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David McK (3372 KP) rated Heat Stroke (Weather Warden, #2) in Books

Jan 30, 2019  
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Heat Stroke (Weather Warden, #2)
Rachel Caine
10
10.0 (2 Ratings)
Book Rating
At the end of the previous book ('Ill Wind'), weather warden Joanne Baldwin had died and been reborn as a Djinn (or Genie).

What follows in this not only expands on the background story of that first novel, but is also told from a unique perspective: from the point of view of a Djinn, rather than as a mere mortal. Setting itself up nicely for the next book in the series, I actually found this to be both faster (I read it in two days flat) and more enjoyable than the previous novel - no mean feat as that novel was also a very enjoyable read.
  
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David McK (3372 KP) rated Chill Factor (Weather Warden #3) in Books

Jan 30, 2019  
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Chill Factor (Weather Warden #3)
Rachel Caine
6
7.7 (3 Ratings)
Book Rating
"Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely"

Taking that maxim to heart, the third novel in Rachel Caine's Weather Warden series picks up from where the second - 'Heat Stroke' - left off. Set primarily in and around Las Vegas, this novel introduces a new organisation - the Ma'at - and also refers back to previously unmentioned events in Joanne's life. I also reckon you would need to have read the previous novels to get the full import of what is happening, what the occassional reference to events in those novels.

While still an enjoyable read, this also didn't quite grab me as much as the previous two in the series.
  
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Katie Ganshert recommended The Phantom Tollbooth in Books (curated)

 
The Phantom Tollbooth
The Phantom Tollbooth
Norton Juster | 2008 | Children
8.6 (10 Ratings)
Book Favorite

"In fifth grade, I received The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster and spent the next three days wrapped up in the pages, unable to put it down. It was the first book that grabbed hold of me and didn’t let go. When I was a fifth grade teacher, I would read it aloud to my students every year and watch as the story of Milo and the mysterious Tollbooth grabbed them the way it grabbed me when I was that age. I still have that same weather-worn copy on my book shelf and look forward to the day I can hand it off to my son."

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