Spark (Elemental, #2)

by Brigid Kemmerer

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2019 Re-Read:
*It was an interesting experience reading this one for a second time. I didn't love it as much as I did the first time, though I still highly enjoyed it.
*I found myself irritated with how everyone treated Gabriel in this book.
*I thought that--once again--Hunter has the most chemistry with our mains, which is funny and makes me hopeful for his book. That's not to say Gabriel and Layne weren't adorable, because they were, but I was ALL HERE for Hunter and Gabriel's friendship.
*I think all these teens are a little bipolar. One sec everything is hunky dory and then the next sentence is all moody angst and it gave me whiplash.

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4.5 stars
OMG, you guys, this book was soo good! I loved almost everything about it! A huge step up from the first in the series, which I found to be a huge disappointment. For this installment alone it is worth reading this series.

This time, we got a more balanced point of view distribution, with the ruling pov being that of Gabriel, one of the Merrick brothers. I absolutely adored this guy. His raw pain made me hurt - he comes across as such a confident and carefree guy in Storm, but he's anything but. He has a lot of self hatred and pain inside of him. And the description of his element, Fire, was just stunning. Though I wish he'd just told his family "no, I didn't start those fires" to begin with. But I understand why he didn't.

Laney, his lady love, was also one of the cutest, gutsiest things ever. She was small and with low self esteem, but she could be so sassy and outspoken when she wanted to - with Gabriel especially. The whole family situation she was in was also really interesting, and I loved how real it was. Like, no touching reunion where everything's magically okay.

As for the romance...
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