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Thin Air (Weather Warden #6)
by
Rachel Caine
View our feature on Rachel Caine's Thin Air. After preventing Mother Earth from destroying the planet, Joanne Baldwin lost her memories thanks to Ashan the djinn-and they will remain lost forever unless Joanne can recover her identity-and destroy the demon who is impersonating her, fabulous shoes and all...
Mass Market Paperback, 307 pages
Published
August 7th 2007
by Roc
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Dec 14, 2008
Dianna
rated it
4 of 5 stars
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It was pretty good. I enjoyed the play with the Evil Twin theme, and I enjoyed that the amnesiac Joanne got to make a choice between Lewis and David. The whole idea of David's undying love for her while she seems to be playing the fence (this plot point, while it rings true to life, has annoyed me) was tackled a bit in this book, and the teaser for the next book shows that it'll finally be tackled head-on.
Here's my favorite part of this series (especially in comparing it with other contemporary...more
Here's my favorite part of this series (especially in comparing it with other contemporary...more
After five excellent, fast paced books, this one felt like something of a let down. Having the main character develop amnesia is a lame plot device in many stories, and whilst I could understand its purpose here, it still irritated the heck out of me. I think because to make amnesia work in a story, the reader has to have exactly as much knowledge as the main character retains, with them slowly realising the bigger picture as the character does. Because we are rather used to Jo's life and know a...more
The ending events of the last book were absolutely horrible emotionally. Ashan, the leader of the djinn who are against humanity killed Imara and completely wiped away all of Joanne's memories in an attempt to destroy her as well. This was all done in retaliation for stopping his plot to destroy humanity. In the beginning of this book Joanne wakes up naked in the snow with no knowledge of who she is. She is rescued by Lewis and David, but that does not go very smooth at first since she has no id...more
Thin Air is book 6 in the Weather Warden series & in some ways it is quite different to the previous books. Jo has completely lost her memory so she has no idea who she can trust and doesn't know her about her powers and how to use them. She's got to learn everything again from scratch and it's a steep learning curve. A lot of the book is focused on Jo trying to regain her memory & we get glimpses of events from previous books from other character's perspectives.
Joanne's interaction with...more
Joanne's interaction with...more
Thin Air starts exactly where we left off as Joanne blinks right out of sight and lands somewhere ‘else’, naked and half dead. Stripped of her memories by Ashan the djinn in an attempt to ‘unmake’ her from the world when the djinn plot to destroy humanity is stopped by Mother Earth herself.
What follows is her harrowing journey to reclaim her life from the demon impersonating her who hatched during the earth’s explosive and catastrophic reactions to the destruction of the ancient Djinn/Warden co...more
What follows is her harrowing journey to reclaim her life from the demon impersonating her who hatched during the earth’s explosive and catastrophic reactions to the destruction of the ancient Djinn/Warden co...more
Jul 08, 2012
Kelly Maybedog Hawkins
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Shelves:
what-modern-fantasy,
what-female-protagonist
The amnesia trope is done in a creative and unusual manner and it works for me. The first third of the book has good pacing and is very good. The plot slows for awhile at that point and I found it a little annoying but it picked up again after a few chapters and remained strong for the rest of the book. Jo spent a little too much time being rescued this time around but it went withe amnesia and the book set up far more power for her in the future.
Some past characters show up (at least one that...more
Some past characters show up (at least one that...more
What a book!
I never quite read anything like this, the story goes as Joanne jumps from one mind to another, you see... (Spoiler) she has lost her memory and acquired new talents. So every time she feels threatened or in need, she simply gets in peoples heads and sees their memories. Now, imagine being inside Cherise’s head, or Marion’s head... Or even better (or worse!) Eamon’s!!!!
I can’t say I read anything like this, the idea that your heroine loses her memory? Yeah not so new… but her ability...more
I never quite read anything like this, the story goes as Joanne jumps from one mind to another, you see... (Spoiler) she has lost her memory and acquired new talents. So every time she feels threatened or in need, she simply gets in peoples heads and sees their memories. Now, imagine being inside Cherise’s head, or Marion’s head... Or even better (or worse!) Eamon’s!!!!
