The Elementals (Hardcover) by Francesca Lia Block, Francesca Lia Block

from majesdane

Not what I expected. I felt as though this book was maybe one big literary reference -- or a re-telling -- but if it is, I'm not well-read enough in the subject matter to understand it. The book kind of plodded along and then was resolved in the last few pages. I was kind of hoping for just ... M...

from smileydq

Faeries ... potions ... mysterious rituals ... forbidden sex ... need I say more? 'The Elementals' by Francesca Lia Block is a novel with some mature adult themes but enough juvenile allusions to anchor it strongly in the YA category. The author has a beautiful, lyric quality to her writing that ...

from alexann

When Ariel's best friend, Jeni, doesn't return from a school trip to Berkeley , Ariel is doubly determined to persevere in her plan to attend the famous university--one, it's where she and Jeni were always going to go to college, and, two, she must learn what happened to her friend! She's sorry t...

from usagijihen

My thanks to the author for lending me her copy to review. This is a very hard review to do unbiased, as Block is my mentor, but I will try nonetheless. This is also generally a pretty difficult review to write, mostly because of how much the book moved me. I don't say that often in my reviews, b...

from C.Ibarra

The Elementals was my first experience with Francesca Lia Block. I know her other series has quite a following, and I've been eager to check her out. This isn't like any book I have ever read. It was bizarre and addictive, which I find so ironic now that I've reached the end. Main character, Arie...