Elise ✘ a.k.a Ryder's Pet ✘'s Reviews > Water's Wrath

*Contains spoilers for the series*

“Even something very small can cast a large shadow when it is close to the sun.”

Elise Kova I kinda hate you right now. A little bit. You literally put me through hell wh-when you did what you did to us. I cannot forgive you for it. I refuse. It's mean, cruel and unnecessary. Really, it is. You should have giving us at least a bit of happiness.

Here's just my summary/thoughts of each book to remember how I felt about them:

“...Fire needs air to live. Air fuels fire, stokes it, and makes it burn brighter and hotter than it ever could alone. But too much air will snuff it completely, just as too many flames will consume all the air. They are far greater than the sum of their parts together, but are equally as dangerous to each other’s existence.”

Book 1: is about Vhalla Yarl finding out who she is, what she is. She is Awakened, though a horrible Awakening, and finds out she is a Windwalker. Vhalla is a library apprentice, smart ass hell, reads a lot. She accidentally saves Crown Prince Aldrik Solaris when she thought she was trying to save his brother, and formed a Bond with the crown prince. Vhalla is weak, insecure and shy. Aldrik stole my heart from the first moment I met him.
→ The story takes place at The Solaris Empire/The Tower.

“I am the property of the crown. My chains are invisible, but just as heavy.”

Book 2: Vhalla is sentenced to serve the Emperor as property of the Solaris Empire and must go to war. The Emperor depends on her for victory as she is the only Windwalker. Vhalla is becoming stronger, little less naive and she is starting to learn how to fight. She isn't afraid to speak up no more and is more sure of herself. Aldrik and Vhalla is struggling with their emotions and feelings, and with people trying to keep them apart. Aldrik shows us even more how he is the Dark Lord, the most powerful sorcerer there is.
→ The story is set on the march for war.

“You show up as if you materialize from the wind itself, to save the life of the crown prince whom you jumped off the side of the Pass in an attempt to save. You’re unassuming, you’re filthy, and you’re soaked in what I can only presume to be the blood of our enemies.”

Book 3: The Emperor is pretty much yanking Vhalla's chains. Aldrik, my poor baby, is doing everything he can to keep Vhalla, his lady, his love, safe, but it's hard when so many are out to kill the Windwalker or to keep them apart. Vhalla is learning more about herself, as a fighter, a woman and as a person. She get colder, harder and stronger. One can only be pushed so far, before one breaks... Assassins and traitors, heartbreak and losses, misery and love, all wrapped up in one.
→ The story takes place when the war with the North is about to start and when it ends.

“Is that any way for a lady to sit?” Aldrik teased.
“I am a lady, and I am sitting this way; therefore, yes.” Vhalla nodded her head to underscore her response.

Book 4: In Water's Wrath my heart was still breaking after the horrible and sad ending of Earth's End. And Elise Kova had to of course break it more. Vhalla is back with her people after being away for 2 month after the battle that lead to victory for The Solaris Empire to find herself and to be alone. Aldrik is engaged to another, and that itself is enough heartbreak. But that sure as hell didn't stop Elise as she gave is even more heartbreak... The truth finally comes out, we finally get the missing pieces about Aldrik filled (my baby!!!!). And of course, we get to see who the real puppet Master is.
→ The story takes place at The Solaris Empire/The Tower, after the war and after Vhalla is reunited with her friends.

“Together,they were unstoppable.Bound,Joined,madly in love,there were no longer any boundaries that could limit them.They were a single force of nature.”

That out of the way, leaves me with the final judgment so far of the series as I haven't written full reviews for the first three books.. I like the series, I do. But there is something missing. What that is, I still have no clue what it is. I think...as much as I love Aldrik, he's still so insecure of himself, when I kinda want him to be this cold, heartless, alpha male. Don't get me wrong, he is, for the most time, but through Vhalla's eyes I can't quite see it... In Tales from the Front (#2.5) you see it a bit more, for how the other characters see the crown prince, but through Vhalla, I just see a young man who has been through hell, and is still there. He's a broken man, who's slowly healing, only to be knocked down again. Vhalla, I mostly like. I have to be honest and say that I didn't really like her all that much in book one, but that slowly went away as she became more herself, and became stronger. However, I started to not really liking her again when she became Serien and how she acted with Daniel.. I didn't like that, at all. Now I like her again. Strange, huh?

“He was a reckless fool, and I was a girl pulled along by puppet strings. The fire burned too hot, and we didn't notice until it consumed everything.”

Now I have to wait for Crystal Crowned, which I hate, considering I'm not the most patient person you can meet. Also, since I have read each book after each other, it sucks that I have to wait for the final book. Can you believe it?! There's only one book left, and then the series is done. No more Aldrik. NO MORE :O! Oh god, I think I'm gonna cry, and Elise Kova has made me cry enough.