ARC Review : The Elementalists (Tipping Point Prophecy) by C. Sharp

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Book Blurb

Rising sea levels, droughts, earthquakes, tornadoes. Far below the earth’s crust, imprisoned in ancient slumber, the elemental powers of the land grow restless…

Meanwhile, in small town Virginia, Chloe McClellan’s first day of sophomore year was an epic fail. After she becomes the target of the fiery queen of the It-Girls in gym, she gains instant notoriety when she’s struck by lightning. That’s when things start to get weird.

There are disconcerting gaps in her memory, and freaky weather seems to follow her everywhere. She comes to believe that either she’s going insane, or her accident has awoken a terrifying creature from mythology, triggering the final countdown to the extinction of humankind.

Chloe finds unlikely help from a trio of male classmates: the grounded captain of the football team, the flighty stoner with a secret, and the enigmatic transfer student who longs for the sea. All the while, she struggles with the growing realization that dragons exist, and she, and her friends, may be the only ones who can stop them.

In the first book in the epic new Tipping Point Prophecy series, global dragon mythology is reimagined against a backdrop of ecological disaster, high school angst, and the power of the human spirit when working in accord with the elements.

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Toot's Review by Stacy Sabala

Chloe is interested in science and protecting the earth. She is practically invisible. She is starting high school as a sophomore and she is dreading it. Her first day cements her beliefs. She is determined to keep her head down and concentrate on her studies. She meets Kirin on the first day back. He is a senior from California and in her homeroom. They become instant friends. However Chloe’s life starts getting crazy after she races her enemy in PE. She outruns Kendra and beats some of the boys’ times. As a result the cross country team is in her near future. So are new friends. Stan thinks she is cool for not getting mad at him when he accidentally drops her lunch tray. Then she attracts, Ezra, Mr. Football himself, as a training partner. He likes her when she doesn’t fall at his feet like everyone else. Her plan of being invisible is no longer possible.

Then her life gets even crazier when she is struck by lightning and keeps seeing piercing blue eyes watching her. She starts investigating the Chinese Prophesy about the end of mankind with the dragons that awaken to punish them.

I really liked the characters in this book. Chloe is refreshing is what interests her and her courage. She is struggling with where she fits in and the disappearance of her father. She is genuinely surprised when she has a group of boys vying for her attention and apparently a sworn enemy in Kendra who tries to make her life hell. The boys are sweet and end up being her partners in crime. They are there to help her when she needs it.

The fight to save mankind and protecting a dragon proves to be difficult and time consuming. Chloe thinks she is going crazy but tries to do what is right. She doesn’t realize what she has gotten herself into when she finds herself going against the Daedalus Group and Kendra’s father.

I found the plot unique and exciting. The mystery and mythology intertwines providing a magical story of dragons, dragon riders, elementals, and the end of man. I look forward to the next book in the series. I give it a 4 out of 5.

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