Reviewed by Dan
TITLE: Elemental Love
SERIES: Warlocks #1
AUTHOR: L. M. Somerton
PUBLISHER: Pride Publishing
LENGTH: 191 Pages
RELEASE DATE: March 29, 2016
BLURB:
An untrained warlock is a dangerous man to love.
On his twenty-first birthday, Evrain Brookes discovers he is an elemental warlock. The spell suppressing his talent lifts and he has to get used to a whole new existence. The protection that kept him safe during his childhood is gone, his skills are wild and uncontrolled and there are those that seek to use him for their own gain.
Evrain’s grandmother is a witch, his godfather another warlock. Between them they do their best to keep Evrain on the right path. He learns that in order to gain control of his formidable powers, he will need to ‘channel’ through a life partner, a process that happens only with consent and through love. But how will he ever find a man prepared to put up with a Dominant warlock for a boyfriend?
Dominic Castine has no idea that Evrain’s grandmother sees him as a prospective partner for Evrain. He tends her garden and she teaches him about herbs—a trade-off they both enjoy. He is drawn to Evrain’s charismatic presence but doesn’t understand why he wants to drop to his knees and submit to him.
When Agatha is murdered, Evrain and Dominic are thrown together as she manipulates them from beyond the grave. Dominic becomes the pawn in a terrifying game between warlocks whose powers he barely comprehends.
In the end, lives will depend on his courage, his willingness to grant Evrain control and the power of love.
REVIEW:
Elemental Love is the start of a new series by L.M. Somerton. I’ve read and enjoyed books from the author before, and when I saw she was starting this new series, I was more than happy to sign up for the book!
In this new series, Ms. Somerton is introducing us to a group of warlocks and witches who live amongst us. While that is a formula that has been used before, the author did a good job with creating a story that was entertaining, while at the same time doing some minor world building which I’m guessing will be used in upcoming installments.
Our story begins twenty-one years in the past, when a baby is born into a magical family…a family that has only produced witches for the last 500 years. No one expected a warlock. When he is born, his grandmother instantly puts a spell on him, effectively blocking his magical powers until his twenty-first birthday to protect him from evil outsiders who might try to seize him to build their own powers.
Skip to today, Evrain is turning twenty-one, and boy is he in for a surprise. What follows is a fairly predictable tale…complete with new found magic, an evil warlock, the murder of a close relative, a prince charming, adversity and the triumph over it. Do you see where I’m going here? Honestly, except for the concept of the warlocks needing a life partner who they can “channel” their magic through, there was really nothing new in this tale.
I liked it well enough, it was written well, and well edited, but to me it seemed to lack some necessary oomph. It had sex, and some kinky plant manipulation bondage, but overall it left me a little flat.
I will have to call this one Good/Average.
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