I can't do it. I'm on chapter 15 and I just can't do it. This book had so much amazing potential but Miss Web murdered said potential with really terrible writing. I really don't intend to sound mean but her writing is a mess. On top of the jumble that is her writing her worldbuilding is basically nonexistent. It's like she expects us to instinctual know her world without her having to explain any of it. 
 Also in this mess of writing the author tells us, quite early on, that Nym being a female elemental should be categorically impossible. She then tells us that all elementals are killed and if Nym had been a boy she would have surely been killed as well. But because she is female, and shouldn't exhist they don't kill her? also if Nym is so poweful why is she a slave? Intrigue is one thing, but unexplained randomness is just bad wiring. I mean really. 
 Worldbuilding flaws aside Nym is whiny, moody, irratic, and obnoxious. When we first see her in the house of Adora she practically freaks out that she isn't in the servant's wing and knows what punishments this could bring against her. In the next moment she is defiant and disobeying direct orders. Then she's angry that they don't treat her like a human and next thing you know she's hating Eogen for making her feel human. like I said before, the writing is a mess and the characters suffer as a direct result. 
 The ideah of an elemental learning how to harness her power that had been evil in her experience up to now is an interesting concept but the delivery is terrible, sadly. I wad really looking forward to this book and I can't even get half way through it. So sad.