The Wind Wielder

by Leona Hass

In a world where certain people are born with the ability to control natural elements, Selene Nesk, a seventeen-year-old wind elemental, journeys to uncover the truth behind her repressed memories. Along the way, she meets Jeremy, an eighteen-year-old earth elemental, and Lillian, a sixteen-year-old fire elemental, both of whom are trapped within a magical barrier. However, when Selene attempts to rescue them, her own past trauma causes her elemental powers to manifest in destructive ways. If she isn’t able to regain her memories in time to control her raging powers, the barrier trapping Jeremy and Lillian is not the only thing that will be shattered.

200 pages, Hardcover

Published April 14, 2016

Reviews

[Ephemera Pie]

This book is highly reminiscent of videogames and anime. It isn’t necessarily a bad thing, but it doesn’t read like a standard novel. It has the usual tropes of anime and video game characters and story elements.

Think, Avatar: The Last Airbender, with magic casting circles, in a contemporary setting. A main character who speaks to herself more than necessary to convey information to the reader. Insta-love. Running late for school, etc.

If you really enjoy the nuances of a visual format, you might enjoy this book. The reveal of the antagonist was great; I didn’t see it coming.

That said, the book has a lot of spelling and grammatical errors. I always suggest, before publication even crosses your mind, to do rounds of beta readers, critique circles, and if you are serious about putting it in a bookstore (as this is), invest in a copy editor. If you don’t have a writers’ guild in real life, the internet can supply these for free (except the copy editor, that’s their job). The basic level of Grammarly is also free.