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Ill Wind
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Start date
November 15, 2011
Finish date
December 1, 2011
Why we're reading this
Our next group series read. You voted and this is what won. Tentative start date November 15.

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Gaijinmama
Sep 02, 2009 rated it really liked it
Shelves: fiction
I breezed through this one (pun absolutely intended!).
It was fun, creepy, kinda hot in places, and thoroughly absorbing.
For me, well-written dialogue is one of the most important aspects of a book and Caine does not disappoint. There's a lot of snappy, sarcastic banter and it definitely works.
The characters, too, are compelling and believable. Joanna, our
protagonist, is smart, vulnerable, powerful (she can make a life-threatening hurricane go bye-bye, folks!) and funny as hell. The villains aren
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Aymee
Jan 14, 2011 rated it really liked it
I really enjoyed this book, loving the idea of a weather warden. It was a nice change of pace for me. It's not too often you come across something 'different' when you read as much as I do.

Fast-paced and full of action, you'll be happily drawn into the story and dragged along with Joanne and David as they race across half the US. Lots of twists and turns and, for me, things I'd never guessed at.

I'm anxious to get into the next book and see exactly where we go from here.
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Brenda
Feb 13, 2014 rated it did not like it
Some parts of this were okay, and there were even some small bits I liked. It was definitely different than anything I've read before. But near the end, she's fighting a storm or something, and it goes on and on, and my eyes started to glaze over, and it was so dang boring. A book needs to build excitement near the end, not whatever this book was trying to do. The thing is, I have some of the other books in the series that I picked up from a library sale. So I don't know if I want to read on or ...more
Vickie
Jan 19, 2008 rated it really liked it
What a fab start to a series! Leaves a lot to make me want to hurry and get the next one.
Slynne
Sep 10, 2007 rated it really liked it
Shelves: fantasy
Christina T
Nov 20, 2008 marked it as to-read
Toni
Feb 05, 2009 rated it really liked it
Shelves: urban-fantasy
Beth Tabler
Feb 18, 2010 rated it really liked it
Ivy
Mar 10, 2010 rated it liked it
Shelves: 2010-books-read
Yz the Whyz
Sep 02, 2010 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: rachel-caine
Michelle
Sep 21, 2010 marked it as to-read
Shelves: paranormal
Heather
Oct 23, 2010 marked it as to-read
Deyara
Nov 20, 2010 rated it really liked it
Amanda A
Dec 05, 2010 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: own
Jacalyn
Dec 28, 2010 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: 2010
Andrew
Jan 21, 2011 rated it really liked it
Kami
Feb 17, 2011 rated it really liked it
Destiny
Apr 30, 2011 marked it as to-read
Jen
Sep 23, 2011 rated it really liked it
Shelves: own
Dana
Oct 06, 2011 rated it it was amazing
Jen Ifer's Inklings
Jan 12, 2012 marked it as to-read
Reggie
Feb 11, 2012 marked it as to-read
Shelves: urban-fantasy
Jane
May 26, 2012 marked it as to-read
Jaime
Aug 12, 2015 marked it as to-read
Shelves: ntb
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