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secretmagic's review
5.0
Best Weather Warden book so far. It was an intense read, but also a really powerful and action-packed novel. I loved this one.
Really hoping something that happened towards the end didn't actually happen - but I guess I can only read on and find out.
5/5 stars
Really hoping something that happened towards the end didn't actually happen - but I guess I can only read on and find out.
5/5 stars
dmcke013's review against another edition
4.0
I quite enjoyed the first Weather Warden book ("Ill Wind").
The second ("Heat Stroke") was even better
Unfortunately, the third, and then the fourth ("Chill Factor" and "Windfall", respectively) were a bit of a let-down.
Thankfully, this is a return to form: picking up almost exactly from the end of "Windfall", this is faster-moving than it's predecessor, more engaging and more action-packed.
R.E.M. sang it best: "It's the end of the world as we know it ..." (even if, for some inscrutable reason, that track is missing from the authors' own suggestion of what to listen to while reading)
The second ("Heat Stroke") was even better
Unfortunately, the third, and then the fourth ("Chill Factor" and "Windfall", respectively) were a bit of a let-down.
Thankfully, this is a return to form: picking up almost exactly from the end of "Windfall", this is faster-moving than it's predecessor, more engaging and more action-packed.
R.E.M. sang it best: "It's the end of the world as we know it ..." (even if, for some inscrutable reason, that track is missing from the authors' own suggestion of what to listen to while reading)
yaakovakiva's review
3.0
The CRAZY ending makes up for what was a really complicated and interesting part of this ongoing story but ultimate left me feeling like this wasn't a full book. There are some great moments in this book in the series, but there are other parts that aren't well explained and the end gets SO confusing that I'm not entirely sure what happened. Maybe that's intended. The actual ending is quite the freaking cliffhanger. Yeesh! *downloads #6 immediately*
patchworkbunny's review against another edition
4.0
So I got so wrapped up in Windfall that I went straight onto the next book. By now you've probably lost all hope for Jo and David and are looking in the direction of Lewis again. Unfortunately, they're in the middle of a djinn uprising and things aren't looking good for the wardens, or even the human race. Mother Earth is waking up and she's not too happy with what humans have done in her absence. Great pacy stuff and I think her characters have enough dimensions to not be too predictable.
whatsmacksaid's review against another edition
adventurous
fast-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death
mollymortensen's review
4.0
Trigger Warning: mentions of rape.
Joanne is back to her badass powerful self! She also discovered that she had fire powers now too. (Which was cool to learn about.)
After an intense and exciting beginning, Joanne spends the whole middle of the book going on worthless side quests.
I really wish there wasn't a love triangle brewing with Lewis. I don't like Lewis, but it's not like I care about David anymore either. Almost all of the parts with David were just lust related…
At first I was glad Cherise was still in it, then she kept flirting with Kevin. Seriously?! He's a psychopathic teenager who is always described as scroungy and unbathed.
Did I like Imara? Sort of? Unfortunately, she would've made a better main character than Joanne. (Since they're exactly alike but Imara has more interesting powers.)
The ending was good. Suitably exciting. The author does know how you write endings. That's how most of the books are, just okay and then a good ending. Which keeps me reading. That and the cliffhangers…
So I decided to read book 6, but I kinda wish I hadn't. Although books 3-5 weren't nearly as good as 1-2, they still added to the series. 6-8 weren't necessary and just drew things out too long.
Joanne is back to her badass powerful self! She also discovered that she had fire powers now too. (Which was cool to learn about.)
After an intense and exciting beginning, Joanne spends the whole middle of the book going on worthless side quests.
Spoiler
They really needed to wrap up the whole Eamon part last time and I didn't like Emily, the new earth & fire warden, or the whole part with her.I really wish there wasn't a love triangle brewing with Lewis. I don't like Lewis, but it's not like I care about David anymore either. Almost all of the parts with David were just lust related…
At first I was glad Cherise was still in it, then she kept flirting with Kevin. Seriously?! He's a psychopathic teenager who is always described as scroungy and unbathed.
Did I like Imara? Sort of? Unfortunately, she would've made a better main character than Joanne. (Since they're exactly alike but Imara has more interesting powers.)
The ending was good. Suitably exciting. The author does know how you write endings. That's how most of the books are, just okay and then a good ending. Which keeps me reading. That and the cliffhangers…
So I decided to read book 6, but I kinda wish I hadn't. Although books 3-5 weren't nearly as good as 1-2, they still added to the series. 6-8 weren't necessary and just drew things out too long.
lizzy_22's review
4.0
Well once again the action never lets up in this fifth book of the Weather Warden series. Joanne is caught in the middle of a Djinn civil war and a sudden imbalance in the earth’s symbiotic relationship with mankind; consequences of thousands of years of meddling by the Warden organization. But she is the kind of girl to never say die as she once again refuses to walk away, back down and/or point the blame at anyone else. This was one hell of a ride and once again the ending leads us kicking and screaming straight into book 6!!
kiz89's review
3.0
I read this series as it came out, and loved them, Im just rereading them now, and I'm unfortunately finding myself getting really annoyed. Everyone is so damned irritating and confused, one minute they're all fine and happy with each other, next minute shes being accused of everything under the sun and being locked up. And she seems ok with it all? Every time some one is a complete unreasonable asshole to her, she ends up just forgetting about it. Paul drives me nuts and made me wonder if he had a spilt personality disorder. Don't even get me started on Kevin. Oddly enough, I still don't mind these books haha.