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Dark Fire
Kyler Yates has grown up in the elemental society all her life. Her mother, an advocate for human relations, wants her to start attending a human school for her last year. Kyler, unlike her mom, wants nothing to do with humans so why would she try to be friends with them?
Remy James grew up in the human world and has been taught that elementals are terrible, selfish people. It’s only proven true when he meets Kyler. She’s condescending and cold-hearted, but there’s something there that makes Remy want to get to know her.
Can the two of them get over their differences and give in to the pull that keeps drawing them together?
Remy James grew up in the human world and has been taught that elementals are terrible, selfish people. It’s only proven true when he meets Kyler. She’s condescending and cold-hearted, but there’s something there that makes Remy want to get to know her.
Can the two of them get over their differences and give in to the pull that keeps drawing them together?
202 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 16, 2017
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Bethany Wicker
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February 5, 2017
This one is a hard one to rate.
I enjoyed it, but it's hard to love something when you can't stand a main character.
Kyler is ... bratty. Yes, let's go with that word to keep this clean.
The only redeeming factor in this love story is Remy. In fact, he might be too sweet for Kyler. Kind and caring, he's almost resentful for the pull he feels towards the new girl in school with a horrible attitude. I really felt for the guy.
I liked it, but I love Wicker's werewolf series more.
I enjoyed it, but it's hard to love something when you can't stand a main character.
Kyler is ... bratty. Yes, let's go with that word to keep this clean.
The only redeeming factor in this love story is Remy. In fact, he might be too sweet for Kyler. Kind and caring, he's almost resentful for the pull he feels towards the new girl in school with a horrible attitude. I really felt for the guy.
I liked it, but I love Wicker's werewolf series more.
February 9, 2017
Fantasy has never been my top choice for reading, but I wanted to give this book a shot because I absolutely loved this author's werewolf series. I’m glad I did because I would’ve missed out on a great story.
The trials that Kyler and Remy went through were so interesting that the entire read kept me engaged. I kept rooting for them the entire book. In the end, I'm glad I gave this book a chance because I enjoyed it thoroughly. It had me turning the pages, and if it wasn't for work, I would've read this in one setting.
I look forward to more books from this author, no matter the genre.
The trials that Kyler and Remy went through were so interesting that the entire read kept me engaged. I kept rooting for them the entire book. In the end, I'm glad I gave this book a chance because I enjoyed it thoroughly. It had me turning the pages, and if it wasn't for work, I would've read this in one setting.
I look forward to more books from this author, no matter the genre.
July 4, 2017
A good follow up to Dark Lightning. At first I was a little sad because we wouldn't get to see much of the kick-ass characters from book 1 since this is about their daughter, but I got over that.
Kyler is the kind of character you love to hate. She's a brat- and that's being nice. It's particularily hard to see her treatment of her parents because we already love them. But her brattiness is also one of the great things of this book. She starts out sooooo terrible and by the end you actually like her. Her growth is pretty amazing actually.
It's helped by Remy who is just too sweet for words and also by the plethora of other characters who tend to give Kyler the benefit of the doubt and the space she needs to figure out who she is and who she wants to be. She's a teenager who is going through a lot. That's why I love books about teens, they're just growing into their strength.
It's an intriguing story with flawed characters, but it's those flaws that shape them into who they need to be.
Kyler is the kind of character you love to hate. She's a brat- and that's being nice. It's particularily hard to see her treatment of her parents because we already love them. But her brattiness is also one of the great things of this book. She starts out sooooo terrible and by the end you actually like her. Her growth is pretty amazing actually.
It's helped by Remy who is just too sweet for words and also by the plethora of other characters who tend to give Kyler the benefit of the doubt and the space she needs to figure out who she is and who she wants to be. She's a teenager who is going through a lot. That's why I love books about teens, they're just growing into their strength.
It's an intriguing story with flawed characters, but it's those flaws that shape them into who they need to be.
January 20, 2017
I picked up Dark Fire before reading Dark Lightning and although I recommend reading both, I didn’t feel as though it ruined the experience at all.
When Kyler’s mum decides Elemental Kyler will attend a human school to bridge the gap between elementals and humans, Kyler is less than impressed. Actually, she’s rude, bratty and all round mean to the humans she meets, making it hard to warm to her at all.
Enter Remy. The sweet guy with a not so sweet background who feels an irresistible draw to Kyler despite her bad attitude. You can’t help but love him and if it wasn’t for Remy there were times I may have given up on the story.
