The book had a good premise but I found the story a little juvenile . I couldn't connect with the character and didn't finish the book.

I received a free copy from Netgalley for an honest review.

I requested this book for many reasons, the main reason being that it looked right up my alley. It had all kinds of supernatural aspects such as vampires, shapeshifters, but mainly witches. I love a good book about a witch.
Except, I didn’t love this book at all. I barely even liked it. I don’t want to be too harsh, but I wanted to quit 3% into the book. I didn’t bond with the storyline nor the characters. I was more concerned for Fibbs (a cat thing) than anyone else. I was insanely overwhelmed with the amount of information dump the book provided.
Breaking this down, boy and girl harness rare magic, girl is an Earth wielder and the boy is her bender. They are not supposed to be together romantically under any circumstances. To protect them, the girl’s mother glamour’s the insanely beautiful girl to be ugly. The boy who I wanted to punch several times, decides to call her Ducky, as in ugly duckling. Yeah. He also calls her a fox at one point when he sees her real face. Anytime the boy came into the book, I just eye rolled. He spent so much time proclaiming his guilt over labeling her ugly and a duck but then proceeded to do so. Still they fall in love, he saves her life by having to lay next to each other naked. It was just weird and felt very rushed.
Overall, I wouldn’t recommend this book, I didn’t find it very good. It was lacking a lot for it to be a great novel. I highly doubt I would continue this series. I really wanted to like it, but I just couldn’t.

My review of [bookcover:Hinder|35145741]
I rarely jump into the YA world but sometimes I like to read other genres so I don’t just stay cuddled up in my smutmance world. Hinder is a refreshing story about Ethan Sutcliff and Alex Burgendorf. This story is about witches, magic, bending, wielding and demonic races galore. It’s a fantasy and possibly even a dystopia. Alex and Ethan are the rarest people on earth who can wield Earth magic. Alex knows her life is in danger until she reaches the age of 25 and most people with her power are murdered before he gets to that point. This story has a lot of inner stories about magic and tradition. Alex and Ethan are on a path to learn and wield their magic together forming an intense bond. The problem with their bond… they also just happen to be eachothers perfect mate and even the fear of death isn’t keeping them apart.

I could have loved this book. But I didn’t. to me it was a 3 star read because Alex and Ethan are the two main characters and I didn’t even bond with their characters. I loved the Aunt immensely and even the cat more than I really linked with the main characters.

I learned YA isn’t all just I kissed a boy and I liked it there are serious issues being presented in the YA genre and its not a genre I will easily write off any more.
I liked a few lines in the book and ill leave them here for you

<b> She didn’t want me to save her. She saw this as a death sentence. Why? Because it was me? </b>

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And

<b> Don't look at me like I am someone who has a white liver, girls in locker rooms talk </b>
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I had to google what a white liver is...
its a NYMPHOMANIAC!!! OMG .

A unique book the world building is really good it took a little while to really get into it but I was rewarded for getting past the slow start.

The rating falls between a 3.5 - 4 for me because of a few things that felt overlooked in terms of the plot or reasoning behind some of the characters' actions, but aside from that, I absolutely adored this book. It's been a while since I've felt so excited over a story! Immediately I took to the writing style, the way it flowed with its fast-paced action and detailed feels of the current POV. I loved that it drew me in so fast and how I kept swooning or screaming when something happened. Yes, I actually squealed. More than once.

The story is perfect for the older spectrum of YA readers, as there are swear words and (hilarious) moments of sexual innuendos and appreciation from nearly all the characters, both the young ones and the adults. I personally had no problem with it and rather enjoyed the sauciness of it all, and it showed a different side to the very secretive community. The idea of wielders and benders is brilliant, and the further along I read, the more invested I became in this world. The hero and heroine's friends and family really added to my experience. I loved how complex they were, and it seriously makes a difference when you're used to only caring about the couple-to-be. Alex was an interesting person to follow and I loved her humble journey. Ethan was also someone I enjoyed, and surprisingly so, because he was such a classic good guy jock. There was just something about the way the author wrote them and their story that really made me giddy. And terrified. And hopeful.

Aside from the few things I questioned while reading this, I overall recommend it if you love paranormal/fantasy YA reads. It's definitely one of my favorites thus far.

Ethan Sutcliffe is a witches guardian who can "bend" earth. At 15 he lost his element. Now 17, he needs to find his earth "wielder", a witch, who must be hiding or dead for them not to have found each other by now. Only then will he be able to manipulate the element he lives for.
Alex Burgendorf is an earth "wielder" who has been living with her family in her aunt's locket all her life. Now at 16 it's time for her to leave her protection and find her other half.
A magical story with twists and turns. Battles will be fought. Can the two come together before evil takes them and turns them against the world?