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Chill Factor (Weather Warden #3)

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Weather Warden extraordinaire Joanne Baldwin, who protects the human race from monster storms, was killed, reborn as a Djinn, and then restored to her original form. She's been through a lot – and stuck her neck out many times – to save innocent lives. Now she is rolling the dice to stop an infinitely powerful, deeply disturbed kid from destroying the world...

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Published by Allison & Busby (first published January 4th 2005)

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Sep 11, 2010 Katyana rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: ass-kicking-women, fantasy, why-am-i-reading-this, fuuuuuck, series

Fuck.

Fuck the Wardens. In particular, Paul and his cronies. Though Marion can suck it too. I don't give a shit about her tortured past. She made a choice. Fuck her.

Fuck the Djinn. Arrogant assholes. "You broke him, you fix him." Fuck you Jonathan. He was "broken" saving your ass.

Fuck the Ma'at. Cowardly douchebags who are no better than the Wardens, and quite possibly are worse.

Fuck Lewis. She loves you, and you haven't spared even a pinch of care or respect for her. She would have gone along...more

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Jan 18, 2013 Angela Oliver rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: paranormal-romance, urban-fantasy, kick-arse-chicks

Addicted!

It has not been a great week for Weather Warden, Joanne Baldwin. First she died, then she became a djinn, then she died (again) and now finds herself being back in a mortal body. Being mortal sucks, when you've had the power of the djinn at your hands. Meanwhile, teenage psychopath Kevin has skipped to Vegas, taking with him the strongest djinn in the world. But who is the master and who is the slave? And what's going on in the Luxor?

Joanne Baldwin has to save the world (again) and to d...more

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Jan 01, 2013 Nathan Burgoine rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Once again, Joanne Baldwin is in trouble. See, she's died once already (which sucked), got reincarnated in the form of a Djinn (which was cool, but, ultimately, sucked) and has since been returned to living flesh (much cooler, though now she has to pee after long car drives, and she never noticed how much that sucked before being a Djinn).

Not that she's negative.

Born a weather warden, Joanne can manipulate and control the air and water, and is a member of the Wardens, a group determined to do tw...more

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Jul 03, 2012 Gules rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2012, contemporary, library

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I love the interaction/relationship that Joanne has with David; how they can bicker and argue, but you always see the care the characters have for each other. There's a nice balance of good and bad (a little more good in our heroes/heroines to be likeable) in each character that makes each of them more believable. It makes it a little harder to know who are the "good and bad guys" versus who is generally good but misled, misinformed, or weak.
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May 24, 2012 Fangs for the Fantasy rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Joanne and David are trying desperately to catch up with Kevin and Jonathon – Kevin has stolen Lewis’s powers, the most powerful Warden in the world and without them Lewis is slowly dying. And Jonathon is the most powerful of the Djinn, bottled for Kevin to use. Between them they have vast power and the potential for extreme destruction – especially since they’re extremely careless how they use that power. The growing instability is threatening a global environmental disaster.

Then there’s the or...more Joanne and David are trying desperately to catch up with Kevin and Jonathon – Kevin has stolen Lewis’s powers, the most powerful Warden in the world and without them Lewis is slowly dying. And Jonathon is the most powerful of the Djinn, bottled for Kevin to use. Between them they have vast power and the potential for extreme destruction – especially since they’re extremely careless how they use that power. The growing instability is threatening a global environmental disaster.

Then there’s the organisations that shape the world who are determined to become involved. The Wardens want David and Jonathon’s bottles, Lewis playing his own game and a new force, Ma’at, sees the Wardens as a deadly threat – but has little compassion for humanity.

It’s been a long time since she has been in Vegas as well – but the place holds terrible memories for her of events that are very much connected to the current crisis – and the growing number of missing Djinn.

I’ll start with fulsome praise for the World Building. The world building and research is impressive but, again, perhaps too impressive. It’s not as extreme as the last book, but I’m not a meteorologist (or a seismologist for that matter) and while the science is well explained, there’s a lot of it. It’s nice to see magic have a grounding in reality, but at times I think I’d be happier with “she waves her hands and it rains” than the scientific chain of events that causes air born moisture to form precipitation. It’s impressive, but perhaps too much for the lay reader.

Beyond the world building of the magic, the Djinn, Ma’at and Wardens are all coming together with more detail and more information about each of them and how they interact together – and in turn adding a lot more information to the magic system and the way the powers actually work. It’s artfully done without ever resorting to lecturing even if Joanne’s point of view about weather manipulation can be excessively complicated and detailed.

