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The Water Ruptures: An Elemental Warrior Series (Elemental Academy Book 3) Kindle Edition

by D.K. Holmberg (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.5 out of 5 stars 1,308 ratings
The Disciples of the Draasin Lord have again been defeated, yet a traitor remains within Terndahl. The Inquisitors have come, and their presence has everyone on edge.

With the help of the Keystone, Tolan has discovered the ability to shape each of the element bonds. Now that he’s passed testing to the second level at the Academy, he finally feels as if he belongs.

Still, he can’t shake the feeling that his shaping is different than others—and tied to the elementals. Discovering the reason why leads him to ask dangerous questions. Between that and knowing someone works against the Academy, Tolan finds himself in the middle of a dangerous plot on the Academy itself.

Only this time, with Inquisitors involved, he might not be able to escape.
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    Elemental Academy
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07Q434R71
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ ASH Publishing
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  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 1, 2019
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 4.0 MB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 390 pages
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  • Book 3 of 7 ‏ : ‎ Elemental Academy
  • Customer Reviews:
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D.K. Holmberg lives in Minnesota and is the author of multiple series including The Lost Prophecy, The Cloud Warrior Saga, The Dark Ability, The Teralin Sword, and The Lost Garden. When he's not writing, he's chasing around his two active children.

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Looking for a series reading order? Several series share the same world, but they can all be read and enjoyed independently (books in the series should be read in order).

The Shadow Accords

The Collector Chronicles

The Dark Ability

The Sighted Assassin

The Teralin Sword

The Lost Prophecy

The Endless War

The Cloud Warrior Saga

The Lost Garden

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Customers find the book's story engaging and interesting, with one review noting how the plot gathers steam throughout. They describe it as an easy and entertaining read. However, the pacing receives negative feedback, with multiple customers mentioning that the story moves slowly.

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Customers enjoy the story quality of the book, finding it engaging with an interesting plot. One customer notes how the pacing builds throughout the narrative, while another appreciates the unique world-building.

"...It’s extremely hard to find such interesting and exciting author who not only write intelligently but also provides top rated plots, characters and..." Read more

"This book was original with a consistent storyline however Tolan was in his own head so often it was hard to know what was real...." Read more

"This was an exciting read so much went down poor Golan is so turned around he's slowly coming into his own ...." Read more

"The twists and turns of the story gets really wild in this book. Our hero is accused of something he cannot imagine...." Read more

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Customers find the book easy to read and entertaining, with one customer noting it's written in a way that young readers can embrace the story.

"...It’s extremely hard to find such interesting and exciting author who not only write intelligently but also provides top rated plots, characters and..." Read more

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"...D. K. Holmberg’s characters are always so genuine and real. The story was well written except some of the sections where Tolan was in his head were..." Read more

"This series is good and is written so young readers can embrace the story along with us old folks. These books are solid...." Read more

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Customers find the pacing of the book unsatisfactory, with multiple reviews noting that the story moves slowly.

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"...little bit of the world is explained, but this is still a slow story with lots of build-up and no payoff...." Read more

"...Then the story moves so slowly that the third book basically nothing happened it seems like you’re being suckered into the next book for 499 I’m..." Read more

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  • JMN4555
    5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely fantastic series!
    Reviewed in the United States on June 18, 2019
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    Congratulations to D. K. Holmberg for another amazing series. It’s extremely hard to find such interesting and exciting author who not only write intelligently but also provides top rated plots, characters and excitement in the stories. I’m really looking forward to the next book.
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  • mellowreader
    4.0 out of 5 stars Somewhat bizarre
    Reviewed in the United States on November 10, 2019
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    This book was original with a consistent storyline however Tolan was in his own head so often it was hard to know what was real. There were a lot of typos that I find distracting. The other characters from books 1 and 2 faded into the background. Also at the end of book 2 the librarian told him to come in the morning to have his questions answered and that was left out of the book as well as his duel that never took place.
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  • Kindle Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars This is the third book in the Elemental Academy
    Reviewed in the United States on September 12, 2019
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    This was an exciting read so much went down poor Golan is so turned around he's slowly coming into his own . But who can be trust the Grandmaster his friends his instructors his parents or the master librarian who is suspect in my eyes especially after reading the ending . The plot deepens and Tolan doesn't know who's who and what's truly going on for now he needs answers from the only people he can trust or can he his parents . Looking forward to the next book in this series .
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  • ED Boggess
    5.0 out of 5 stars The pace of the story gathers steam and excitement builds.
    Reviewed in the United States on May 11, 2019
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    The twists and turns of the story gets really wild in this book. Our hero is accused of something he cannot imagine.

    The connection between the elements, the elementals and the way things have been done over aged of time are called into question.

