A review by katrinky
The Elementals by Francesca Lia Block

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense

3.0

I didn't love this book but I read it in gulps because it is so full of dread I had to resolve it. It's more mature than other FLB books, but I knew we were still deeply in her usual shenanigans when the mom tells the daughter at the beginning "I hope a man loves you someday as much as I love you," which is Not Great on several levels and encapsulates what made me love these books as a teen (romantic love is WAY better than dumb mom's!!) and why they'll probably never be for me again.