Ill Wind (Weather Warden, Book 1)
by Rachel Caine
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Author: Rachel CaineEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2003-12-02
ISBN: 0451459520
Number of pages: 352
Publisher: Roc
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Book Review: Highly Recommended Urban Fantasy
Summary: 5 Stars
Ill Wind follows Weather Warden Joanne Baldwin as she races against time and across country in an effort to find a cure for the infection that is consuming her. Pursued by the Warden police and a rogue weather system, Joanne needs to stay one step ahead if she's going to find the most powerful Weather Warden - Lewis Levander Orwell - and his Djinn, and hopefully save her life.
I wrote this review after re-reading Ill wind and I have to say I love this book. I'd forgotten how much. It was completely different to any urban fantasy I'd read before. It starts with a bang, Joanne is on the run, and the story maintains that pace throughout. You truly get the feeling of being pursued and that if Joanne stops for a moment she'll be caught. Chapters are long though. The book is 337 pages but only five chapters. So I tend to stop at scene breaks rather than wait for chapter ends. LOL just a heads up if you haven't read this one yet.
The joy (for me) in this book is Joanne's voice - the way she tells her story. Rachel Caine writes brilliant dialogue and the book is packed full of great lines.
'I tried a hint. "Any preference? Trashy decor? Adult channels?"
He turned a page. "Indoor plumbing's a plus."
Bigger hint. "Two rooms or one?"
..."Kind of takes the mystery out of it if you ask," he said.'
Joanne and David are perhaps one of my favourite urban fantasy couples. I love the way they spar with one another, and the fact that they are as stubborn as each other.
Joanne calls her forced infection a rape, a rape which a Djinn takes part in - though I add here it wasn't a sexual act but rather being made to take part in something against her will. Although the Djinn had no choice in the act and although he ultimately saves her, there is still a terrible sense of betrayal. And I think that is the hardest thing for me to get my head round in this book. It illustrates how powerful and powerless the Djinn are. The fact that if they are ordered to do terrible things by their masters they have to even if it goes against what they personally believe in.
At the end I'm reading faster and faster as everything goes to hell. And at the conclusion I realize this could easily have been a standalone. But luckily instead I've got the next book to look forward to re-reading. :)
Summary of Ill Wind (Weather Warden, Book 1)
First in the new Weather Warden series...Joanne Baldwin is a Weather Warden. Usually, all it takes is a wave of her hand to tame the most violent weather. But now, she's trying to outrun another kind of storm: accusations of corruption and murder. So, she's resorting to the very human tactic of running for her life...
Her only hope is Lewis, the most powerful warden known. Unfortunately, he's stolen not one but three bottles of Djinn-making him the most wanted man on earth. Still, she's racing hard to find him-before the bad weather closes in fast...
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