Wildefire

Wildefire by Karsten Knight stars Ashline Wilde.  After suffering a traumatic experience involving her wild sister causing the death of a field hockey player though a lightning strike Ashlyn moves to a boarding school in California.  Soon after arriving she finds herself drawn to a group of students and they find out that they are gods which explains odd moments in their past and they quickly gain use of their powers.  While the others are told who they are Ashline's past and powers are still unexplained and her powerful storm goddess sister is inflicting chaos.

This book suffers from a bad publishing decision.  The person in charge of marketing the book spoils a major piece of the plot and the ending in all of the press materials.  An important development in the last thirty or so pages is printed on the back flap.  So while reading the book you know what the big reveal will be which ruins a large chunk of the story.  Aside from that the book was fairly good.  The mythology was well developed and original.  While there were a few snags in the writing that dragged in the beginning (including a section written in second person) and a large number of plot points left dangling I did enjoy the book and I cared about the characters.

Appropriateness:  There are quite a few drinking scenes including the kids drinking in a bar complete with fake ID's.  The sexual content is limited to heavy makeout sessions (and includes a scene where Ashline forcibly kicks a boy out of her room for being too demanding).  Ashline is  in her late teens and acts true to her age.  I would recommend this book to the older end of the YA audience, readers 13+