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Ill Wind: Book One of the Weather Warden Mass Market Paperback – December 2, 2003

by Rachel Caine (Author)

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Book 1 of 9 in the Weather Warden Series

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Someone's finally doing something about the weather...in the first in this series by the New York Times bestselling author of Ink and Bone and the Morganville Vampires series.

It's "A FUN READ" (Jim Butcher) from "A FIRST-CLASS STORYTELLER" (Charlaine Harris)...

The Wardens Association has been around pretty much forever. Some Wardens control Fire, others control Earth or Water or Wind—and the most powerful can control more than one. Without wardens, Mother Nature would wipe humanity off the face of the earth...

Joanne Baldwin is a Weather Warden. Usually, all it takes is a wave of her hand to tame the most violent weather. But now, Joanne is 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 also on the run from the Council. It seems he’s stolen not one but three bottles of Djinn—making him the most wanted man on earth. And without Lewis, Joanne’s chances of surviving are as good as a snowball in—well, a place she may be headed. So, she and her classic Mustang are racing hard to find him—because there’s some bad weather closing in fast...

“[Ill Wind’s] forecast calls for murder, mayhem, magic, meteorology—and a fun read. You’ll never watch the Weather Channel the same way again.”—Jim Butcher, bestselling author of The Dresden Files

Rachel Caine is the author of several bestselling series, including the Revivalist and Outcast Season novels. Among her many popular novels are Daylighters, The Dead Girls' Dance, Terminated, and Black Dawn.

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Joanne Baldwin is a weather warden, who can control the weather and keep it from being more chaotic and destructive than it already is. She is on the run, though, for she is accused of killing a senior warden, which she did, sort of: a thread of corruption runs through some of the most powerful wardens, one of which put a Demon Mark on her and then died. Her only hope now is to get a djinn from her old friend Lewis, who stole three of them^B from the council of the wardens many years ago. As she runs, she picks up a hitchhiker who knows things an ordinary person wouldn't, and who offers help. With djinns and other wardens, including those sent to arrest her, all giving her conflicting information, Joanne never quite knows whom to trust in this romantic escapist romp rife with danger, excitement, and even classic cars. Regina Schroeder
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"A fun read. You'll never watch the Weather Channel the same way again."

A fun read. You'll never watch the Weather Channel the same way again. (Jim Butcher, bestselling author of "The Dresden Files")

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Series: Weather Warden (Book 1)
Mass Market Paperback: 352 pages
Publisher: Ace; Reissue edition (December 2, 2003)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0451459520
ISBN-13: 978-0451459527
Product Dimensions: 4.2 x 0.9 x 6.8 inches
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Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (226 customer reviews)
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Book 1 of a series that I can't wait to keep reading

ByLeitadalaon September 16, 2012

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This Paranormal Romance / Urban Fantasy is the first in bestselling author Rachel Caine's Weather Warden Series, and was the Vaginal Fantasy book for August 2012. Caine does a great job of introducing the reader to her world, which she fits reasonably and believably on top of our own. She sets up a very innovative and interesting juxtaposition of the free human Weather Wardens and the bottled Djinn while taking the reader on an adventure following the protagonist, Joanne. The plot is compelling with lots of twists and turns to keep the reader engaged. Inserted into the story are flashbacks that fill the reader in on Joanne's past and her relationship with other characters.

Joanne is in a bad situation as she runs from murder charges. She is a break away from the "damaged goods" heroine, and is a breath of fresh air. The reader gets to bypass any internal dialogue about insecurities as Joanne gets straight to the action, except for a few scenes when she indulges her hint of narcissism with shopping. The supporting characters that she interacts with are unique and unpredictable, and I found myself hoping they would keep popping up so we could keep learning more about them.

The ending of this book left a lot to get picked up in the next one, but it had its own satisfactory conclusion to everything important in this story. I really enjoyed this book, and have heard that the series just keeps getting better. I look forward to reading the rest of this series and more from this author.

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Ill Wind

ByFVon August 13, 2012

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This book has been on my "to read" list for a while now, and I finally got to it, it only took a book club to get me there, but I am glad I finally did read this. Honestly, when I first started out with this, I wasn't sure if I'd actually be able to get into it, but at some point the story pulled me in, I can't pin point where, maybe when David showed up, yeah that was probably it. The thing about this book is that it isn't really linear, we start off in the present and Jo is on the run, from something but we really don't know what it is. The story then goes into some flash backs, then to present, then to another flashback that doesn't necessarily fall into any particular order, but all the flashbacks eventually let us know who and what Jo is and why she's running. Jo is an interesting character, she controls the weather, and in the world of this book the weather seems more sentient than what we would think of it being, more dangerous than the 'real world'. She is likable, arrogant, easy on the eyes and every man loves her, or so it seems. David is a mystery and compliments Jo really well, his mystery isn't so mysterious but there are a few surprises in this book. Towards the end the action and pacing picks up and the story just is amazing. I really liked the writing style, even though the story telling took some time to get used to. There are 5 chapters in this book and they are massively long (compared to some other books) but I really do recommend this, it's an easy read and it promises to be a fun series.

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Series looks good

ByRaineon May 21, 2012

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Jo is a weather warden on the run. She was placed in a bad situation with a superior and left the scene of his death under very suspicious circumstances. Now all of the most powerful wardens in the country are on her trail trying to bring her in. Her one chance at clearing this mess up, and getting rid of the last gift Big Bob gave her, is to find Lewis. His powers along with his three stolen dignn (that's a genie for the rest of us) are her only hope. Along the way she meets a mysterious hitchhiker who seems to always be in the right place at the right time.

This book was pretty entertaining. I enjoyed the character of Jo immensely. It is a great summer book. The story moves along nicely and it is an easy read. I will be getting book two in this series very shortly. While I enjoyed this book, I did have two problems that I hope the author corrects in future books. First, she tried to introduce to many characters in this book and only a couple really had a solid back story. I felt that a lot of these characters are supposed to be important to Jo, but since there was no time invested in letting the reader get to know them, a lot of that importance was down played. The other problem I had, Rachel Caine used flashbacks to tell some back stories. This is an effective way to let the reader know why an event or person is important. However, in addition to the flashbacks that pertained to the plot, she also used them to tell stories that did not seem important to the story. Some such as her first kiss or first "time" were used to show how her power would manifest in emotional situations. This does add to the story but to have 10 plus pages devoted to these tells does not!

Outside of those two points, the book was a great start to a series and I look forward to the next.

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ByCoralon August 8, 2012

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Ill Wind is the kind of book I love to read: sassy main character, interesting fantasy aspects, a sprinkling of romance. Unsurprisingly, I inhaled the book, and really enjoyed it.

In general I thought Caine's characterizations were brilliant. Jo is fun and independent, just enough girl power but not over the line into ridiculous. I adored David. There are a bunch of great side characters, Lewis, Star, Paul, and Bad Bob.

The world building was just right for me. Enough detail to make things clear, but not so much that I feel like I'm wading through info-dumps through the first half of the book. There's a lot I really like about this world and I can't wait to read more.

I was a little irritated about why all the Djinn were so circumspect when they didn't have to be. The cop out answer, of course, was that's just how they are, but I didn't really buy that. Why not just tell her what she needs to know? Arg!

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