I can’t say I read anything like this, the idea that your heroine loses her memory? Yeah not so new… but her ability...more
Spoiler Alert! At the end of Firestorm, Joanne foiled Ashan’s plans to eliminate humanity when she persuaded Mother Nature to intervene. In retaliation, Ashan killed Imara and wiped away Joanne’s memories in an attempt to ‘unmake’ her. At the beginning of Thin Air, the sixth book in the Weather Warden series, Joanne wakes up cold and naked in the snow with no memory of who she is. She’s rescued by Lewis and David and tentatively puts her trust in them despite having no memory of who they are. As...more
After a long period of being too stressed even to read, this series was the perfect antidote, and it got me back on track, so thank you Rachel!
This is the Mills & Boon of the fantasy world, easy reading with very mild sexual references, quite a lot of slushy love stuff and far too much emphasis on fashion. Having said all that, the heroine loves fast super-cars as much as her Manolo's (designer shoes) and whilst she is certainly described as attractive, beauty is NOT her thing, model status...more
This is the Mills & Boon of the fantasy world, easy reading with very mild sexual references, quite a lot of slushy love stuff and far too much emphasis on fashion. Having said all that, the heroine loves fast super-cars as much as her Manolo's (designer shoes) and whilst she is certainly described as attractive, beauty is NOT her thing, model status...more
Feb 18, 2012
David
rated it
4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
urban-fantasy,
2012-reading-challenge
Picking up almost exactly from where Firestorm left off, this novel starts with Joanne Baldwin waking up naked and freezing cold in a forest with no idea of who she is, or how she got there.
In other words, the good old amnesia plot.
As the novel progresses, Joanne must (re)learn how to use her powers, as well as struggling with the emergence of a new (to her) power, and with trying to reconnect with her past life. Alongside this, further insight is given into the state of affairs in ther Djinn 'n...more
In other words, the good old amnesia plot.
As the novel progresses, Joanne must (re)learn how to use her powers, as well as struggling with the emergence of a new (to her) power, and with trying to reconnect with her past life. Alongside this, further insight is given into the state of affairs in ther Djinn 'n...more
I loved loved loved this installment. Totally action packed and an underlying emotion throughout.
I find myself getting just as pissed as Jo when characters try to man-handle or take control of Jo's body/life. I would absolutely be the same way. All these characters with powers in this world seem to walk around thinking and doing what they want or what they think is best, damn to any other characters' lives, especially Joanne. I love it.
Although - the romance w/ David is a bit obsessive as seem...more
I find myself getting just as pissed as Jo when characters try to man-handle or take control of Jo's body/life. I would absolutely be the same way. All these characters with powers in this world seem to walk around thinking and doing what they want or what they think is best, damn to any other characters' lives, especially Joanne. I love it.
Although - the romance w/ David is a bit obsessive as seem...more
In book 6 of the Weather Warden series, Joanne Baldwin wakes up naked and freezing in a forest with no memory of who she is or anything from her past. Lewis and David find her, and quickly realize that she has had her past taken from her somehow, and on top of that, she has come into more powers that she has never had before. One thing she is suddenly able to do is rifle through someone's head to take their memories - which was thought to be impossible. As she struggles to find out who she is, s...more
I'm am officially in love with this series!! I have a really hard time not reading the ending before I'm actually through with books. I know, I'm terrible, but I just have to do it. My point I'm trying to make is that I've done this with everyone of these books so far and I get really mad at myself when I do it, but it doesn't last too long. I get the ending and in a way I get a certain amount of peace because these books are GO, GO, GO!!! And I've discovered that though I love the finished stor...more
She wakes in the snow
naked...
and with no idea now she got there...
then she is rescued and hunted and locked up and no-one understands what is dawning on her...there is a demon out there with her face..
who has her memories...
but who does not have the capacity to love or the capacity to make new memories which Joanne has and although she does not remember her daughter, Imara, she does remember losing a loved one and no-one will talk about her...
