Nick Merrick is stretched to breaking point. He's trying to keep his grades sky-high or he won't get in to college. He's trying to keep his brother's business afloat or the Merricks will be out on the street. He's trying to keep the secret of where he's going in the evenings from his twin brother Gabriel - or he fears he'll lose his family. And he's trying to keep his mind off the hot, self-assured dancer who is his 'girlfriend's' partner.
And then Quinn takes to hanging around his sworn enemy, and an Elemental Guide is counting the hours until he can try again to kill the Merrick brothers. Storms are brewing. On all sides.
SECRETS IN THE WIND. DANGER IN THE AIR.
Brigid Kemmerer you have done it again, pulled me into a fantastic story, worry my heart out for Nick and made me want to hug him and not let him go. If you've read Breathless and I'm pretty sure you already have & it not Aussie's it is in the start the Australian version, you Nick is dealing with a lot.
Secret was a
fantastic new addition to the elementals series,
since Nick is my favourite of the Merrick Brothers and after reading Nicks
novella Breathless I couldn’t wait to
get my hands on his own book. We get the perspectives of Nick and Quinn and we
follow them in two different journeys in Secret
Quinn’s home life has gotten worse and without having Becca so much anymore she
has nowhere to go and no one to talk to. Nick is dealing with a lot his family, the
guides, Quinn and now his sexuality this is bringing him to breaking point.
Through Secret we see that they are both dealing with a lot
of things that don’t fully focus on the guides that are trying to kill them.
Nick doesn’t know what to, who to talk to, how his twin will
react to the news, how Michael will react about him wanting to go to college
and Nick failed a test, Nick who has never failed before failed a physics test.
Nick is spending a lot of time helping out Michael way more than the other
brothers on jobs & finances, he is worries about Quinn and now with Adam he
doesn’t know who he is anymore. I really liked the character of Adam and how
well he contemplated Nick together the characters lose control which makes Nick
worried even more because he likes control. Adam just wants what is best for
Nick and is supportive and helpful for him, which made me like Adam a whole lot
more.
Quinn in the first three books has been my least favourite
of characters but after Secret we get
to see more of what Quinn is facing and why she has such a tough exterior
because on the inside she is broken and scared. Since her and Becca had a
falling out she has no one to turn to and with Nick spending time with Adam and
helping his family, she has no one to turn to until she meets Tyler. Yes this
is the Tyler who has had a vendetta on the Merrick Brothers who still blames Michael
for the death of his sister when really if they hadn’t chased after she would
more than likely still be alive. But Tyler is hiding a secret which is revealed
at the end of Secret which makes you
question a lot of things that seem to already have answers to.
Apart from Nick and Quinn and there love interests, Michael
was the best supporting character by far. Once he learns about Nick being gay
& how he is feeling about all the pressure that he has been facing which is
great. This also got me 100x more excited to read Michael’s book Sacrifice especially with the ending.
The ending is where we get the continuing plot of the guides that have been
following the Merricks from day one and this time it is much worse than before.
Secret is for
those of you who have loved following the journey of the Merrick boys and with
the final book coming if you haven’t read this series start!
Thanks to Allen &
Unwin for the review copy of Secret!
Rating: 5/5
Keely xx
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