Customer Reviews
The fifth book in the Weather Warden series. - By: Elizabeth, 11 Aug 2008 
Now I don't know about you, but usuallyin a series there is a 'bum' book, one that doesn't live up to the standards of the previous, or even is a repeat of a book alreadyin the series - it must be tempting for authors to go back to old plots & styles that have already been popular, rather than risk headingin a new direction & losing fans.
Needless to say, 'Firestorm' is NOT one of these books! Rachel Caine really does have a winning series on her hand, & every book has new characters, new badies, new ways of testing Jo & pretty much putting her through hell...there is just enough of the familiar so that you feel you're returning to an old friend, & yet so, so many new things & ideas that your not quite sure how Caine produces them all!
'Firestorm' starts almost exactly where 'Windfall' left off. Jo is on the road (again)in a sexy car, on the run from the Djinn - including her lover David. Mother Earth has woken up, & sure as hell ain't pleased with the mess that humans have made of the earth. Unfortunately, because the Djinn are part of the Earth, she can control them...and this means that the 'good' Djinn as well as the 'bad' aren't oftenin control of themselves. So whenever Jo sees David, shes doesn't know if he's going to try & kil her or not...
Imara has been bornin this book & is a fully grown Djinn/Human. I was worried that she would be annoying as a character (not being a great fan of children), or that she would detract from the passionate Jo/David relationship. Fortunately this is not the case; Caines skill for writing makes Imara a very believable character, who you can't but fallin love with. I was also worried that Jo & David would spend the whole time running/chasing each other, but this isn't the case either - there is one scene where David pops upin Jo's car, & is influenced by Mother Earth ie a bit wild & passionate. Its makes for a VERY sexually heated moment...one of my favouritesin the whole series :)
Not only has Jo got to try & calm the Earth down & try to stop all the Wardens form being killed, there's also her slightly crazy sister Sarah (who I, for one, wouldn't mind if she got killed...so, SO annoying!) & her dangerous & evil lover Eamon to deal with. It's a pretty packed book with lots going on, & if you enjoyed the restin the series then you'll love this. Caine always manages to put me through so many emotions when I read her books, that I feel quite worn out when I'm done! It's worth it though, & after the exciting glimpse of her next offering of the series, 'Thin Air', as an extractin the back of 'Firestorm', I have already ordered it off Amazon & can't wait for it to arrivein the post...
Enjoy!
Yet another fantastic Weather Warden book - By: Helen Hancox, 18 Oct 2006 The Weather Warden series by Rachel Caine has just been a delight to read! It's definitely worth reading themin order as otherwise they might get rather confusing but the standard of the writing is consistent throughout.
Book 5 starts where book 4 (Ill Wind) left off - the Djinn have been released from their bond with humanity & Mother Earth is waking up. David, Joanne's lover, has now become head honcho of the Djinn & his & Joanne's baby has been born - as a full grown adult, Imara.
Firestorm carries on the theme of the other books - there is a lot of long-distance driving, loving description of flashy cars, injuries, confusion, weather changing, fires, Djinn... everything that we loved about the previous books is here. Paul, Lewis, Marion & others appear again - as does Joanne's sister Sarah & her evil lover. In fact, Joanne seems to have no end of things on her platein this book at the same time - not only is she trying to save the world, she's also trying to help her daughter feel worthwhile, to rescue her sister, to look after her friends... the list is endless.
I feared at the end of the last book that David wouldn't be part of the story now, or would be a baddie - fortunately that's not so. We have the ready-made baddie Ashan, of course, who gets a bigger partin this story, plus the three Oracles who are new characters & very significant.
When starting this book I wondered if it would tie up all the loose ends & finish the series, knowing that Rachel Caine has now started the Morganville Vampires series. But no, this book ends up with more loose ends, not less, at the end, & the sample chapter of the next book shows it's going to be fascinating.
What do I like so much about these books? I think it's the heroine - she's such fun! She has to make some pretty major decisionsin this book & I like the fact that things don't go all right for her all the time. Still, it's amazing she's still alive with all the hardships she faces.
Read this book - it's a great way to spend an afternoon!
Hot!! - By: romreader, 25 Sep 2006 Could not put this book down as my husband will tell you when he woke at 3am to tell me to put the light out!
Really like the charactersin this & the other 4 books, I really liked Imara as a new character, & I wish Sarah would get a kick up the bum!
I think that you could read this as a start but I recommend you read the rest of the series first due to it might be confusing.
I recommend this book wholeheartedly just don't read if you have to really do something as i ended up readingin the loo so i could finish it & not wake my other half up!!! Dedication or what!