Alice (or Venna as she likes to be called), is a Diji...more
naked...
and with no idea now she got there...
then she is rescued and hunted and locked up and no-one understands what is dawning on her...there is a demon out there with her face..
who has her memories...
but who does not have the capacity to love or the capacity to make new memories which Joanne has and although she does not remember her daughter, Imara, she does remember losing a loved one and no-one will talk about her...
Alice (or Venna as she likes to be called), is a Diji...more
As always Joanne Baldwin doesn't have an easy life. She has lost her memories and a demon is out to get her. And if she doesn't fight back, she risks loosing more than her past.
She risks loosing her life.
After the way that the last book ended, i really didn't know what to expect...okay, maybe part of me, was expecting that Imara would return. Which she does, in a way....but even so, this story was really heartbreaking.
I'm just grateful that the amnesia thing wasn't played in a way that could all...more
She risks loosing her life.
After the way that the last book ended, i really didn't know what to expect...okay, maybe part of me, was expecting that Imara would return. Which she does, in a way....but even so, this story was really heartbreaking.
I'm just grateful that the amnesia thing wasn't played in a way that could all...more
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I think this book was really big but then was chopped and some of it became the last 1/3 of the previous book, if this makes sense. Then a bunch of things were force fed into the previous book, leaving it offset.
I expected this one though to be an improvement and it was. A serious change in the entire series as a whole. You really need the previous book though for this, I’d highly recommending having this one ready to go as well. It took this addition though to make the previous one a little mo...more
I expected this one though to be an improvement and it was. A serious change in the entire series as a whole. You really need the previous book though for this, I’d highly recommending having this one ready to go as well. It took this addition though to make the previous one a little mo...more
Rachel Caine crapped out the first three books of this series. The next two required prune juice. This one required magnesium citrate and a lot of straining.
Also: I'd like to say that I hate to be picky, but I don't. I love being picky. And in books 2, 4, and 5, her fictional town of Seacasket was in Maine. In book 6, said terribly named town was not in Maine, but was in New Jersey. No explanation. No reason. No nothing. So either a) the quasi-apocalpyse in the previous book had its major effec...more
Also: I'd like to say that I hate to be picky, but I don't. I love being picky. And in books 2, 4, and 5, her fictional town of Seacasket was in Maine. In book 6, said terribly named town was not in Maine, but was in New Jersey. No explanation. No reason. No nothing. So either a) the quasi-apocalpyse in the previous book had its major effec...more
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Seacasket -- an important town which was consistently in Maine the past few books -- has randomly migrated to New Jersey, with no explanation. None. In a universe where it probably could have been explained away.
Rachel... I am disappoint.
Rest of the novel was... okay. Eh. My instinctive reaction to the amnesia thing was "oh HELL no" because I was dreading that the whole Lewis-Joanne-David love triangle would be played up, but luckily, that never happened. (view spoiler)...more
Rachel... I am disappoint.
Rest of the novel was... okay. Eh. My instinctive reaction to the amnesia thing was "oh HELL no" because I was dreading that the whole Lewis-Joanne-David love triangle would be played up, but luckily, that never happened. (view spoiler)...more
The first series that I've read that keeps the strong female character strong, while throwing her into all kinds of situations.
In this book, Joanne Baldwin has lost her memory. Most of the story is about trying to retrieve her memory, but I didn't realize that until I was finished. It wasn't, "Oh, woe is me, I don't have my memory" throughout the book, just a 'get it done' vibe.
Unlike similar plot devices I've seen used in other novels, she doesn't turn into a different person. She doesn't beco...more
In this book, Joanne Baldwin has lost her memory. Most of the story is about trying to retrieve her memory, but I didn't realize that until I was finished. It wasn't, "Oh, woe is me, I don't have my memory" throughout the book, just a 'get it done' vibe.
