johnholmes's review against another edition
5.0
Always a pleasure to read this funny, sexy, exhilarating series. R.I.P Rachel, truly one of my favourite writers ❤️
lizzy_22's review against another edition
4.0
Windfall takes us on another hell in a hand basket ride with Joanne Baldwin. Last go round Joanne had walked away from the Wardens with David, her dying Djinn lover, in very dire straits. Things are no better at present where we find Joanne trying to make a regular living by working as a weather girl for the local tv news while avoiding sexual harassment from her handsy, slime ball of a boss.
Once Windfall takes off Joanne is once again caught up in forces poised to destroy the world and any chance of happiness she thought could be within her reach. Add to all that her newly divorced, used to being pampered sister showing up at her door and a police detective poking into her past and things REALLY start to downgrade FAST.
I really, really like Caine’s Weather Warden series and our girl Joanne, they don’t let up from start to finish and I almost always have to get right on to the next book to find out just how things are going to end up!
Once Windfall takes off Joanne is once again caught up in forces poised to destroy the world and any chance of happiness she thought could be within her reach. Add to all that her newly divorced, used to being pampered sister showing up at her door and a police detective poking into her past and things REALLY start to downgrade FAST.
I really, really like Caine’s Weather Warden series and our girl Joanne, they don’t let up from start to finish and I almost always have to get right on to the next book to find out just how things are going to end up!
whatcha_listening_to's review against another edition
4.0
I was up and down with this book. I didn't know if I liked it or if I was missing somethings.
The answer is no it is a little all over the place but that is ok because it all comes together in the end and boy what an ending. Your heart is going to be sad and happy and sad and happy again.
It really is a rollercoaster of emotions.
Kind of like the weather in this one. My word!!
Surprised by Joanne's sister coming to town. I want to know if she is going to play a permanent role in the books or if she was just a distraction. I guess we will see.
The answer is no it is a little all over the place but that is ok because it all comes together in the end and boy what an ending. Your heart is going to be sad and happy and sad and happy again.
It really is a rollercoaster of emotions.
Kind of like the weather in this one. My word!!
Surprised by Joanne's sister coming to town. I want to know if she is going to play a permanent role in the books or if she was just a distraction. I guess we will see.
caitie95's review against another edition
1.0
I guess what annoys me most about this series is the way the main character gets distracted too easily on inconsequential things, and how new elements that don't necessarily seem to fit in properly keep on being added.
minervadashwood's review against another edition
4.0
It's definitely a good idea to consider this a bridging book. While it has its own conflicts that are wrapped up before the end, it's really a continuation and set up for the rest of the series. Still, things happen on a much greater scale with this installment, and it builds on the Djinn-world we first visited two books ago.
Like its predecessors, Windfall is a fast-paced read. Jo doesn't do as much road-tripping but there's still a healthy dose of high-speed travel and near-death moments. But this story is no cakewalk, either. It begins and ends with Jo's anguish and grief, leaving a great deal of the emotional and relationship threads dangling until the next book. Even so, I enjoyed reading this, though I'm really anxious to read the next one, hoping for a little more sunshine and a little fewer rainclouds.
One of the big differences in this book is that Jo is without supernatural powers for most of the story. I for one really enjoyed this because I got to see Jo using her wits and willpower. And it made her straits even more dire than usual.
Not my favorite in the series, but most bridge books aren't going to be that. Very excited to read the next one.
Like its predecessors, Windfall is a fast-paced read. Jo doesn't do as much road-tripping but there's still a healthy dose of high-speed travel and near-death moments. But this story is no cakewalk, either. It begins and ends with Jo's anguish and grief, leaving a great deal of the emotional and relationship threads dangling until the next book. Even so, I enjoyed reading this, though I'm really anxious to read the next one, hoping for a little more sunshine and a little fewer rainclouds.
One of the big differences in this book is that Jo is without supernatural powers for most of the story. I for one really enjoyed this because I got to see Jo using her wits and willpower. And it made her straits even more dire than usual.
Not my favorite in the series, but most bridge books aren't going to be that. Very excited to read the next one.
aphelia88's review against another edition
5.0
The Weather Wardens (with spin-off Outcast Season) is one of my favourite UF series ever, but although I finished the series a few months ago, there were a few books I missed and skipped over so I was thrilled to find this one - and it did not disappoint!
