I didn't finish this book. I found it really hard to follow, the different winds and what they did confused me. I wasn't interested in the plot, wind people are not my kind of thing. Audra really got on my nerves. I kept reading, hoping I would change my mind, unfortunately I did not. Vane was the only character that I was invested in. ( )

Ended up with A LOT of mixed feelings.
Not continuing the series. ( )

Ooh. See, I don’t know whether I like this book enough to give to five stars, but I liked it better than an average 4 star book.
4.5!
I really, REALLY loved Vane’s perspective. His voice was just so natural and funny and he said ALL THE THINGS that I wanted him to say. I loved him.
It took me a little longer to get into Audra’s perspective. Her voice felt a little forced to me, but that’s just because as a character, she was restrained. Also, complete honesty here, I have a previous impression of peoples named Audra. See, I once knew a woman named Audra. I consider her to be the second most scary person I have ever met in my life. This woman was loud and forceful and… scary. According to Vane, this Audra possessed some of those same qualities, but not in the same way. It was very different.
Also, let’s just talk about the cover for two seconds. In the book, they both describe the other as being the hot diggity damn. NIETHER of them look AT ALL attractive on the cover, because their position is just so awkward. Like, why would you put that on a cover? It’s… ugh.
I am anxiously awaiting books two and three.
(probably won’t finish the series until book three comes out, though, but book two is coming out pretty soon… depending on when my library gets it, I’ll read book 2.)
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I had been wanting to read this book for quite a while and was excited to finally sit down and read it. In the end it just wasn’t for me; I read the first 100 pages or so and stopped. I didn’t like the characters, thought the writing was choppy, and didn’t enjoy the story or the pace. It wasn’t awful but it also wasn’t something I wanted to invest more time in.

The story alternates between Audra (a sylph sworn to protect Vane) and Vane (a teen who survived a horrible tornado which killed his parents). I didn’t like either character. Audra comes off as whiny and overly self-sacrificing, while making the same mistakes over and over. Vane comes off as cocky.

Supposedly, there are evil anti-sylphs that Audra is trying to protect Vane from until he comes into his powers. I found the whole story a bit silly and boring and decided to give it up.

Overall this wasn’t my thing. I didn’t really like anything about this book. I think it was written okay and some YA readers who like a lot of corny romance and cocky characters in their stories might enjoy this. However, it wasn’t for me and I won’t be continuing the series. ( )

Stayed up until 11 last night to finish this (I'm old and have a 1 year old, that's pretty late for me nowadays!)

I loved it; it was nice to have a fantasy YA novel that wasn't about witches, vampires or goblins (3 of my January reads). Normally I am not a huge fan of the alternating POV but it worked well in this story. The characters and premise are believable, with the only time I really questioned anything being when Vane's mom learns the truth.

I can't wait to read the next books, although I did look up to the summary for the third to try and find out who's dating who lol.

A few quotes I liked:

"Hope. Such a funny, fickle thing. We need a lot of it right now."
"Nothing rivals the intoxicating relief of a gentle breeze."
"The wind is a part of who I am, and when I expose my heart to it, I feel it calling me home" *** I think I might be a sylph, this is exactly how I feel when I stand outside during a storm with heavy winds, even in winter.
"...sometimes people need floaties." True story.

I read this for free on Riveted/SimonTeen's website, I'm not sure if reviewing is required bc I don't remember what the T&C said when I signed up a year ago and since this is the first book I have read through them I haven't bothered looking it up again. ( )