Cape Storm (Weather Warden, Book 8)
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Check the forecast for the series that's "an addictive force of nature that will suck you in ." (News and Sentinel)
Weather Warden Joanne Baldwin and her new husband, the Djinn David, are running from a malevolent hurricane bent on destroying her. Joined by an army of fellow Wardens and Djinn onboard a hijacked luxury liner, Joanne has lured the storm into furious pursuit. But even their combined magic may not be enough to stop it-nor the power-mad ex-Weather Warden controlling it...
Spotlight Customer Reviews:
Summary:
I've read this before...
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Comment:
Let me start at the beginning...I first started Rachel Caine's phenomenal Weather Warden series a little over a month ago -pretty much on a whim. I instantly fell in love with Joanne Baldwin -the awesome, butt-kicking heroine -and her wild Warden life. I quickly devoured all of the subsequent novels up to Cape Storm, which is supposedly the second-to-last book in the series (Weather Warden book 9 is already scheduled for an August 2010 release on Amazon).
This may be why I had some trouble with Cape Storm. If you waited a year to read this novel after Gale Force, than all of the repetition between Cape Storm and the last few Weather Warden novels (particularly Gale Force and Thin Air) would probably not be so fresh in your mind. But since I literally put down the last book and picked up this one, they seemed to blur together into a story that I've already read before (multiple times) in this series.
While the story still has plenty of fast-paced fun and action that fans have come to expect from this series -Joanne's honeymoon to her Djinn lover David has to be postponed (again, the couple can't be happy), but she can't worry about it too much because the world is ending (again). Joanne wrestles with evil/good and in control/out of control conflict (this gives me flashes of Thin Air) and the story ends on yet another cliffhanger.
Frankly, this should have been the last book in this series. It really feels like the Weather Warden universe is to getting exhausted and there are simply no more stories to tell.
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Summary:
8th in the Series!
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Comment:
...And it is still going strong! Rachel Caine makes reading downright 'fun'! I wish the books lasted longer but other than that, I just enjoy this series! It is one of the best urban fantasy series out there!! Enjoy all.
Karen
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Summary:
Gave up the "ghost"
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Comment:
I've read all of the Weather Warden books, the "new" spinoff, and her Morganville Vampire books...and this is the first time I not only had a hard time getting into this I actually stopped midway and gave up. Like some other reviews have said, the storyline is a retread of many past themes. It was just plain painful and boring, in my opinion. I really hope this is the last book with these characters. Let her work with Undone, maybe something with Lewis, but I'm tired of Joann & David. A series about Venna would be more interesting.
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Summary:
Recycled plot lines, honestly should have been the last book
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Comment:
Originally I was going to rate this book 4 stars but I can't give it that. There are two simple reasons: the plot lines here are very similar to earlier books and it needed to be the last book. The book was a great quick read and I enjoyed myself but I'm not left feeling satisfied or wanting more books.
The major plot line with the whole demon mark/evil thing was already explored. There was enough difference here to be interesting but I still had moments of strong déjà vu. I wish there had been more focus on the new twists and less on the demon mark. The character development of Lewis and Bad Bob was great and probably made the best parts of the book. There were great ideas but they should have taken the spot light in place of the more repetitive plots.
This leads into why I think this should be the last book. When the side character development is my favorite part this is a clear indicator that I'm done with the main characters. I've learned all I want about them and want to see them have a happy ending. The fact that the end of the book teases with a glimpse of a great happy ending just made it worse. I thought that possible ending was a great way to wrap everything up. Add an epilogue and I would have thought this was an awesome series. Instead a cliff hanger is thrown in at the last minute that is absolutely not necessary or wanted.
What I want from the next book is a wrap up of the series. I wish it had been this one but I could still love the series if the next book is the last one. We can resolve that final cliff hanger but hopefully with the same ending that is hinted at in this book (trying not to give spoilers, hopefully it's clear what I mean). If the author wants to continue with this world and time then she could easily let Jo and David move to the background. Lewis, or possibly new characters introduced by the resolution of above mentioned cliff hanger, could then take over as the main focus. That would keep me interested and happy to buy more books. I'll just have to wait and see with fingers crossed.
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Summary:
A very good book.
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Comment:
I really enjoyed this book and thought it was intense. I only gave this book 4 stars because I hate paying $8 for a 300 page book, and as typical with this author, she likes to end her books with cliff hangers. I find this all very annoying. Otherwise it was a great story.
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