hot, self-assured dancer who is his 'girlfriend's' partner.
And then Quinn takes to hanging around his sworn enemy, and an Elemental Guide is counting the hours until he can try again to kill the Merrick brothers. Storms are brewing. On all sides.
SECRETS IN THE WIND. DANGER IN THE AIR.
It’s not a secret how much I LOVE this series. These boys,
these are my boys. All of them (including Hunter). When I received an ARC of Secret, I may or may not have danced
around my kitchen clutching the book to my chest. Think Kristen Bell and the
sloth excited.
Yes, I was that excited.
Secret is Nick
Merrick’s story. Nick is an Air Elemental, he’s the responsible one, always
does the right thing…but he’s hiding a secret that is starting to destroy him
from the inside. He enlists the help of Quinn to keep up his façade but even
that begins to crumble quickly as Quinn is dealing with her own troubles.
What I adore about these books is the relationships and
bonds between the brothers and Hunter. I look forward to their interactions
more than anything and I love seeing how they grow from book to book. Nick and
Gabe have always held a special interest because of the fact that they’re twins
and feel almost everything that the other is feeling. They can sense when the
other is in danger, etc. However, Nick is terrified to reveal to Gabe his true
self.
Gabriel knew how to
cut to the quick, and this felt so fragile and untested that Nick was afraid to
bare skin in the face of that blade.
What’s worse is that Gabriel knows that Nick is hiding
something. From past books we know that Gabe doesn’t always handle things
correctly and the brothers come to blows here in a scene that just rips out my
heart. I don’t like it when my boys fight with each other.
Each book also has to have the female counterpart, and in Secret, that’s Quinn. Let me just start
off by saying that Quinn is broken. So utterly and completely broken. There’s a
line early on that describes her life perfectly:
It seemed fitting that
the best relationship in her life would be just as dysfunctional as all her
other ones.
Basically, every relationship Quinn has is a lie. She’s Nick’s
fake girlfriend. She’s not talking to her best friend, Becca. Her mother is
abusive and her brother is a druggie. In the beginning, I felt for her. Her
situation is messed up. But as the book progressed, I really wanted her to grow
up. She becomes this petulant child who pouts and moans about every little
thing being unfair. She complains how nobody knows what she’s dealing with and
they don’t care, but she never tells them anything. How are they supposed to
know??? And her constant fishing for compliments was annoying. Honestly, she’s
the reason why this book wasn’t 5 stars.
There are two additional characters added in this book: Adam
(Quinn’s dance partner) and Tyler (who we’ve met in other books). They were
both brilliant additions. Adam was gentle and kind, and balanced out Nick’s neurosis
perfectly. Their relationship was a slow burn, but extremely worth it in the
end. Nick’s confusion about what was going on was so real that you couldn’t
help but root for them to make it.
And then there’s Tyler. Tyler who we know from other books
as always trying to hurt/kill the Merricks because of their pasts. Kemmerer
really delved into his character and as we got to know more about him, I began
to actually like him. Yeah, I know. I was shocked too. He was still a dick to
the Merrick’s but I loved the way he dealt with Quinn. He called her out on her
bullshit and made her face reality.
Aside from all the drama in their everyday lives, there’s
also the issue of the Guides. And believe me, they aren’t forgotten here. This
ending had to be the most nail-biting, suspenseful and heartbreaking one yet. Not
gonna lie, I legit screamed at one point. I cannot wait to see where Kemmerer
takes it next, but I know that I won’t be disappointed.
Brilliant.
I received a copy of
this book via the publisher in return for an honest review.
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