Also, Alex's airmaster is around, causing trouble, and of course it's Adam who goes and defeats him, with his teacher's help, proving once again that he is one of the strongest airmasters around.Melissa Storm is a USA Today bestselling American writer of women’s fiction, romance, spirituality, cozy mysteries, and contemporary stories. Adam is having trouble with his classes because he still has a lot of things in his mind, but little by little he starts to let go, he lets go of his guilt over killing the rogue firemaker when he was a sentry, then over his guilt over Hanai's death and what almost happened to Gabriella, and over losing his attachment to his brother.Īlso, he is trying to improve his relationship with the rest of the council, especially with Gabriella, whom he still loves, but doesn't know how to prove that he won't hurt or betray her again. The unmanifested role is changing and everyone needs to adapt to a more caring and approachable kind of government. The Elemental Academy is once again open, and Gabriella and Adam are learning to control their elements, this time with the help of the masters, and also learning about how councils work. But it's a good way of presenting the new world that's getting created after Alex's death, a description of the changes made by the new government and the closure for Adam's and Gabriella's relationship. I mean, most of the book could have been resumed in an epilogue for the previous book. It was a good story, but it felt unnecessary. The ELEMENTAL series is a YA/NA futuristic fantasy series. And Adam will need to find his emotional center in order to work with the atmosphere and defeat the threat.ĮLEMENTAL RELEASE is the concluding novella in the thrilling ELEMENTAL series, which includes a prequel novella, ELEMENTAL RUSH, and full-length novel, ELEMENTAL HUNGER. And in order to master those, he has to grieve for the loss of Hanai, make amends with his brother, and earn the trust of Gabby.Īmidst all that, Adam must also learn how to grapple with the jet stream, because a dangerous Airmaster is loose in Tarpulin. In order to do that, Adam attends Elemental training and discovers that to truly command the air, he must first be in control of his emotions.

Up first: his Councilman and the girl he’d like to be more than friends with, Gabriella Kilpatrick.īut first, he has to figure out how to be the Airmaster his Firemaker needs. Two months after returning to the capital city of Tarpulin with a Council of his own, Airmaster Adam Gillman is ready to start repairing the relationships in his life.

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