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Elemental Lies (The Essential Elements Book 2) Kindle Edition

by Elle Middaugh (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.5 out of 5 stars 99 ratings
Some lies can ruin everything...

After the accidental exposure of elementals to humanity, I’ve found myself—and all of my kind—struggling to attain equality. Three different groups fight to secure leadership, and with all of their hidden agendas, I have no idea which side to choose. The balance between peaceful cohabitation and all-out war is precarious, at best.

But when chance brings me face to face with Cade Landston once more, everything changes. My desire to win him over draws me closer to him, and his vengeful mission to hunt down my murderous grandfather brings us both closer to trouble.

From mysterious doppelgangers to reckless rescue missions, scapegoat bombings, and evolving Elemental powers, I am absolutely struggling to keep up. All I know for sure is that I have to stop my grandfather and the Elitists at all costs.
To do so, I need to figure out the truth. But how can I, when everyone I know has been telling lies?

Fans of Red Queen, Twilight, and A Shade of Vampire will enjoy The Essential Elements Series!

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  1. Book 2 of 3
    The Essential Elements
  2. Print length
    488 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Publication date
    November 7, 2017
  5. Reading age
    16 - 18 years
  6. File size
    5.3 MB
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"I have essentially fallen in love with the characters of this series. It is a must read!" ★★★★★ - Amazon Reviewer

"I strongly believe that this series should be made into a movie, it could easily be just as popular, if not more, than the Twilight series. Absolutely amazing Elle!" ★★★★★ - Amazon Reviewer

"Another great book by Elle Middaugh. I fell in love with this series because it was so different from what I have read. There aren't really many books that have elemental inspiration within them." ★★★★★ - Amazon Reviewer

"I did NOT see that coming! Obviously, looking back, all the signs were there. Elle did such a good job pulling me into the story, I didn't even think about what twists might be up ahead." ★★★★★ - Amazon Reviewer

"I absolutely can't wait for the next book to come out. This book is much better than the first. The characters keep on getting better." ★★★★★ - Amazon Reviewer

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B077812JHF
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ (November 7, 2017)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 7, 2017
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 5.3 MB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 488 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.5 out of 5 stars 99 ratings

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Elle Middaugh

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Elle Middaugh is a USA Today Bestselling Author living in the Appalachian Mountains of Pennsylvania. She's a mom of three, wife of one, and a member of RWA. When she's not writing, she's usually engaging with readers on social media, reading romance novels, or wrangling kids, cats, and plants—all while thriving on Dr. Pepper and relentless optimism.

Sassy heroines. Seductive heroes. Spellbinding romance.

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Customers find the book phenomenal, with lots of action throughout the story. They appreciate the romance elements, with one customer highlighting the themes of young love and betrayal. Customers consistently praise the character development, noting how the characters keep improving throughout the series.

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Customers find the book phenomenal and consider it the best series, with one customer noting it's better than the first installment.

"Loved this second book!! Valerie is so much more likable and we can truly connect to her 💗 I love that she is more comfortable with her self...." Read more

"...Absolutely amazing Elle! To those reading these reviews, please, do yourself a favor and order these books together, you won't be sorry!" Read more

"...This book was phenomenal, better than the first...." Read more

"...Feels very YA in content but not writing style. Excellent series!" Read more

6 customers mention "Intrigue"6 positive0 negative

Customers enjoy the intrigue of the book, which features lots of action and surprising twists, with one customer noting how it captivates the imagination.

"...In the best of ways this will draw you in and absolutely captivate your imagination 💘 I'm totally girl crushing on Elle Middaugh!!..." Read more

"...Elle captures you and brings you into the book to make you feel like you are living your life with Valerie too...." Read more

"...All kinds of action and craziness happens. Political intrigue, shocking twists, doppelganger, young love and betrayal, and in the middle is one..." Read more

"...There was love, pain, betrayal, and lots and lots of action. Feels very YA in content but not writing style. Excellent series!" Read more

5 customers mention "Romance"5 positive0 negative

Customers enjoy the romance in the book, featuring themes of young love, betrayal, and better choices in relationships.

