Chronicles of Fire: Rise of the Elementals

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Chronicles of Fire: Rise of the Elementals

by J.P. McNeill (Goodreads Author)

4.11 of 5 stars 4.11 · rating details · 9 ratings · 4 reviews

Jake Wadsworth had never heard of The Elementals. He appeared to be an ordinary seventeen-year-old who attended Greenville High School, had a girlfriend, and was captain of the fencing team, but what Jake didn't know was that he himself is an Elemental. He is able to create and control fire. The only person who knows the truth is his mother, but Jake has never met her. Jak...more

Paperback, 200 pages

Published April 5th 2011 by Authorhouse

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Sep 06, 2011 Colleen rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: young-adult, sword-and-sorcery

Full Disclosure: I received a free copy from the author for review

Sticking with just the story first:

I admit that when I first read the blurb for the book my initial thought was "seems a bit cliché, but could have promise". After reading the book my general summation is "is a bit cliché, but is definitely readable".

Especially for the first 3/4 of the book, getting past the various typos and things (of which there were a fair few), I thought the writing was well-done. (Ok, after the prologue beca...more

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Sep 06, 2011 Anna rated it 2 of 5 stars

Well... where do I start. After reading the synopsis of this book I was pretty intrigued, I mean you don't read many books where the popular guy is the captain of the fencing team and not the football team. Also, the addition of some sci fi elements sounded cool, a kid who can control fire?! This sounded awesome!

After getting about 50 pages in I started to become wary of the story. There are a lot of grammatical errors. Now, I'm pretty biased when it comes to grammar, because I'm a total grammar...more Well... where do I start. After reading the synopsis of this book I was pretty intrigued, I mean you don't read many books where the popular guy is the captain of the fencing team and not the football team. Also, the addition of some sci fi elements sounded cool, a kid who can control fire?! This sounded awesome!

After getting about 50 pages in I started to become wary of the story. There are a lot of grammatical errors. Now, I'm pretty biased when it comes to grammar, because I'm a total grammar/punctuation Nazi. Usually I can overlook issues enough to enjoy the plot and the characters and what not, but I started becoming too distracted by the constant commas and grammatical errors. I felt like this was more of an uncorrected proof rather than a fully published book. The writing style was a bit off for me as well. The three main characters, Jake, Ellen, and Ben, are supposed to be high school students, but their language is a weird combination of teen slang and formal writing. Also, the book is written from Jake's perspective, in first person, and he uses so many big words and his speech is so formal it just felt off.

As for the characters, they're okay. I didn't really like or dislike any of them. I did have some issues with the "foreign" characters because they were so stereotypical. You have Joe the Italian guy who owns a pizza store and instead of saying "my" says "me" because of his thick Italian accent. You have Maria, the Mexican housekeeper who calls her boss "senor" when speaking to him. Then there's the Dr., who you know is a shady guy but for some reason no one else can see this. Jake, Ben, and Ellen are alright characters, but there's nothing special about them. The romance between Jake and Ellen is pretty cute and somewhat believable because they've been friends for like, four years, but have also had huge crushes on each other forever. It wasn't just some love at first sight crap like so many Young Adult novels nowadays.

And another thing about the Dr., where did he come from? He appears in the beginning out of nowhere and starts trying to hang out with the "Three Musketeers" (as people refer to Jake, Ellen, and Ben as), and for some reason no one thinks this is odd. Maybe I missed it, but I'm pretty sure he comes out of no where. I was pretty confused about this situation and I would have liked more explanation about him.

The ending was actually pretty good, when we start finding out what's going on with Jake, I became a lot more interested. Everything seems to tie up nicely with a sort of fairy tale ending, but I would have liked a little more conflict. Overall this book didn't really do it for me. It was okay, I guess, but I just had too many issues with it to really enjoy the overall themes and plot. If you can get past the flaws, the story line isn't that bad, I just think the book overall needs some work. I skimmed a lot of pages which is never a good sign.
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Oct 08, 2011 Beckie rated it 4 of 5 stars

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My Thoughts: ( I give this book 4 Stars )

Okay, so let me first start out and say I did not think this book would be this awesome of a read. I was not sure what to except when I started to read Chronicles of Fire. I was blown away by how much I really enjoyed this book. The story-line was exciting and the flow of the story was so perfect. I sometimes feel like a author can rush different parts of the book to hurry along the plot, but not this book. It was flawless and always keep me wondering wha...more My Thoughts: ( I give this book 4 Stars )

Okay, so let me first start out and say I did not think this book would be this awesome of a read. I was not sure what to except when I started to read Chronicles of Fire. I was blown away by how much I really enjoyed this book. The story-line was exciting and the flow of the story was so perfect. I sometimes feel like a author can rush different parts of the book to hurry along the plot, but not this book. It was flawless and always keep me wondering what would happen next. I so enjoyed all of the idea's and the characters were so down to earth and real. Chronicles of Fire gives the reader a magical, fun, and tearful ride into a world where you never know what will happen next. This is the story of Jake who was left on a church's doorstep by his Mother. She felt she needed to keep him safe from the evil in her world. As Jake grows up now living with his adopted Grandparents he leads a normal live with his two Best Friends, Ben and Ellen. They are all on the fencing team at there school and Jake has hopes to become the state champion but little does he know that one day very soon his fighting skills will come in real handy. Later odd things start happening to Jake and will lead to one accident after another. But is Jake responsible for these weird accidents? Well, on his 18th Birthday he will soon find that out and who he really is and why Jake can produce fire with his mind. Jake has now only begun to understand his powers and learn there is a different kind of power out there, a very dark power, "The Order"....

I did not want to go more into depth about the book because I would be giving to much away. I highly recommend this book to any YA-Adult readers. Chronicles of Fire was such a pure delight to read and I loved the Author's style of writing, very smooth and creative. J.P McNeil has shown to be a brilliant writer and I so look forward to reading more of his work. If you are looking for a light, fun and magical read, try this book out. You will not be disappointed.

Thank you J.P. for asking me to read your book. I <3 It! (less)

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May 02, 2012 Jackie Augur rated it 5 of 5 stars

Loved your book! I liked that that Ben and Jake were fencers - a sport often overlooked. I'm eager to read about their next adventure.

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