Customer Reviews
Mills and Boon with "suddenlys" - By: M. R. Parashchak, 17 Oct 2008 
I am afraid Ms Caine has started writing like a woman. This is not misogyny just observation. The emphasis is on the lovey dovey relationship between the heroine & her perfect lover rather than a credible storyline. Lots of smouldering glances type of stuff. Her earlier books were pacey & believable to an extent, but I feel she has run out of ideas & is writing for the money now. Her heroine has become all powerful now & a bit cliched. I guess this is the last one of her books I will read.
This series just gets better and better!!! - By: Elizabeth, 02 Aug 2008 
For those of you who were a bit disappointed with the direction that 'Thin Air' took, ie the memory loss of Joanne, then have no fear because 'Gale Force' is back to the old style, only bigger & better! Each new bookin this series somehow manages to be better than the last, & makes the love I have for David grow even stronger (be warned: he gets a hot makeoverin this book...) & my respect & admiration for Jo grow stronger too. The things she's been through & suffered, & yet she's still fighting! You'll recognise her spark & sometimes ill-advised comebacks...she hasn't changed. Which I, for one, am pleased about!
'Gale Force' opens up with everything, for once, being sorted for Joanne & David. The Djinn & the Wardens are peaceful (just about), with David leading the 'New' djinn & Ashan leading the 'Old'. Jo & Lewis arein command of the Wardens, & for once she has the respect she deserves instead of being hunted by friends & foes alike & blamed for every little weather malfunction! In fact, when you first start reading it seems like her only problemsin GF will be avoiding persistant reporters & planning her wedding...that's right, David popped the big Q (ahh bless him. I want a Djinn)
However, while she is shopping for her wedding dress an earthquake strikes, forcing her to flex her relatively small (compared to her Weather & Fire powers) Earth powers to try & stop the buildings from collapsing around her. The Wardens soon realise that this is no normal earthquake however, & discover that they have a new enemy who isn't afraid to shake the balance up a bit...worse, the Djinn can't detect this new enemy & think that the Wardens are all delusional, even when a dead Djinn shows up...once again Joanne has her hands full, facing an enemy that David doesn't believe in, & one that can reach into a Warden & crush their heartin a few seconds...needless to say your pulse will certainly be racing thoughout this book! To use the cliched 'page-turner', & yet that's exactly what it is..
The ending of Gale Force leaves things VERY un-tied up, leaving no doubt that one or two more booksin the sequal must be on their way! I don't know how Rachel Caine thinks up the stuff she does, but the surprises keep on rollingin GF & for once I'm not sure if Joanne & David are going to come out alrightin the end...A brilliant read & I would highly recomend to anyone who has enjoyed the series so far! If you havn't then I really would recomend starting at the beginning with 'Ill Wind'. This is a series that shouldn't be missed.
