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A review by mollymortensen
Heat Stroke by Rachel Caine
4.0
TW: Mentions of torture. (Bad lady is a sick woman) But it mostly happens off page.
I didn't own this book when I read the first one, (but I sold like 500 books so I treated myself to 4 new ones. Okay, so 3 new, and one I rebought, that I'd accidentally sold. haha) but even though it's only been like 3 months since I read Ill Wind, it was surprising how much I forgot.
I love how Joanne was now a Djinn. We got to learn more about them and their powers, which was awesome!
David was such a great character, but now he's relegated to a boring love interest. (I hate when that happens to a good relationship once the couple gets together.)
Johnathan, the leader of the Djinn, was a good new character. (Even though it's obvious that the author was trying really hard to make us like him.) I didn't like any of the other new characters.
The plot was all over the place. It really needed one of the plot lines cut. We start with Joanne learning about her new powers and interacting with other Djinn. Then she's captured by the evilest lady ever, a warden named Yvette, who gives her to her evil stepson, Kevin. (I really hated the part where she was a slave.) Then we've got this storyline with blue sparkles coming through from a portal thing to the demon world. (I really wish that storyline had been cut.)
There was plenty of action, particularly towards the end, and it wasn't all driving and chasing this time. (So yay!) But there wasn't really a mystery. (a little bit with the blue sparkles thing, but I didn't care about that.)
I absolutely loved this book, then the ending sucked! Nothing is really resolved, it's a very cliffhangery ending, and not even a somewhat happy one. I'm reading the next book, because now I want to know what happens but I'm really disappointed.
And I hated how
I didn't own this book when I read the first one, (but I sold like 500 books so I treated myself to 4 new ones. Okay, so 3 new, and one I rebought, that I'd accidentally sold. haha) but even though it's only been like 3 months since I read Ill Wind, it was surprising how much I forgot.
I love how Joanne was now a Djinn. We got to learn more about them and their powers, which was awesome!
David was such a great character, but now he's relegated to a boring love interest. (I hate when that happens to a good relationship once the couple gets together.)
Johnathan, the leader of the Djinn, was a good new character. (Even though it's obvious that the author was trying really hard to make us like him.) I didn't like any of the other new characters.
The plot was all over the place. It really needed one of the plot lines cut. We start with Joanne learning about her new powers and interacting with other Djinn. Then she's captured by the evilest lady ever, a warden named Yvette, who gives her to her evil stepson, Kevin. (I really hated the part where she was a slave.) Then we've got this storyline with blue sparkles coming through from a portal thing to the demon world. (I really wish that storyline had been cut.)
There was plenty of action, particularly towards the end, and it wasn't all driving and chasing this time. (So yay!) But there wasn't really a mystery. (a little bit with the blue sparkles thing, but I didn't care about that.)
I absolutely loved this book, then the ending sucked!
Spoiler
Joanne is turned back into a boring human, and Johnathan is captured by Kevin. And Lewis is dying because Kevin stole his magic.And I hated how