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nicolerene's review against another edition
2.0
This is the end of the ride for me and Cassie Palmer. I've spent months torturing myself by returning to try and finish this book, but I am giving up.
I love the witty banter and the kooky scenarios, but I've always struggled with The author's writing style. I.E. Instead of saying, "We were suddenly surrounded by a crowd of people" she'll say "suddenly I was staring at a bunch of backs" and then proceed to describe a crowd of people. It's very off putting for me.
This book was going NOWHERE. I'll miss Pritkin, but even he isn't enough to keep me in this series.
I love the witty banter and the kooky scenarios, but I've always struggled with The author's writing style. I.E. Instead of saying, "We were suddenly surrounded by a crowd of people" she'll say "suddenly I was staring at a bunch of backs" and then proceed to describe a crowd of people. It's very off putting for me.
This book was going NOWHERE. I'll miss Pritkin, but even he isn't enough to keep me in this series.
rellwood74's review against another edition
4.0
As much as I love this series, I find that an "adventure" scene that takes 20 plus pages is pushing it when the entire book seems filled with them. I love this series, don't get me wrong, but like someone else who reviewed this book said, it was two books ago when a major character went missing, needed rescuing, an now needs rescuing again. There is no resolution of any of the plot points, going back 4 books. I need for this author to stop writing a long and drawn out action scenes as a replacement for plot. It's like overly sexed books where every few pages there is a lengthy sex scene and you find yourself skipping through them just to get on with the story....
Like I said, I love this book, I laugh myself silly, and really feel for the characters.
The book reads
Action, Action, Laugh, Cassie ends up in her room filthy and tired, more action, more action, more laughs, a small bit of sexy-time, more laughs, more action, Cassie ends up home filthy and tired, politics are explained, people get angry, action, action, laugh, Cassie ends up home filthy, sexy time, plot moves forward....Final scene....CLIFFHANGER...
Damn these books that I can't stop reading, but really need to wait to let them progress..
Seriously, NOTHING GOT RESOLVED FROM TWO BOOKS AGO...this book's timeline beats 50-shades in that so much happens in such a short time period. The timeline from the first book to the end of this one is something like 4 months...
Like I said, I love this book, I laugh myself silly, and really feel for the characters.
The book reads
Action, Action, Laugh, Cassie ends up in her room filthy and tired, more action, more action, more laughs, a small bit of sexy-time, more laughs, more action, Cassie ends up home filthy and tired, politics are explained, people get angry, action, action, laugh, Cassie ends up home filthy, sexy time, plot moves forward....Final scene....CLIFFHANGER...
Damn these books that I can't stop reading, but really need to wait to let them progress..
Seriously, NOTHING GOT RESOLVED FROM TWO BOOKS AGO...this book's timeline beats 50-shades in that so much happens in such a short time period. The timeline from the first book to the end of this one is something like 4 months...
avid_reader_96's review against another edition
4.0
Damn. Once again, we're left with another cliffhanger. It is getting old and so are all the action scenes. But it's good to see Cassie doing some growing up and getting a better hang of her power. I can't wait for the next book. I can't wait for her to save Pritkin.
aliceboule's review against another edition
3.0
Chance always makes me laugh, and this time was no exception.
Can I say that Reap the Wind is the greatest gift of literature to mankind? No. But it is a good time.
I still think that there are some holes in the plot, mainly insofar as it is hard to follow (but this may be due to the time jumping). I have absolutely no idea how much has passed in this book. It could be a day or a week or months. Literally no idea.
That being said. Pritkin remains hot like fire and Cassie is funny and this book is fun!
Can I say that Reap the Wind is the greatest gift of literature to mankind? No. But it is a good time.
I still think that there are some holes in the plot, mainly insofar as it is hard to follow (but this may be due to the time jumping). I have absolutely no idea how much has passed in this book. It could be a day or a week or months. Literally no idea.
That being said. Pritkin remains hot like fire and Cassie is funny and this book is fun!
patchworkbunny's review against another edition
3.0
Cassie Palmer is one of the few urban fantasy series I’ve really kept up to date with. After the ending of Tempt the Stars, I was eager to find out Priktin’s fate. However despite an overly long novel, there really isn’t much movement in the overriding series arc. Don’t expect many answers.
There was so much padding, constantly going over the same ground. I don’t mind a quick recap at the start, especially when it’s been two years between books, but I really don’t need a series recap right in the middle of the story. Every time something from the past was mentioned, it seemed like it came with a recap.
I did enjoy what little story there was. Cassie has joined forces with demon lord Rosier (Pritkin’s father) to go back in time and lift the curse off Pritkin as it travels back through his timeline. Easier said than done, and each time something gets in the way, leading Cassie to go further and further back. She’s stretching her power to the limit and she’s going to need some help.