Unlike similar plot devices I've seen used in other novels, she doesn't turn into a different person. She doesn't beco...more
On this episode of As Joanne Turns we have amnesia and evil twins. As the stakes get higher Joanne's powers seem to grow in proportion and it leaves her feeling very special snowflake. Aside from the omg look how special Joanne is bit this book also has a continuity problem in that Seacasket has miraculously moved from Maine to New Jersey. I also have a hard time with what side Venna is on since she seemed opposed to Ashan in the previous installments and now she's his protector? Plus, let's not...more
Joanne wakes up without a memory in the forest. She's rescued by two men only to find out that her daughter is dead, a Demon is loose, and the Dijnn are splitting ranks.
Aided by Alice/Venna, Joanne runs from David and Lewis and even her best friend. While hunting for her memories, she discovers that her memories were stolen by a Demon pretending to be her.
Jo's racing against time to prove that she's the real Jo before her lover, David, kills her with a Demon-infested Dijnn.
Action and supsense-fi...more
Aided by Alice/Venna, Joanne runs from David and Lewis and even her best friend. While hunting for her memories, she discovers that her memories were stolen by a Demon pretending to be her.
Jo's racing against time to prove that she's the real Jo before her lover, David, kills her with a Demon-infested Dijnn.
Action and supsense-fi...more
I was going to wait and review this series once I'd completed it, but I think I'll take a break from it and go on to something else for a while. What I like about the series is that it's original. I'd honestly never read anything like it before and that's always a fun experience. What I don't like is that the author has a tendency to jump the shark. You know what I mean...those moments that just make you roll your eyes and say "really? that's the way you're getting us out of this?" There's a gre...more
This is the sixth book in the Weather Warden series, and boy do I LOVE this series! And this one didn't disappoint. It was another unpredictable ride, and this one had the extra problem of Joanne having no idea who she was, or what she could do. She couldn't even remember David! My gosh. Still, I won't give anything away, and I think that talking about even one small detail would do that. :)
Rachel Caine's writing style is awesome. It's like settling back into the groove with some old friends. I...more
Rachel Caine's writing style is awesome. It's like settling back into the groove with some old friends. I...more
Setelah perang Djinn - Warden, Jo kehilangan semua memorinya, kata David dan Lewis itu semua gara-gara Ashan yang merobek jiwa Jo.
Ga taunya muncul evil twin, sosok yang mirip tiada beda sama Jo, dan mengaku sebagai Jo juga..
Nah lo.. David sama Lewis sempet tertipu dan malah memburu Jo yang asli yang kabur dibantu Alice/Venna.
Ternyata Venna bantuin Jo juga ada maunya - mengembalikan ke-Djinn-an Ashan yang diubah Mother Earth jadi manusia...
Lumayan seru sih, dan bikin lega karena Imara ga lenyap...more
Ga taunya muncul evil twin, sosok yang mirip tiada beda sama Jo, dan mengaku sebagai Jo juga..
Nah lo.. David sama Lewis sempet tertipu dan malah memburu Jo yang asli yang kabur dibantu Alice/Venna.
Ternyata Venna bantuin Jo juga ada maunya - mengembalikan ke-Djinn-an Ashan yang diubah Mother Earth jadi manusia...
Lumayan seru sih, dan bikin lega karena Imara ga lenyap...more
This is the sixth book in Rachel Caine's Weather Warden series. This is a great book. It starts out fast and never slows down.
All the same players are present. Jo, David and Lewis are trying to pick up the pieces from where Firestorm left off.
The secondary characters are also in full force. Kevin, Charisse, the Wardens and the Djinn are all in full force.
The bad guy this time around is still Ashen, and what happens to him and how he plays out in the end is very good.
This is a five out of five. I...more
All the same players are present. Jo, David and Lewis are trying to pick up the pieces from where Firestorm left off.
The secondary characters are also in full force. Kevin, Charisse, the Wardens and the Djinn are all in full force.