"...She make better choices in her love life as well and I couldn't be more happier!!..." Read more

"...doppelganger, young love and betrayal, and in the middle is one awesome young lady with a huge heart trying to find her way in this new world thrust..." Read more

"...And I'm totally all for the romantic additives. I love these characters, and cannot wait to see what's next." Read more

"...There was love, pain, betrayal, and lots and lots of action. Feels very YA in content but not writing style. Excellent series!" Read more

4 customers mention "Likability"4 positive0 negative

Customers enjoy the characters in the book, noting that they keep getting better throughout the series.

"Loved this second book!! Valerie is so much more likable and we can truly connect to her 💗 I love that she is more comfortable with her self...." Read more

"...There was love, pain, betrayal, and lots and lots of action. Feels very YA in content but not writing style. Excellent series!" Read more

"...I have essentially fallen in love with the characters of this series. It is a must read!" Read more

"...This book is much better than the first. The characters keep on getting better." Read more

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  • M. Fritz
    5.0 out of 5 stars So Much Better Than The 1st!!
    Reviewed in the United States on January 12, 2019
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    Loved this second book!! Valerie is so much more likable and we can truly connect to her 💗 I love that she is more comfortable with her self. She has these huge decisions to make in a world that has forever been changed where nothing and no one is quite what it should be. We see the return of the major characters and the plot thickens as it takes a twisty path. She make better choices in her love life as well and I couldn't be more happier!! I still have so many thoughts and questions that book 3 seems so far away. The storytelling has been superb throughout this series and its remained both surprising and entertaining. In the best of ways this will draw you in and absolutely captivate your imagination 💘 I'm totally girl crushing on Elle Middaugh!! She is one creative genius who knows how to both tease and satisfy her readership 💖💖💖💖
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    4.0 out of 5 stars fantasy and magic. action and suspense
    Reviewed in the United States on August 31, 2017
    Elemental Secrets by Elle Middaugh
    A book review by Kathleen S. Schmitt

    If one likes fantasy and magic and exciting plots, forge ahead. You will be rewarded with plenty of action and suspense.