Back in the present, all the magical groups are still bickering. There’s a war brewing and they all want the Pythia on their side, and under their control. Cassie has different ideas of course. She’s also found herself in charge of a group of young clairvoyants, her court she rescued at the end of the previous book.
So many loose ends and nothing tied up. If the next book doesn’t go anywhere, I think this will be the end, although I have been enjoying the Dorina Basarab books which are also set in the same world. I think it’s about time Dorina and Cassie met each other though. Cassie assumes Dorina is a romantic interest in Mircea’s life and the misunderstandings have been going on too long.
There was so much padding, constantly going over the same ground. I don’t mind a quick recap at the start, especially when it’s been two years between books, but I really don’t need a series recap right in the middle of the story. Every time something from the past was mentioned, it seemed like it came with a recap.
I did enjoy what little story there was. Cassie has joined forces with demon lord Rosier (Pritkin’s father) to go back in time and lift the curse off Pritkin as it travels back through his timeline. Easier said than done, and each time something gets in the way, leading Cassie to go further and further back. She’s stretching her power to the limit and she’s going to need some help.
Back in the present, all the magical groups are still bickering. There’s a war brewing and they all want the Pythia on their side, and under their control. Cassie has different ideas of course. She’s also found herself in charge of a group of young clairvoyants, her court she rescued at the end of the previous book.
So many loose ends and nothing tied up. If the next book doesn’t go anywhere, I think this will be the end, although I have been enjoying the Dorina Basarab books which are also set in the same world. I think it’s about time Dorina and Cassie met each other though. Cassie assumes Dorina is a romantic interest in Mircea’s life and the misunderstandings have been going on too long.
amym84's review against another edition
4.0
Originally posted at Vampire Book Club
Tempt the Stars concluded with Cassie saving a houseful of Pythian initiates from an explosion set by rogue Pythian Acolytes who are none too happy with the fact that Cassie wears the mantle of Pythia, and they’re going to do something. When Rhea, an initiate, foresees another god, Ares, breaking through to Earth, Cassie knows there’s very little time before war is on her doorstep once again.
And, oh yeah, there was also this other thing that happened in Tempt the Stars hmmm, what was it again, let me think. Oh yeah……. PRITKIN!
Not to be forgotten, Pritkin, whom Cassie saved earlier in the book from his father’s court, was hit was a curse that removes his soul backwards through each life that he’s lived.
Reap the Wind starts with Cassie and her current companion Rosier (yes, Pritkin’s father) trying to pin down where Pritkin’s soul will be next so they can hex him and prevent it from running to the end (beginning?) of his life, therefore taking him out of existence. Luckily, he’s lived a long life, so this should be fairly easy, right? Well, simple answer, no. Easy is never a word I’d equate with Cassie Palmer.
Add to this the pressing matter with Ares, the rogue acolytes, and all the supernatural factions trying to decide what’s “best” for the Pythia and I’ve pretty much summed up a typical adventure in the life of Cassie Palmer.
What I loved the most about Reap the Wind is Cassie. Readers are used to her getting into trouble constantly. And then getting out of some in what many can only equate with good, good luck. Never has the fact that Cassie is still breathing been accredited to her and the use of her powers and quick thinking. In Reap the Wind we see Cassie begin to actually see herself. Separate from what others are always telling her she is. She’s too fragile; she doesn’t understand her power, blah, blah, blah.
I loved that Cassie starts to see herself in a new light. The light that is tired of being used as a pawn for people who think she’s not smart enough to understand they’re trying to play her. I loved seeing her push back and start to build her own contingent of people she wants by her side, that see her as a person and not as a power to use. We get a lot of sweet and sincere moments between Cassie and those she trusts and cares about in this book.
But, as always, there are some guaranteed issues I end up facing when reading this series. Basically, I feel like we get overloaded with action-packed sequences that, by the end, just jumble together. I’m wondering if this is a conscious choice made in order to make the calmer moments stand out, because I love those moments and not just because we get a breather, but because we see the things that really matter in those moments. Revelations are made, feelings revealed.
Reap the Wind follows other books in the series in that it is part of an overall story arc. Meaning there won’t be a lot of closure here. Even though I’m left on pins and needles about some things, I will say Karen Chance never leaves me feeling bleak. I always feel positive at the end of a Cassie book regardless of what has happened throughout the story and with Reap the Wind this is no different.
Tempt the Stars concluded with Cassie saving a houseful of Pythian initiates from an explosion set by rogue Pythian Acolytes who are none too happy with the fact that Cassie wears the mantle of Pythia, and they’re going to do something. When Rhea, an initiate, foresees another god, Ares, breaking through to Earth, Cassie knows there’s very little time before war is on her doorstep once again.
