This book didn't start out well. I was worried that this series was
going to loose most of its fantasy elements in favor of more romantic
elements. Fortunately, after the initial scenes, the romance took a
welcome backseat.

Sexual Content:
Not overly graphic, and limited to the beginning of the book.

I had a hard time getting excited about this book because the first one didn't impress me too much. The entire plot is about a rift opening in the sky that Lewis wants closed, Joanne attempts to close it and notices blue sparkly objects. Blue sparkly objects are bad. That's pretty much it, throw in a love story with David and a few other characters: Patrick, ifrit Sara, djinns Jonathan and Rahel, and that sums it up. Nothing momentous in my opinion. The author tries to add some action and intensity, but I wasn't feeling it at all. I didn't get a sense of imminent danger from blue things, and I'm not all that interested in the intricacies of fixing storms and natural disasters, so this series might not be for me. Also, Joanne's character bothers me a bit. She's tough, has too much attitude, talks about how sexy each man she comes across is, yet is strangely helpless at times. Decent book, I skipped a bit of it, so about 2.5 starts.

Well, after giving Ms. Caine a second chance I was disappointed again. She couldn't make it past the first chapter without having an otherwise brilliant story distroyed with sex. I am truly sorry Ms. Caine, your life is so sad that you have to fantasize about sex constantly and feel you need to share it with your readers. I'd write this directly to you except your website does not have a comment sextion.
Too bad, I do really like magic, fantasy, and superhuman things and the Weather Warden fits in perfectly with the one exception. I am glad I borrowed the series from the library.

Wow! This book was much more exciting than "Ill Wind", the first book in the Weather Wardens series. I enjoyed the first book but it took more forever to read. I was done with this book in less than a day. Joanne Baldwin in now a Djinn...you know, a genie in a bottle. But her hottie Djinn boyfriend, David broke a ton of rules to save her from death. Now they are paying the price. Bad weather is brewing. An evil woman wants to claim David for her own just to torture him. Joanne doens't even know how to fully use her Djinn powers. She meets the one other person who has gone from human to Djinn and she gets to see what he lost along the way. This book was literally a non stop ride. There was minimal romance, after a hot and heavy few pages at the beginning, which was ok with me. Joanne is a smart alecky, kick butt girl and her side characters are also interesting. I especially like Lewis, her co-Weather Warden who happens to have power over every aspect of the weather. There is an ongoing mystery of characters who may or may not actually be the good guys. There is also a cliffhanger to end all cliffhangers. I agree with other reviews that have said to have book three handy. The story ends with Joanne and David off on a life saving mission. I'm thrilled to see this series pick up on the excitement factor and eagerly await reading the next volumes. I especially encourage fantasy readers who are tired of the same old supernatural plots to pick up these well written books by Rachel Caine for a thrilling change of pace.

Wow. Rachel Caine wasn't kidding with the end of Ill Wind (Weather Warden, Book 1). And the second Weather Warden book, HEAT STROKE, takes that unexpected ending and runs with it. Wild. And Jo doesn't get much more of a breather than the reader does as she's plunged headlong into life as a Djinn. Or one half of a Djinn. Or a Djinn in training. Who can tell for sure?

Good thing the lovely David is there to help her get a grip on her new reality. Unfortunately, it turns out David broke a few not-so-minor rules when he saved her life and the head Djinn Jonathan isn't happy with him. No, sir. Jonathan's not a bit happy. Before she can catch her breath, he turns Jo over to the rather dubious (but hilarious) Patrick to complete her training. In a week. Or die. And if Jo dies? Yep, you've got it. David'll be gone too. *sob* Of course, it's Jo we're talking about here. So the words "fighting chance" actually mean something. Plus, where Jo is, Lewis can never be very far. And with Lewis lurking about, waggling his fingers at the cosmos, channeling a grown up Charles Wallace Murry like nobody's business, chances of surviving an apocalypse are slightly better.

Even so, nothing is as it seems in this book and you can't necessarily trust who you thought you could. I've tried to avoid spoilers for the following books in the series, so I don't know where Caine is going with all this mayhem, but I kind of dig it. Gives the whole series an unsettling, fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants feel while keeping the characters consistent and very, very interesting.