Building from Ashes Elemental World Book 1 (Audible Audio Edition) Elizabeth Hunter Dina Pearlman Audible Studios Books
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The first book in the highly anticipated Elemental World series, by Elizabeth Hunter, author of the best-selling Elemental Mysteries.
In a world teetering on the edge of change, two beings struggle to find their purpose. Will their paths lead them closer together or tear their worlds apart? For a thousand years, powerful earth vampire Carwyn ap Bryn has served others. God. His family. His friends. But tragedy and loss disrupt his peaceful existence, causing him to question everything he has committed his eternity to.
Brigid Connor has known about vampires since they rescued her from a painful childhood. But not even their vast elemental power can save her from the demons that torment her. As loyalties are tested and new paths are forged, a lurking danger slowly grows in the Elemental World. Carwyn and Brigid learn that even secrets revealed can come back to haunt you when you least expect it.
Building from Ashes Elemental World Book 1 (Audible Audio Edition) Elizabeth Hunter Dina Pearlman Audible Studios Books
Disclaimer:I suppose I should say right up front that if you have not read the 4 book series The Elemental Mysteries by Elizabeth Hunter before you read this book it will be impossible for you to have the full enjoyment of this novel. Subsequently, be aware that all opinions in this review are from someone who HAS read that masterpiece of Paranormal Literature. The correct reading order should be (it should be noted at this point that ALL of these books are 5 Star rated and not just by myself, check for yourself):
A Hidden Fire: Elemental Mysteries Book One
This Same Earth (Volume 2)
The Force of Wind (Volume 3)
A Fall of Water: Elemental Mysteries Book Four (Volume 4)
Building From Ashes (Elemental World) (this book)
I received this book as an ARC from the author unconditionally.
Review:
This novel for all practical purposes is a trilogy in one cover, it is divided into 3 "books" and each has a plot and a main thrust to it while all proceed towards a main theme which as with previous works is a masterful combination of action, romance and mystery.
Brigid Conner was rescued by vampires of Carwyn's family years ago from a horrible situation and Carwyn has watched her grow up as part of his son Ione's family, this novel covers a span of years from 1995 until summer of 2012 which probably accounts for its length. It steps over parts of the story from The Elemental Mysteries and creates concurrent stories that were happening during the time of that series and hence you feel like you are visiting with old friends while meeting new ones.
The "books" are pretty much divided along these lines and each covers a span of years.
Book 1: Earth - Brigid's early life as a human and events that happened during that time.
Book 2: Fire - Becoming an Immortal and the required learning and a deepening romance.
Book 3: The Seal - More action, romance and getting rid of personal demons and of course solving the actual mystery.
Each has the ability to pull you into the story and make you part of it, the writing is excellent, the story has humor, action, mystery and characters that you will love. The fact that Carwyn has been close to celibate for a thousand years does leave him a bit on the low end of the learning scale when it comes to women. The struggle with faith and service is a large part of this book also and adds depth to the novel and keeps it from being "just another vampire book".
Brigid's growth is amazing and is just one more reason this is an excellent book. I read a lot of PNR type novels and many times the biggest failing I see is heroines that never grow in knowledge or become super heroes overnight, this gives a much more realistic story (again, hence the length). Brigid's growth from abused child to strong heroine is one of the best parts of this novel.
The mystery revolves around the drug Elixir which was at the crux of the previous novels; it is still being made by somebody and still killing humans and immortals alike. If I had any complaints it would be my usual complaint of needing more revenge (a personal demon of my own making) even though the ending was quite satisfying for all but the m ore blood thirsty among us (raises hand).
RATING: So without writing a book about the book I can say that once again it is a 5 Star effort, readers of Ms Hunter's previous works will be thrilled and to say I highly recommend it would be redundant.
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Building from Ashes Elemental World Book 1 (Audible Audio Edition) Elizabeth Hunter Dina Pearlman Audible Studios Books Reviews
This new series from Elizabeth Hunter starts off pretty well. I would actally give this book 4.5 stars, because I thought it was going to be all Carwyn, our favorite Earth Vampire. Whilst this is about Carwyn when he is away from Gio and Beatrice, it is also about Brigid, a girl he rescued. We are given the back story of Brigid, leading up to her turning. Then the how the two interact with each other.
This story is very funny in places and,as always, a page turner. It is exciting, adventurous, has a mystery to be solved and ties in well with the last book in the Elemental Mysteries series. As usual, the words written flow effortlessly throughout the book. One part of the plot was a little predictable, but there is also a huge twist near the end.
If you liked the Elemental Mysteries series, you will definitely like this look into Carwyn's life. You also find out some other vampire connections. Well wot the time to read. Another good book from Elizabeth Hunter.
I read and enjoyed all four of the Elemental series by Elizabeth Hunter. One of my questions in those books for me was; where does Carwyn go and what's the story that gets hinted at but not told in those books? As Carwyn is too busy helping Gio and B...
The Mystery is solved in this book. You find there is more to him then we suspected. Building From Ashes is a great addition to the series, both in further developing a familiar beloved character and introducing new and just as equally interesting characters and storylines.
I found myself once again sorry to reach the end of the book because I wanted to know more. For this reason I would highly recommend this book to anyone who read and liked the Elemental series.