Although there were times I wanted to shake and yell at Kyler with her bad attitude, I think the story showed how easy it is to judge those you don’t really know and that if you were to just open your mind and heart you might find the people you think you are more superior than, aren’t as bad or as dim witted as you thought.
When Kyler’s mum decides Elemental Kyler will attend a human school to bridge the gap between elementals and humans, Kyler is less than impressed. Actually, she’s rude, bratty and all round mean to the humans she meets, making it hard to warm to her at all.
Enter Remy. The sweet guy with a not so sweet background who feels an irresistible draw to Kyler despite her bad attitude. You can’t help but love him and if it wasn’t for Remy there were times I may have given up on the story.
Although there were times I wanted to shake and yell at Kyler with her bad attitude, I think the story showed how easy it is to judge those you don’t really know and that if you were to just open your mind and heart you might find the people you think you are more superior than, aren’t as bad or as dim witted as you thought.
February 6, 2017
I really enjoyed Bethany Wicker's Dark Lightning and her new book in the series, Dark Fire, is just as riveting.
Kyler is the daughter of Ava, the MC from Dark Lightning. She is bratty, stubborn, opinionated and rebellious....in other words a typical teen. I really enjoyed her character. It was refreshing to see a flawed character and not the 'perfect' MC typical in so much YA nowadays.
She is also an elemental. She can control four earth elements. Very rare. Combine that with her mother's wish to integrate her into a human high school and just wait for all the shenanigans to ensue :) And with this premise, Ms. Wicker tells a great story.
I highly recommend you pick this one up. But read Dark Lightning first. Trust me, you will not be disappointed. 4.5 out of 5 shiny stars!
Kyler is the daughter of Ava, the MC from Dark Lightning. She is bratty, stubborn, opinionated and rebellious....in other words a typical teen. I really enjoyed her character. It was refreshing to see a flawed character and not the 'perfect' MC typical in so much YA nowadays.
She is also an elemental. She can control four earth elements. Very rare. Combine that with her mother's wish to integrate her into a human high school and just wait for all the shenanigans to ensue :) And with this premise, Ms. Wicker tells a great story.
I highly recommend you pick this one up. But read Dark Lightning first. Trust me, you will not be disappointed. 4.5 out of 5 shiny stars!
March 30, 2017
I read Dark Lightning quite some time ago, and while I enjoyed the story, it felt overlong. I am happy to say Dark Fire did not suffer this shortcoming in the slightest.
Unlike Ava, however, a character with whom I enjoyed from the beginning, it took me a long time - almost the entire book - to warm up to Kyler, Ava's daughter. In her own environment, she's a bit of a rascal, but when her mother takes her out of her Elemental school and drops her in a "human" high school (for the purposes of getting her to warm up to humans), all her negative traits rear their heads: she's snotty, arrogant, elitist, and not the least bit likeable.
Enter Remy, a half-human/half-Elemental who had chosen to hide his Elemental heritage and has immersed himself in human society. When he crosses paths with Kyler, however, all that changes.
Most of this book, which is significantly shorter than its predecessor, deals with the relationship between Remy and Kyler. The main "danger" element of the plot that rears its head in the last third of the book is given very little ink, so it felt a little thin to me. It also saddened me that it took something terrible to happen for Kyler to finally show some personal growth.
All in all, though, it was a good story that I would recommend for lovers of YA fantasy.
Unlike Ava, however, a character with whom I enjoyed from the beginning, it took me a long time - almost the entire book - to warm up to Kyler, Ava's daughter. In her own environment, she's a bit of a rascal, but when her mother takes her out of her Elemental school and drops her in a "human" high school (for the purposes of getting her to warm up to humans), all her negative traits rear their heads: she's snotty, arrogant, elitist, and not the least bit likeable.
Enter Remy, a half-human/half-Elemental who had chosen to hide his Elemental heritage and has immersed himself in human society. When he crosses paths with Kyler, however, all that changes.
Most of this book, which is significantly shorter than its predecessor, deals with the relationship between Remy and Kyler. The main "danger" element of the plot that rears its head in the last third of the book is given very little ink, so it felt a little thin to me. It also saddened me that it took something terrible to happen for Kyler to finally show some personal growth.
All in all, though, it was a good story that I would recommend for lovers of YA fantasy.
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