And, oh yeah, there was also this other thing that happened in Tempt the Stars hmmm, what was it again, let me think. Oh yeah……. PRITKIN!
Not to be forgotten, Pritkin, whom Cassie saved earlier in the book from his father’s court, was hit was a curse that removes his soul backwards through each life that he’s lived.
Reap the Wind starts with Cassie and her current companion Rosier (yes, Pritkin’s father) trying to pin down where Pritkin’s soul will be next so they can hex him and prevent it from running to the end (beginning?) of his life, therefore taking him out of existence. Luckily, he’s lived a long life, so this should be fairly easy, right? Well, simple answer, no. Easy is never a word I’d equate with Cassie Palmer.
Add to this the pressing matter with Ares, the rogue acolytes, and all the supernatural factions trying to decide what’s “best” for the Pythia and I’ve pretty much summed up a typical adventure in the life of Cassie Palmer.
What I loved the most about Reap the Wind is Cassie. Readers are used to her getting into trouble constantly. And then getting out of some in what many can only equate with good, good luck. Never has the fact that Cassie is still breathing been accredited to her and the use of her powers and quick thinking. In Reap the Wind we see Cassie begin to actually see herself. Separate from what others are always telling her she is. She’s too fragile; she doesn’t understand her power, blah, blah, blah.
I loved that Cassie starts to see herself in a new light. The light that is tired of being used as a pawn for people who think she’s not smart enough to understand they’re trying to play her. I loved seeing her push back and start to build her own contingent of people she wants by her side, that see her as a person and not as a power to use. We get a lot of sweet and sincere moments between Cassie and those she trusts and cares about in this book.
But, as always, there are some guaranteed issues I end up facing when reading this series. Basically, I feel like we get overloaded with action-packed sequences that, by the end, just jumble together. I’m wondering if this is a conscious choice made in order to make the calmer moments stand out, because I love those moments and not just because we get a breather, but because we see the things that really matter in those moments. Revelations are made, feelings revealed.
Reap the Wind follows other books in the series in that it is part of an overall story arc. Meaning there won’t be a lot of closure here. Even though I’m left on pins and needles about some things, I will say Karen Chance never leaves me feeling bleak. I always feel positive at the end of a Cassie book regardless of what has happened throughout the story and with Reap the Wind this is no different.
jessalu's review against another edition
2.0
Yet another book with no actual conclusions to any of the story arcs. It's as though the author can't come up with new ones so we're left with book after book with Cassie jumping (shifting?) from one emergency to another and not actually finding any answers or fixing the constant problems. I for one am not willing to spend any more $$ on this series, I'll wait for the library to have it.
ckjaer88's review against another edition
4.0
I have to be honest; this improved drastically on the second read. It's the only book in the series that I've only read once before, that was way back when it first came out. And I remember being really frustrated by it because I had set my hoped up for the whole Pritkin thing to be resolved, which SPOILER; it didn't. And I found Cassie depressing and whiny most of the time.
But alas! Everything made more sense now that I've had some distance *cough years* to get my emotions straightened out and that I knew what happened this time around made my pulse not go in to heart attack territory, but mild jogging instead, so I could focus on the massive amount of clues and details KC put in there. Not to mention emotional growth on Cassie's part.
Another thing I didn't like all that much the first time around, was young Pritkin. I'd fallen so hard for the grouchy, scowling present day Pritkin that I frankly didn't have time for youthful happy-go-lucky Pritkin. But I gotta admit I appreciated young Pritkin more this time.. it shows another dude to his character that we've only glimpsed in Present Pritkin. I really hope that when Cassie gets him back (Cause she WILL dammit!) that side of him will pop out a little bit more.
After the second read I have to bend the knee and bump it up from 3 to 4 stars. KC's writing is amazing as always, and even though I couldn't see it the first time, the story really does move forward, like warp speed forward. I will start Ride the Storm presently.
But alas! Everything made more sense now that I've had some distance *cough years* to get my emotions straightened out and that I knew what happened this time around made my pulse not go in to heart attack territory, but mild jogging instead, so I could focus on the massive amount of clues and details KC put in there. Not to mention emotional growth on Cassie's part.
Another thing I didn't like all that much the first time around, was young Pritkin. I'd fallen so hard for the grouchy, scowling present day Pritkin that I frankly didn't have time for youthful happy-go-lucky Pritkin. But I gotta admit I appreciated young Pritkin more this time.. it shows another dude to his character that we've only glimpsed in Present Pritkin. I really hope that when Cassie gets him back (Cause she WILL dammit!) that side of him will pop out a little bit more.
After the second read I have to bend the knee and bump it up from 3 to 4 stars. KC's writing is amazing as always, and even though I couldn't see it the first time, the story really does move forward, like warp speed forward. I will start Ride the Storm presently.