The bad guy this time around is still Ashen, and what happens to him and how he plays out in the end is very good.
This is a five out of five. I...more
We’ve reached the halfway mark for the Weather Warden series and as far as I’m concerned, Thin Air is the best in the series so far. Since the epic world-domination build up from books 1-4, Thin Air throws all of this out the window and gets us back to basics.
Joanne Baldwin, our favourite weather warden with a wicked sense of humour, wakes up naked and shivering in a forest with no recollection of who she is. She is approached by Lewis, her colleague who tells her they have impending danger ahea...more
Joanne Baldwin, our favourite weather warden with a wicked sense of humour, wakes up naked and shivering in a forest with no recollection of who she is. She is approached by Lewis, her colleague who tells her they have impending danger ahea...more
If you haven't read "Firestorm" yet, stop reading this, go do that and then come back, or this will wreck it for you. Seriously! There was a huge cliffhanger at the end of Firestorm that continues into this book. I would say that this is part two, and Firestorm part 1 of the story loop.
That being said......
In the 6th book of the Weather Warden series, after a heart breaking ending where Joanne's daughter was killed by Ashan, she wakes up naked and freezing in a forest with no memory of who she i...more
That being said......
In the 6th book of the Weather Warden series, after a heart breaking ending where Joanne's daughter was killed by Ashan, she wakes up naked and freezing in a forest with no memory of who she i...more
Thin Air picks up immediately--and I do mean immediately (as in down to the nanosecond)--where Firestorm left off. In it we find Weather Warden Joanne Baldwin at both her most vulnerable and, because of how she deals with it, at her most likeable.
Without spoiling any of the fun, Jo must negotiate the increasingly complicated internal politics of the Wardens, the old vs. "new" Djinn, the Warden vs. Ma'at conflicts, and, increasingly, the unintentional implications for the natural world of all of...more
Without spoiling any of the fun, Jo must negotiate the increasingly complicated internal politics of the Wardens, the old vs. "new" Djinn, the Warden vs. Ma'at conflicts, and, increasingly, the unintentional implications for the natural world of all of...more
Gods, that cover is sexy... just saying.
Book 6 in the Weather Warden series turned out better than I hoped, considering I was so disappointed in book 5. Thin Air starts out with a bang... Joanne has lost her memory and is wandering around in the wilderness with Lewis trying to avoid detection on the aetheric level. She doesn't know who to trust, only knows that Lewis seems a friend, if not more. David also adds to the confusion, professing feelings for her she doesn't recall... add to this mix a...more
Book 6 in the Weather Warden series turned out better than I hoped, considering I was so disappointed in book 5. Thin Air starts out with a bang... Joanne has lost her memory and is wandering around in the wilderness with Lewis trying to avoid detection on the aetheric level. She doesn't know who to trust, only knows that Lewis seems a friend, if not more. David also adds to the confusion, professing feelings for her she doesn't recall... add to this mix a...more
Oh, this one was good. I remember when I first started this series and I kept thinking "Well, it's okay, but it's no Morganville Vampires." While that still stands true (I have a deep soft spot for vampires and hunky guys named Shane), this series has grown on me far, far more than I expected it to.
I especially liked the lack of memories part of the storyline. I have a thing for amnesia (favorite Sookie Stackhouse book of all time? The one where Eric loses his memory. Delicious!) and I really li...more
I especially liked the lack of memories part of the storyline. I have a thing for amnesia (favorite Sookie Stackhouse book of all time? The one where Eric loses his memory. Delicious!) and I really li...more
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Rachel Caine is a pen name of Roxanne Longstreet Conrad.
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She has also published as:
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Julie Fortune
Ian Hammell
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“I'd blurted out the question only to keep him from noticing that I was working my hands free, but the Warden behind me, some young brown-haired surfer dude, yelled a warning. "She's getting loose!"
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Right," I choked out, and shut my eyes. "I'll wait here, then.”
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Right," I choked out, and shut my eyes. "I'll wait here, then.”
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