My Reaction in a Nutshell: 
 Super cool idea in theory, poor execution. 
 The Long Version: 
 Honestly it's kind of hard to say anything that hasn't already been said by Emily May in her review here. 
 Similarly to May, I can't understand why cheerleaders are always portrayed as vapid and vain imbeciles in books and media. I know cheerleaders. I've had friends who were cheerleaders and although there are some whose only goal is to date the high school QB, a majority of the girls were smart and didn't care about only getting a guy's attention. I have literally only seen cheerleaders behave like they did in this book in movies or in YA books. Plus there was slut shaming. And a lot of it. Girls were judged for their appearance. Girls were judged for the how many people they did or didn't sleep with. Guys were judged for how many people they did or didn't sleep with. And then each gender would talk bad about the other! Ugh, it was frustrating. 
 There were also some plot inconsistencies, some unrealistic parts (and I'm not just talking about people being able to control water (view spoiler)[ Am I the only one who finds it odd that everyone seems to know where Becca worked? Also, a coach can't kick you off a school team because you aren't thin enough. That's illegal (hide spoiler)],and things that Kemmerer made sound important (view spoiler)[for example, Chris and Tyler stealing dog food or how Chris brought Becca back from the dead (hide spoiler)] but then she wouldn't touch on them again. Who knows, maybe she'll elaborate in future books. 
 Although I was able to guess all the plot twists but one (view spoiler)[ although I knew Becca and Hunter were both elementals, I couldn't figure out what their element was (hide spoiler)], the book never managed to truly bore me. I liked the POV change. It allowed for readers to get a glimpse into the Merrick household through Chris' POV and into Becca's through her POV. 
 Although Kemmerer did a nice job of using Becca's previous SA (prior to the book) to show bullying, anxiety, and Becca's conflicted feelings about the night (when did consent change its meaning), Kemmerer ruined it (view spoiler)[ all by adding another SA scene the night of Homecoming. Prior to reading this article I didn't necessarily pick up on how common it is in novels (not just YA) to use the R/SA as a plot device. In this book, the SA that occurred at Homecoming seemed like a way to make the bad guys seem bad (Drew, Seth, etc.) and provide Chris with a way to be the hero (and be conveniently in field when the Guides came). It felt like it was just a plot device to add "drama" which is truly unfortunate since Kemmerer previously handled Becca's SA well. The nice and refreshing thing about this book is that after Becca has a yelling match with one of the Merrick brothers and says what Drew did to her (the first time), Hunter, Chris, and the Merrick brothers all are quick to come to Becca's defense. None of the guys in the book do ANY victim blaming (minus Drew and Seth because they are the assaulters). In fact, once the whole school finds out, people are quick to come to Becca's defense. Which is great. (hide spoiler)] 
 Kemmer's writing style is similar to that of Jennifer L. Armentrout and this book reminded me a lot of her book Obsidian. Fans of Armentrout will mostly likely love Kemmerer books. 
 ***TRIGGER WARNINGS: bullying, SA, car accident, mudslide, earthquake, tornado, drowning, underage drinking, death, murder