Book Club Review #1 August

Ill Wind by Rachel Caine

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


I like that the book starts very fast-paced. The information about how a weather warden manipulates the weather is great. I thought it gave the magic depth as its not as easy as just stopping a storm you actually have to think about where the energy is going. Though I think a lot of people would find this annoying.
Johanne was a bit too full of herself though not unlikable perhaps just very immature still. The story itself occurs over a fairly short period of time so the character doesn't grow up and has no time to really to develope much more than she already is.
I found Jos' interest in cars unique for a female character and felt the author almost gave the cars their own unique personality (who doesn't talk to their car, specially when you are trying to get it to start).
There are hints at Davids secret, though he hides it really well, breifly throughout the book.
There is a lot of flashbacks which I can only assume was to pad the book out a bit more, but they are relevant to the characters we meet along the way and perhaps set up for the later books in the series.
All in all I did enjoy this book.



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