We start with Jo having resigned from the Weather Wardens. She's trying to make a living, with few real-world qualifications. So she's the campy Weather Girl on a local cable station, wearing hideous costumes and serving as the straight lady sidekick to reprehensible Marvelous Marvin, the weatherman who can't read a weather chart and yet has uncanny accuracy in his forecast predictions.
The only good thing about the job is that this is where she meets Cherise, soon to become her best friend, who is the beach Bikini Girl. They bond over their shared resentment at their low pay and no benefits jobs and resistance to Marvin's pervy sexual harassment.
Jo is not at her best, frankly. David is draining her power to survive after serious injuries, and if he can't draw enough, he will turn into a power-hungry Ifrit. Jo is so low on power that she loses her access to the aetheric and becomes more or less mortal trying to keep David healthy.
But the Djinns have split into factions and Jonathan won't - or can't - hold them together any longer. Then Jo's estranged sister turns up out of the blue fleeing from her abusive but rich ex-husband. And she immediately falls hard on the rebound for a charming Brit in the fast food line up at the Mall.
You can see from the beginning how this is going to go, but Jo has forgotten the power of human monsters in the face of the Djinn who want her dead and the Wardens who want her powers removed permanently. It's an oversight she pays dearly for.
Another excellent entry into an amazing series. I'm also missing the next book, [b:Firestorm|157572|Firestorm (Weather Warden, #5)|Rachel Caine|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1388370662l/157572._SY75_.jpg|152058], but hope to find a copy sooner than later. It's nice to fill in the gaps, and this is a series I love so much that I'm collecting the books and keeping them for my Someday Libray!
We start with Jo having resigned from the Weather Wardens. She's trying to make a living, with few real-world qualifications. So she's the campy Weather Girl on a local cable station, wearing hideous costumes and serving as the straight lady sidekick to reprehensible Marvelous Marvin, the weatherman who can't read a weather chart and yet has uncanny accuracy in his forecast predictions.
The only good thing about the job is that this is where she meets Cherise, soon to become her best friend, who is the beach Bikini Girl. They bond over their shared resentment at their low pay and no benefits jobs and resistance to Marvin's pervy sexual harassment.
Jo is not at her best, frankly. David is draining her power to survive after serious injuries, and if he can't draw enough, he will turn into a power-hungry Ifrit. Jo is so low on power that she loses her access to the aetheric and becomes more or less mortal trying to keep David healthy.
But the Djinns have split into factions and Jonathan won't - or can't - hold them together any longer. Then Jo's estranged sister turns up out of the blue fleeing from her abusive but rich ex-husband. And she immediately falls hard on the rebound for a charming Brit in the fast food line up at the Mall.
You can see from the beginning how this is going to go, but Jo has forgotten the power of human monsters in the face of the Djinn who want her dead and the Wardens who want her powers removed permanently. It's an oversight she pays dearly for.
Spoiler
Jonathan dies, leaving David as the new Conduit, in charge of the Djinn that waking Mother Earth has called to here to wreak destruction upon the humans who have done her harm. Imara is born, from Jonathan's suicide, and Jo is suddenly a mother, to a fully adult renegade Djinn who looks just like her. And Imara is the only Djinn left who is not under the Mother's control.Another excellent entry into an amazing series. I'm also missing the next book, [b:Firestorm|157572|Firestorm (Weather Warden, #5)|Rachel Caine|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1388370662l/157572._SY75_.jpg|152058], but hope to find a copy sooner than later. It's nice to fill in the gaps, and this is a series I love so much that I'm collecting the books and keeping them for my Someday Libray!
diannamorganti's review against another edition
3.0
It was okay, again. The author definitely has a formula: 1. Heroine starts book on-the-run from a mysterious enemy, 2. Her friends who usually help turn on her, 3. Her friends turn up in the end to help out, 4. Apocalyptic ending which changes the world as we (don't really) know it. All five books so far fit this formula.
nyxshadow's review against another edition
4.0
http://nyx-shadow.blogspot.fr/2011/05/weather-warden-t4-windfall-rachel-caine.html
heyt's review against another edition
2.0
I have to say I didn't really like this one as much as the first three. I don't know if it was because there was a bit less David or that Jo didn't have as much kick ass in her. Basically, it felt a little like filler taking you from point A to point B as a set up for the war that's coming in the next book. Having Jo reconnect with her family seemed a little too much like plot device and watching her every day life was kind of boring. I'll still probably read on but now I'm not quite as invested as I used to be.