Ash (Elemental, #6)

by Shannon Mayer

**This is a full length NOVEL set between Windburn and Rootbound. However, to avoid spoilers, the author highly recommends you read it after reading Rootbound.**

From the USA Today Bestselling series comes a glimpse into the life and mind of a character surrounded in mystery . . .

"My name is Ash, and I am an Elemental."

As an Ender, it is my place to protect the royal family at all costs. Despite being the best Ender our world has ever beheld, I have failed time and again as the personal sacrifices continue to mount.

Lark has been banished to the desert by her father who is blind to the manipulation he has again fallen prey to. To bring about justice, I must seek out and destroy the one who intentionally wields her powers to bring pain to my people.

Cassava’s death will finally free us from the dark cloud her reign of terror has surrounded us in. This is what I believe to be true and I will seek her out with only one intended outcome.

The reality, however, is much more complicated than my beliefs.

When lies turn to truths, and enemies to allies, can I still find my way back to who I once was? Uncertainty makes me hesitant, but I can not give up.

For justice. For Lark.

No matter the sacrifice.

From the WSJ and USA Today Bestselling Rylee Adamson World, The Elemental series is the perfect introduction point for new fans.

• ISBN10: 153901584X
• ISBN13: 9781539015840
• Publish Date: 30 August 2016
• Publish Status: Active
• Imprint: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Format: Paperback (US Trade)
• Pages: 226
• 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.

Wow. Just wow. I don't even know what the hell just happened. Ash is Ash's point of view of the events between Lark getting banished at the end of Windburn right up til Lark confronts Raven near the end of Rootbound (chapter 19 or so). And it's one hell of a story.

I loved getting to see more of Ash. I loved the relationship between him and Peta. I adored Norm (the big Yeti with head trauma). On the other hand I was completely blind-sighted by revelation after revelation after revelation. I have no idea wtf is going on. Too many plot lines all tangled up. Heroes, villains - motives, reasons - mind. blown. I can't wait to get started on Destroyer. I'm dying to know what happens next.