This book has good bones, but honestly, I didn't finish it. As a lover of romance and fantasy, I wanted to like this book so much. I liked Sarah; I was curious to see where her storyline took the readers. I enjoyed reading about Michael and the others who hunted and followed her. It built suspense and made me want to keep reading. However, the writing in the book was very simple. It made it difficult to really sink into because the cadence of the read felt choppy. Also, the cover for the ARC has a typo. I'm looking forward to seeing this author grow because I really enjoyed her ideas for the plot and characters.

The Elementalist by S.N. Hunt is an adult paranormal fantasy in which the protagonist, Sarah, is thrust into a magical world. I was instantly drawn in by the stunning book cover and when I read the synopsis - I was sold.

Ultimately, this book wasn't for me. I couldn't even bring myself to finish it despite trying incredibly hard. The plotline doesn't make a whole lot of sense and the characters even less so. Sarah has no mind of her own, just blindly follows Micheal because she (basically) instantly falls in love with him. The dialogue between the characters is very stitled, it doesn't feel organic at all. The actual writing feels more like a report - "this happened, then this happened, then he said this, then they did that." I think there was one chapter where almost every paragraph began with "Sarah".

After reading the synopsis of the book, it doesn't sound half bad but unfortunately, the execution isn't great.

**This ebook was provided by NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review.

I would like to start off by saying what I liked about the book. The bare bones story of the book, a young woman with magic who crosses into a magical world to discover her true potential, is a good story. The mythology of the world and the use of magic is intriguing, but it isn't enough to save this book.

I think the author could have really benefited from having an experienced editor review this book and assist with the many grammatical errors, awkward dialogue, and poor descriptions. It was difficult to get past the first chapter where the author repeats the same phrase several times and lacks vivid description. Not to mention the weird description of a character cumming all over the main character's home. Like wouldn't you smell that? Wouldn't your carpet be crusty? There was no point in this book that I wanted to keep reading. The idea was a good one, it was just poorly executed. I do hope that the author takes this as constructive criticism, because I do think the idea was an interesting one, it just needed a little work.

The Elementalist by S. N. Hunt

Description:
When nightmares become real, not everything is as it seems.
Sarah is exhausted as nightmares haunt her nights. What will happen when her nightmares become reality? 
An evil vampire is intent on having her for himself. Only Micheal can protect her. Together they journey through the Veil. Each step brings her closer to him, igniting a passion and desire she has never felt before. But her nightmares haven’t stopped. Can she protect Micheal and prevent his death? Or will the vampire destroy all she loves and make her his own?  
If you love fantasy, romance, and adventure you will adore The Elementalist. Dive headlong into this new paranormal fantasy adventure romance about vampires, magic, mythical creatures and a woman finding love in the arms of the man sworn to protect her.

Review:

I am not even sure where to begin with this book. I have to admit that I mainly cover loved this book, I saw the cover and I thought to myself.. I love it, lets give it a read. Which is what I do with 90% of the books I read and I know that you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover but come on I know for a fact that I am not the only one that does this. And from he description, it honestly sounded like such a good book.

But, my over all first impressions of this book was confusion, mainly because it was so strange. Everything that was happening did not make ANY sense whatsoever. There is hardly any back story and no character development whatsoever anywhere, and it just left me perplexed. I was looking for a badass female who would come into her own and stand up for herself but I was so so wrong.

Right from the get go Sarah, the protagonist, doesn’t even question Michael, her so called Guardian, when she is taken from her home and forced to travel with him. And this is straight after a traumatic experience she has. I not speaking for all females here because I know everyone is different and they react to different situations in different ways but the fact she doesn’t even question him or tries to fight her corner. She just follows him, literally NO QUESTIONS ASKED! And that is what really messes with me.

Then they are going into this new world, nothing is explained, Sarah just goes along with everything and how one minute, the characters within the story are apologising that they cannot tell Sarah anything about what is going on, (which Sarah just goes along with AGAIN) and then they are all, we are gong to tell you anyway. It was like the writer couldn’t wait to tell us everything about the story and the plot and I just kept thinking to myself, where is the mystery, the questions, the character development, where she finds all these things out for herself and develops from these things.

Please do not get be started on the romance, I wasn’t even 5 chapters in and Sarah and Michael and instantly in love. No questions asked. It was honestly so so unbelievable and farfetched. I love a good slow burn or even an enemies to lover, because I’m sorry if someone kidnapped me in the middle of the night and didn’t explain himself I would instantly be thinking, he is my enemy. They barely know each other and they all of a sudden cannot stop thinking about each other. The sex references really grossed me out and I couldn’t continue reading it. I had to stop, so this book was a DNF for me. I really did not like the plot to the story line, or the character develop and the lack of mystery.

This could have been a really good book, if it was thought out properly.