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Book Review of Lake Silence (World of the Others, Bk 1)

Lake Silence (World of the Others, Bk 1)
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I do like the world of the Others, but the formula needs a shakeup. Youngish woman, battered from life or otherwise needing assistance, settles in a town with the Others. They immediately take to her and will protect her from any harm. In this one I'm left wondering what exactly she did that makes her special. There's some yadda-yadda about the lodge being a place for both humans and Others, but really...why do the Elementals care so much if that succeeeds? We aren't given a really good reason for it. And the villains are just too stupid to live. The Elementals have wiped out thousands of humans and any number of human towns for transgressing their rules, but do these guys take any warning of it? Nooooo they don't. The plot needs for them to do what they do, so they do, but there's no logic to it.