Jaclyn’s Review: Operation Tenley by Jennifer Gooch Hummer

Operation Tenley (The Fair City Files #1)
written by Jennifer Gooch Hummer
published by Month9Books, 2016

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Disclosure: I received a complimentary copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Did I enjoy this book:  Sad to say, no. This plot sounded promising and I liked the idea of it being a multi-book series. Unfortunately, this fell short of expectations. I spent a large part of the book trying to figure out the world that the “Fair Ones” lived in–the tools, the social dynamics, the limitations–all of these were hinted at, but never developed. The characters were difficult to like. Tenley was supposed to be a character that you could root for, but I found myself hoping that Mother Nature (the antagonist) would win!

Would I recommend it: No, I would not. This book definitely left me wanting more, but there was no promise that any future books in the series will deliver.

 

 

About the book – from Goodreads: Meet Tenley Tylwyth, an Elemental Teen born with the power to produce weather. Cool? Not really. Elementals who can create weather make Mother Nature angry. It’s time she got rid of them. Only one thing is standing in her way—Fair Ones. These ancestors of fairies keep kids like Tenley safe, but when rookie Fair One, Pennie, fails to do so, she’s forced to travel to Earth—a place where no Fair One wants to go. Now, Pennie has forty-eight hours to convince Tenley to give up her power. It won’t be so easy. Tenley’s got a way with wind. And after falling deep into Mother Nature’s gardens, where trees grow upside down and insects attack on command, a little wind might be just what Tenley needs to survive. Even if it kills her.