Destroyer (Elemental, #7)

by Shannon Mayer

“My name is Larkspur, and I am an Elemental.”

My people use the power of the earth to sustain life and defy our enemies. I should be at my father's side as a royal princess. But as a half-breed, bastard child, that isn't going to happen.

Taken away by the last Spirit Walker, I am mean to train with him so that I can finally stop the false mother goddess and her plans to rule both humans and elementals. I am meant to train so that I can meet her on even ground, but training takes time.

Time is not something we have. The world is coming apart at the seams as the humans rain down destruction upon their own kind and the supernatural world. The false mother goddess is hunting down the most powerful elementals to take the last of their power, and through it all, the secrets of who I truly am begin to spill upward.

I must find the strength to stop the mother goddess, and to save our world, but which aspect of my heart will hold me up and what will it cost me in the end?

Blood of the earth. . . .
Child of Spirit. . . .
Bastard Princess . . .
Ender . . .
Protector . . .

Destroyer.

• ISBN10: 1544033753
• ISBN13: 9781544033754
• Publish Date: 23 May 2017
• Publish Status: Active
• Imprint: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Format: Paperback (US Trade)
• Pages: 328
• Language: English

Reviews

Pure fantasy at its finest. I would say this is less urban fantasy though than the Rylee Adamson series. Even though it's set in the same world, the Elementals keep to themselves making this a lot more removed from the "normal" world. I think for some readers it will be hard to move between the series - for me personally, I'm a massive "classic" fantasy fan before all else so reading this was like coming home and gave me the same warm fuzzy feelings.

The series isn't really anything new in the genre, the same old fantasy tropes (The Chosen One, quest through different lands, evil foe who has spread through the land and must be defeated, etc) appear throughout - but Mayer hits all the right notes with her portrayal.

Destroyer is the conclusion to the Elemental series and follows Lark as she comes to the culmination of the deep game everyone around her is playing. Although this series is supposed to stand alone it really doesn't beyond Windburn, maybe even before. The characters entwine too closely with the Rylee Adamson gang to be able to. Particularly with Destroyer, the Rylee Epilogues are fairly necessary to understand what the hell is going on. And as they're epilogues, it's kind of necessary to read the Rylee Adamson series first. So there's a lot of reading ahead. On the other hand, they're really good books.

Destroyer was intense. Good guys. Bad guys. Who the hell knows who any of them are. I was happy with the ending in some ways, a little disappointed in other ways. I didn't love Raven holding her body crying. I hated that Ash died in his eagle form and there was no real reunion between them. But I did like that Lark, Ash and Peta are altogether and happy. So there was that. Still great, action packed read with fantastic characters and a riveting plot.