Ill Wind

Ill Wind (2003) Rachel Caine

If it wasn’t for the fact that I was too lazy to get off the sofa, I would have put this book down several times and gotten something else to read. However, I was lazy, and eventually I got into the story, but it took several chapters.

Joanne Baldwin is a weather warden–barely past her apprenticeship. But right now she is on the run, accused of killing her boss, and in danger of losing both her powers and possibly even her life.

The book starts out in the middle. Joanne is on the run, but we don’t know who she is, why she is on the run, or where she is going. The problem is that I also didn’t care about Joanne right off the bat, and not knowing whether she deserved the trouble she was in made it hard to care what was happening to her. Which is one of the biggest failings I had with the story. I just didn’t care about Joanne until several chapters into the book. Which is why I had such a hard time getting into the book.

However, once the story got started–once I finally got into the story–things moved pretty quickly, and I pretty much devoured the book from there on out. I did, however, quite like the ending and the plot twists leading up to the ending.

Take note: there was also a lot of boinking. Take that as you will.

As far as supernatural fantasies go, this one was okay, but wasn’t one of my favorites. There are more books in the series, but I’m not sure that I’m interested enough to pay full price for the next book. (i.e. why can’t I find more supernatural fantasy without boinking?)
Rating: 6/10

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