    Have a good time reading this one.
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  • Gman
    5.0 out of 5 stars What a mystery in a world of magic and what is the history of the world.
    Reviewed in the United States on June 4, 2019
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    A very fascinating story of a boy orphaned at a late age and what happened to his parents is one of many threads that deal with magic, elemental creatures, a picture perfect villain, with prejudice, enslavement, greed. Who writes the history of the land as seen through the books in the library in the magic academy. Great work and I am looking forward to the next book in the series.
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  • Tchrterri
    4.0 out of 5 stars Family and friends are important!
    Reviewed in the United States on June 3, 2019
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    I have thoroughly enjoyed reading Tolan’s story so far. D. K. Holmberg’s characters are always so genuine and real. The story was well written except some of the sections where Tolan was in his head were a little slow and repetitive. Also, please get a new copy editor, one who actually reads the story and looks for grammar and spelling errors. As a teacher, it is so frustrating reading and finding so many errors of missing words, words used incorrectly, or words that have incorrect meaning contextually. If you can’t find someone, I would be happy to do the job. Despite this criticism, I very much enjoyed the books and look forward to the next one.
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  • Cindy
    5.0 out of 5 stars Wow
    Reviewed in the United States on December 12, 2020
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    I did not see that coming. I am even more anxious now to read the next book The Wind Rages. I am not going to give anything away all I can say is WOW To get more you’ll have to read it. And I do not believe you will be disappointed.
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  • Steven M. Brown
    3.0 out of 5 stars Annoyingly the best book of the series...
    Reviewed in the United States on January 10, 2021
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    How can something be "annoyingly the best?" Well when it is a decent story that can sort of pull you in and run you along reader speed bumps in the forms of bad editing, continuity errors, missing or drifting subplots, and characters who contradict for the sake of contradiction, and oh yeah the title doesn't even apply to the story. I have to admit that the actual act of using the magic system is a bit more descriptive this go around and I think that is what earns it a third star. This is the best book of the series partly because there wasn't nearly as much naval gazing and bad back and forth dialogue. It is an interesting story series that has all the hallmarks of an author who has decided that quantity is superior to quality. So it's better to keep pumping out books rather than making good books great.

    With the skill that the author obviously has the atrociously poor editing, content editing particularly, makes what could easily be a five-star series into a three-star porting on two star series. I'm thinking the author wrote this book while he was also writing other books coming back to the series after finishing something else. Problem occurs when he doesn't look back into what he's already written and leaves subplots floating in the ether. A simple read through would have easily caught such errors as useing "and" instead of "are" or "with" rather than "will."

    The insane thing about this series is it's interesting and has a lot of promise but it keeps kicking the reader in the dangly bits. By this I mean easily fixable reader speed bumps not only in editing but also in plotline and content. In the second book there was a useless but promised duel that did not occur. It is not mentioned whatsoever in book 3. Two characters that were a subplot of book one who were injured were completely ignored in book two and were not barely mentioned in passing now in book three as having been healed but not seen again.

    When it comes to this story as interesting as it is the ending or better said the last 30% is a hot mess. It's a rush in which you're not able to understand what is going on until the author points it out and even then you feel like you just wasted your time because you spent so much time confused. The moment when you think you've almost figured it out you're thrown into a huge twist that is a cliffhanger. While there were hints of some of this twist I think or at least for me the idea of what it could be I think it was poorly seeded and rushed as much of this work and series has been.

    This is a series that can make a reader angry because of how much potential it has in it, and knowing that the author isn't going to quite reach it. I have the feeling that all this authors work is much like this book series so far. It is imaginative full of possibility but quickly written and rushed for publication. Honestly from what I've read it feels like a rushed second draft where an author doesn't go back and add little character details and while cutting back some of the fat. Basically if it fits it prints.
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  • Chris Smythe
    3.0 out of 5 stars Fun and nicely weird
    Reviewed in Canada on June 14, 2019
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    Another fun book in this series, this one doesn’t have as much overt action as the others and instead forces the protagonist to look inward. I’m interested to see what happens next.
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  • Neil Brennan
    5.0 out of 5 stars AMAZING
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 15, 2020
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    Great read, lovable characters and an AMAZING storyline. All I ever wanted from a book, right here, in front of your eyes
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  • jonathan
    4.0 out of 5 stars Shaping up to be a good series
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 17, 2020
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    This continuation was a little confusing when dealing with the Spirit sections (and i’ll say no more due to spoilers) but a good twist. Fast paced and difficult to put down as always
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  • Kindle Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 24, 2025
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    just awesome what more can I say. great series that keeps getting better. highly recommend reading. best since Shannara series
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  • Hilary Trott
    5.0 out of 5 stars Unexpected developments
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 20, 2021
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    The twists and convolutions in this tale never cease to amaze. The masterful storytelling in this series pulls the reader along pell mell, lurching from one direction to another, as the story thread is pulled tighter and tighter.
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