    At a superficial level, Elemental Secrets is a teen fantasy book that is well-written and fully entertaining, although I found the pace a little slow in the first third of the book. Until the arrival of a magic action, I could not tell if this was anything but a teen romance novel. However, the appearance of magic in a rather sweet way hinted that the story was going to take some turns that would be intriguing.
    So, on with the plot. Protagonist Valerie appears as a reticent loner (due to changing schools so often as a military brat), but decides this time she is going to turn into an extravert. Furthermore, she finds the will and the energy to make this metamorphosis, which, in the first part of the book feels utterly contrived by the author. Valerie not only wins friends, she spirits herself at speed into the most popular group in the school where she finds ready acceptance. Okay. Nice. The reader who has experienced this kind of social interaction may enjoy this interplay. Readers who aspired to such status but did not attain it might find some of their vicarious needs being met through Valerie’s transformation. But readers who have lived differently through high school, meaning most of us, just might be somewhat put off. For a start, I am often suspicious of a beautiful protagonist. But wait. The author has a reason for this leap that feels, well, unreal.
    Unfortunately, for me to explain much more would turn this review into one big spoiler. How to communicate what’s in store is difficult without just saying what happens. However, I will try. If one likes fantasy and magic and exciting plots, forge ahead. You will be rewarded with plenty of action and suspense.
    If you are of a philosophical bent, think Nietzsche. What? You say. Well, around the first part of the Twentieth Century, a lot of writers and thinkers were pondering Nietzsche's philosophy. In American literature, this interest moved into what was called ‘literary naturalism.’ George Bernard Shaw wrote a play entitled “Man and Superman” based not only on the Don Juan legend but delving into the naturalistic myths of ancient deities (Think Venus and Zeus and other mythical gods). If you find the superhero enticing, or even if you are newly into Wonder Woman, read Elemental Secrets.
    Also, if you teach high school literature classes, you might want to check out this book as a possible choice for students to read when studying early Twentieth Century English/American literature.
    An internet contributor pointed to an interesting site: https://superheronovels.com/, stating that this old comic book genre may be the new genre in prose literature. You may wonder what I’m talking about, since I haven’t told you the plot. However, if any of this rambling tickles your curiosity, then read Elemental Secrets.
    This first-in-a-series novel performs on various levels. While we will not find clarity in this first story, a whole series is emerging through which we can trust we will come to understand this different perception of the world – and perhaps the mind of the author. Is Elle Middaugh just writing a teen fantasy? Or is there something deeper here? Something that is profoundly political for our day and rolling out a scenario for world destiny?
    Thoughts about a master race arise, evoking shades of mid-Twentieth Century fascism. Demigods – kindly or malevolent? Human suppression or empowerment? Alarming suppositions about global warming...? This book offers much fodder for thought, a definite plus in my mind. Read intelligently, and you will find Elemental Secrets involving and rewarding.
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  • lamanda
    5.0 out of 5 stars May I have book 3 now please?!?
    Reviewed in the United States on August 5, 2017
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    Let's just start by saying that immediately after finishing this book (in approximately 6 hours), I had to message Elle and request that she miraculously release book number three immediately, haha. The Elemental series is by far the best series I have read so far. Elle captures you and brings you into the book to make you feel like you are living your life with Valerie too. Her friends are your friends and when their true colors are exposed you feel the shock and heartache she does as well. Another successful book that leaves you unable to put it down, hence why I read it in six hours. I strongly believe that this series should be made into a movie, it could easily be just as popular, if not more, than the Twilight series. Absolutely amazing Elle! To those reading these reviews, please, do yourself a favor and order these books together, you won't be sorry!
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  • TXBRITGAL
    5.0 out of 5 stars Action packed excitement!
    Reviewed in the United States on May 18, 2019
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    This series is awesome!! Definitely read book one first if you haven't already. Val discovers her life isn't as she thought. She suddenly has elemental powers. Unlike everyone else that has one, for some reason she has two. Family she'd never known suddenly appear. She learns shocking truths about her parents, and oh yea a war is a brewing among the factions of elementals. Are her friends truly her friends? Who can she trust? Can she trust her instincts, or should she go on faith alone? In no way is this a boring series. All kinds of action and craziness happens. Political intrigue, shocking twists, doppelganger, young love and betrayal, and in the middle is one awesome young lady with a huge heart trying to find her way in this new world thrust upon her!
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  • Aletia Phelps
    3.0 out of 5 stars Blah middle book
    Reviewed in the United States on August 25, 2019
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    I really liked the first book, this one was just mediocre. It felt rushed and poorly thought out. Some things were painfully obvious and other were so left field that it didn’t sit well. Overall, there was very little plot advancement and what little there was was in stark contrast to the plot advancement of book 1. I give it a 3 because the writing is decent and the editing is good. I will read book three because it’s free on KU, but if I had to pay more
    than a dollar or 2 for it, I wouldn’t be heart broken to DNF this series. Let’s hope book three provides some redemption
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  • Veronica P
    5.0 out of 5 stars Fan-freaking-tastic
    Reviewed in the United States on April 21, 2019
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    Elle Middaugh does not disappoint. From plot twists and turns to character development, she is a literary artist. This book was phenomenal, better than the first. I cannot tell you how many times I was thrown for a loop by a revelation that this friend or that was really not. And I'm totally all for the romantic additives. I love these characters, and cannot wait to see what's next.
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  • Jaime basham
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great read
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 26, 2019
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    Book w was just as good as book 1 cannot wait to fond out how it all resolves and see why certain characters have acted how they did and how ot pans out!!
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  • Pam
    4.0 out of 5 stars Great sequel!
    Reviewed in Canada on May 15, 2019
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    I really enjoyed this 2nd book in the series the character development has been great! I will be getting the 3rd ASAP
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  • Kate
    3.0 out of 5 stars Elemental lies
    Reviewed in Australia on March 29, 2021
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    A good second book to the series. Quite a lot happening and not sure if it will get all wrapped up in the next book. A few good plot twists
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  • Meewithey
    3.0 out of 5 stars Not happy with the story
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 11, 2019
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    She chose the wrong guy
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