My name is Larkspur, and I am an Elemental.
My people use the power of the earth to sustain life and defy our enemies. I should be at my father’s side as a royal princess. But as a half-breed, bastard child, that isn’t going to happen.
I’ve been accused of attacking the queen, my wicked stepmother, and my life is suddenly on the line. I have only two options left to me: banishment, or training … only two options left to me: banishment, or training to become one of the King’s Elite Guards, an Ender.
Option one will kill me.
Option two is meant to break me, but it’s the only way to survive.
Did I mention I have no power like the rest of the elementals, and my connection to the earth is worth next to nothing?
Could things get any worse? Of course they can. Welcome to being an Elemental
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Enjoyed the first one so much I ended up buying and reading the entire series. Loved the characters. The action and story line were really good.
Like many of Mayer’s books, this one starts out dark and brutal. From the get go, there’s emotional turmoil, and you spend the entire book riding this rollercoaster, just WAITING to see if Lark will get justice for her family. In a way, it’s similar to the Nix series with the turmoil from the start and you get the front row seat to see what will …
Great book set in parallel time with Elementals struggling to keep balance.
Bold, Twisted, Cruel, Corrupt & That’s Their Queen & Her Step Mother!!
(Read using Kindle Unlimited)
Recurve: The Elemental Series #1
Larkspur, or Lark, is the illegitimate child of the King of the Earth Elementals. His Queen, Cassava, is a jealous & brutally cruel woman. Ulani, her Mother, is gentle & beautiful, loved by all. Lark is …
Intriguing and epic fantasy read!
I enjoyed Recurve. It started out slow and I struggled a little to keep reading. About 1/4 way through the book I got hooked. I could not put the rest of the book down and was so happy I stuck with my reading. I really like the heroine Lark. I as sad with the way she is treated by her family but am excited to see what future books brings to …
I found Lark to be a rather innocent character. Her whole life has been spent being told by everyone around her how worthless she is. So she has no self esteem, yet she still has some attitude because of it. She would be very powerful if she wasn’t blocked by her powers so things have a tendency to happen to her rather than her taking charge and …
Shannon amazed me again! I have to confess that I was worried that this series wouldn’t be as good as Rylee’s series but boy I was proved wrong! (Shouldn’t be surprised, yes?)
It is the same wonderful characters and amazing world building abilities of Shannon Mayer’s phenomenal talent!
What can I say more? LOVED so much!
Great series loved this series as well read it after the rylee series! wow is all i can say
It is so slow! I may not finish it before moving on to another book.
I loved this book as it was creative, fast moving, thoughtful and made you think. Character development was complete, empathic and felt like knew characters. Hated to put down as wanted to continue to find out what would happen next. Looking forward to next installment of this journey.
Continued to read the series. Enjoyed all lots. Liked the cover art too.
I love character deveopment that has more than one dimesional fascet. Fun read.