Genre: Fantasy/Time Travel/Romance
Rating: 4/5
I won this book in a giveaway and I was really intrigued by the description. I'll admit that I did feel slightly lost from the beginning of the book because there is at least one book that takes place before this one. There's time traveling that goes on, though, so it makes it all a little tricky.
Jeremy becomes a host for a hurricane when he is a young boy growing up in Louisiana - that is, his body can actually turn into a hurricane at will. There are powers as well as problems that come with this ability. The story begins with him returning home after 8 years to his close friend Beau. He was whisked off to England as soon as he became a host and his family and friends didn't hear from him during that time. Jeremy and Beau realized that they loved each other in their time apart. But Beau was not very quick to forgive Jeremy for leaving her for all that time. It turns out that he became a part of an organization for other hosts (volcanoes, tornadoes, tsunamis) - Dover's Amalgam, which was based in Dover England in the 1800s. He was learning how to control his abilities while he was away. He and Beau fall more in love in the short time that he is back in Louisiana. But they can't have a happy ending just yet because there is a villain who is amassing his own group of hosts in order to overthrow Dover's Amalgam.
What I really liked about this book is that it is a truly unique concept with a lot of room for an interesting universe. There's time travel, hosts with super powers, battles, and more. The author did a really good job of creating something really different and interesting.
I do feel though, that things could have been explained better in some cases. In this book, for instance, Jareth was doing "church reform" in Louisiana. I couldn't figure out what that meant, even after reading the whole book. He was a prince from England who was very pious and formal but I really felt lost on that whole aspect of the book. The lack of contractions in the book was also really annoying. I get that the speech of people from the 1800s would be different but there was a lack of contractions throughout the book that was distracting. The editing in general could have been better as well. There were lots of missing commas, misused or misspelled words, and more. For example, there would be a switch of scenes and there was no indication of this in the formatting (no space between paragraphs or asterisks or tildes or anything - just one paragraph right after another.) It wasn't the worst editing I have seen but it definitely could have been better.
I also had a little trouble relating to the characters. The romance sections between Jeremy and Beau were sort of too sweet and cheesy for my taste. The dialogue was just a little unbelievable. Although, I will say that I liked Beau's character in general. She was sort of spicy and hot headed and I liked that!
Grammar/editing: Abysmal/Poor/Needs Work/Good/Excellent
As stated before, the main complaint was the lack of contractions. There were some punctuation issues and word usage issues but it was not too distracting from the story. The formatting between scenes could have been better.
Violence: None/Mild/Medium/Heavy/Extreme: There was almost no violence in the book. Since the hosts are weather phenomenon, there are some things that happen to buildings and such. There is a woman executed at the end of the book but it is only mentioned. Still, it could be considered disturbing. There is also a fight scene where a man is stabbed, a man is electrocuted, and a woman is killed. There is not a lot of blood or overly explicit descriptions.
Profanity: None/Mild/Medium/Heavy/Extreme Almost no language. "Ass" and "bloody" are the main words used and the characters are usually chastised if they use language, anyway.
Sexuality: None/Mild/Medium/Heavy/Extreme There is a lot of kissing and sex is mentioned and insinuated at times but there are no explicit scenes. It is all very soft and romantic.
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