The Elemental World is a PNR spin-off series from Hunter's Elemetnal Mysteries series, and as excited about this book as I was--FINALLY, and HEA for Carwyn--while still being good, it didn't quite live up to my expectations.
Carwyn is a nearly 1000 year old Welsh vampire, and has been a priest that entire time. When he dedicated his life to the church, priests were allowed wives, and Carwyn had one, but when she died, leaving him a single parent of several small children, he was understandably distraught, so his father, also a man of the church, sent him traveling on an errand to distract him from his melancholy. It's on that errand that Carwyn was changed into a vampire.
Despite his dedication to the church, Carwyn isn't the stodgy, over-serious type you might expect him to be, not at ALL. He's actually a bit of a prankster who enjoys WWE wrestling, and has an extensive collection of truly horrible Hawaiian shirts. He's also a huge flirt.
But he's never felt compelled to move beyond flirtation.
1000 years. No sex.
*squints*
Well, he's never felt compelled to move beyond flirtation until one of his daughters turns a beloved member of their human contingent into a vampire.
Brigid Conner has not had an easy life. She was adopted into Carwyn's extended family after being rescued as a child from her pedophile stepfather. Overcoming something like that is never a simple or easy task, and Brigid has struggled both with developing healthy relationships, and with . . . drugs.
Throughout her life, Carwyn has always been a constant. Her rescuer when she was a child, the one who discovered her addiction as a young adult, various times in between as well . . .
I liked the main plot of this book very much. What I struggled with was the timeline.
In Elemental Mysteries, the first couple of books (book 1 especially) took place years before the present. It wasn't my favorite part of the series, and while it didn't particularly bother me, I was glad when we finally got, and stayed, current.
This time it felt like a reread of previous events from another POV. I've never been a fan of that, and it was perhaps even more off-putting, having just finished reading said previous events.
Another issue I had was the religious overtone Carwyn's man of the cloth status brought to the situation. Carwyn obviously struggled with his commitment to the church in conflict with his attraction to Brigid, while Brigid, as good Catholic, vowed over and over that she was going to hell for being attracted to a priest, and those are the kinds of things I avoid in fiction--as much as I love Hunter, I only read the first book of her Irin Chronicles long enough to figure out that it was about angels before calling it quits.
It's just not my thing.
But the religious aspect is an isolated situation, so I have no qualms about continuing to read the series.
And it must be said that a slightly disappointing Hunter book is still leaps and bounds better than most others, so the issues I had were not big enough to keep me from enjoying Building From Ashes overall. Recommended.
Disclaimer
I suppose I should say right up front that if you have not read the 4 book series The Elemental Mysteries by Elizabeth Hunter before you read this book it will be impossible for you to have the full enjoyment of this novel. Subsequently, be aware that all opinions in this review are from someone who HAS read that masterpiece of Paranormal Literature. The correct reading order should be (it should be noted at this point that ALL of these books are 5 Star rated and not just by myself, check for yourself)
A Hidden Fire Elemental Mysteries Book One
This Same Earth (Volume 2)
The Force of Wind (Volume 3)
A Fall of Water Elemental Mysteries Book Four (Volume 4)
Building From Ashes (Elemental World) (this book)
I received this book as an ARC from the author unconditionally.
Review
This novel for all practical purposes is a trilogy in one cover, it is divided into 3 "books" and each has a plot and a main thrust to it while all proceed towards a main theme which as with previous works is a masterful combination of action, romance and mystery.
Brigid Conner was rescued by vampires of Carwyn's family years ago from a horrible situation and Carwyn has watched her grow up as part of his son Ione's family, this novel covers a span of years from 1995 until summer of 2012 which probably accounts for its length. It steps over parts of the story from The Elemental Mysteries and creates concurrent stories that were happening during the time of that series and hence you feel like you are visiting with old friends while meeting new ones.
The "books" are pretty much divided along these lines and each covers a span of years.
Book 1 Earth - Brigid's early life as a human and events that happened during that time.
Book 2 Fire - Becoming an Immortal and the required learning and a deepening romance.
Book 3 The Seal - More action, romance and getting rid of personal demons and of course solving the actual mystery.
Each has the ability to pull you into the story and make you part of it, the writing is excellent, the story has humor, action, mystery and characters that you will love. The fact that Carwyn has been close to celibate for a thousand years does leave him a bit on the low end of the learning scale when it comes to women. The struggle with faith and service is a large part of this book also and adds depth to the novel and keeps it from being "just another vampire book".
Brigid's growth is amazing and is just one more reason this is an excellent book. I read a lot of PNR type novels and many times the biggest failing I see is heroines that never grow in knowledge or become super heroes overnight, this gives a much more realistic story (again, hence the length). Brigid's growth from abused child to strong heroine is one of the best parts of this novel.
The mystery revolves around the drug Elixir which was at the crux of the previous novels; it is still being made by somebody and still killing humans and immortals alike. If I had any complaints it would be my usual complaint of needing more revenge (a personal demon of my own making) even though the ending was quite satisfying for all but the m ore blood thirsty among us (raises hand).
RATING So without writing a book about the book I can say that once again it is a 5 Star effort, readers of Ms Hunter's previous works will be thrilled and to say I highly recommend it would be redundant.
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