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Feb 03, 2012 Sarah rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I picked this book up in the library, having read nothing by this author before.
The book is fast paced, and the whole story takes place over a really short time frame of a matter of hours.
The general story is that Jo (the main character and a weather warden) is headed to Las Vegas in her viper, with her genie (who is also her boyfriend!), with a plan to stop some kid, (who it turns out is also a warden) from destroying the world. However, not a lot is really known about exactly what is going on,...more I picked this book up in the library, having read nothing by this author before.
The book is fast paced, and the whole story takes place over a really short time frame of a matter of hours.
The general story is that Jo (the main character and a weather warden) is headed to Las Vegas in her viper, with her genie (who is also her boyfriend!), with a plan to stop some kid, (who it turns out is also a warden) from destroying the world. However, not a lot is really known about exactly what is going on, as the events have happened in the previous books. Unfortunately, there are quite a lot of references made to events in the previous books, which at times made the story very confusing and difficult to understand, and its almost as if this story, is more a continuation of the previous two, rather than a sequal, or stand alone book in it's own right.
The concept of the weather wardens was not really gone into in this book either, and so I assume it was also dealt with in the previous books. The way the writer explains about the weather though, at times, left me feeling like I was reading a geography/science text rather than a novel, and at times I felt the science was a little too heavy.
Overall, the storyline was okay, with a couple of twists, although they were not overly complex, or even believable at times, but it seems clear that the previous books need to be read to understand a lot of what is going on, and as a standalone book, it doesn't really work.
Another thing which I have to mention, is that the author had the main character taking aspirin whilst pregnant, which is extremely dangerous and could lead to the death of the child. I know this is a work of fiction, but I would have liked for that fact, which is extremely important, and even life threatening, to have been picked up before this book was published, as I feel such a simple mistake could certainly have dire consequences.
In conclusion, I would recommend that if you really like the sound of this set of books, that it seems that you really have to start from the beginning, to really get the whole picture. (less)

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Sep 23, 2011 Cathy rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: magic-users, romance, paranormal, fantasy, read-in-2011, urban

It was still fun, but there were too many major coincidences, that kind of storytelling really annoys me, it totally takes away from my enjoyment of the plot twists. It just isn't believable that it could all come together that way, so it's not fun. It was fast-paced and had a lot of action, and there was some good heart too. Jo really does care about the Djinn and about the boy, Kevin, and people in general; she claims that she just wants to be left alone to shop and have fun but she can't help...more

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Aug 09, 2010 Kt from A Book Obsession.. rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Poor Joanne has really had a rough couple of weeks. She started on the run from murder charges, died, was reborn as a djinn, died again, and came back as a human. This book starts with Joanne and David trying to reach Las Vegas to stop the teenager, Kevin, who stole powers and enslaved the leader of the Djinn, Jonathan. Unfortunately they have not been able to make any progress as Kevin, via Jonathan always finds them before they get even close. Joanne finds herself stuck in the middle of a secr...more Poor Joanne has really had a rough couple of weeks. She started on the run from murder charges, died, was reborn as a djinn, died again, and came back as a human. This book starts with Joanne and David trying to reach Las Vegas to stop the teenager, Kevin, who stole powers and enslaved the leader of the Djinn, Jonathan. Unfortunately they have not been able to make any progress as Kevin, via Jonathan always finds them before they get even close. Joanne finds herself stuck in the middle of a secret society and quickly learns she cannot trust anyone because even her friend seem to have no issue with using her as a pawn.

I've come to realize that I really should just expect the unexpected in this series. I cannot count how many times I thought "Woah, didn't see that one coming." Its amazing to see everything that is thrown at Joanne, yet she still seems to survive and come up kicking. At one point, Jonathan, who seems to have it out for her, even says "You really know how to survive, I'll give you that." I really admire her strength and determination to do the right thing. Yes, she does have a major weakness for cars and shopping, which she does at really odd moments, but in the end she makes sure to fight for what is right even if it means not taking the easy way out.

I'm starting to worry a little about Joanne and David's future. They just haven't been able to have any real time together, something always seems to tear them apart. I hope things do not fizzle between them. I love their chemistry and a lot of what I love of this series is the dynamic between the two. Hopefully they will at least get a little time together if not some peace in future books. However, with the way things ended in this book, it makes their future seem even more shaky.

This book was just as suspenseful as the first two. I love how the author integrates things from Joanne's past and makes them relevant to things happening now. Considering how she is always out to save the world, it was nice to see that she might actually be an important part of the puzzle, versus just a girl with a hero complex. This book is a great read, but beware that you will want to have the next book ready as the ending of this one will make you want to jump right into the following one. (less)

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Dec 13, 2011 Sandy rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Chill Factor has a lot of surprises in store for fans of the Weather Warden series. The pace is again, slow-moving like the first two books but it picks up later on. We learn more about Joanne and her past and how it relates to her vigilant justice-thirsty present self. She's certainly admirable as she comes off as a modern-day hero; trying to save the world, one freak storm at a time. Even if she exhausts herself well beyond repair.

This might be my least favourite of the series so far but I kno...more

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Sep 30, 2012 Shandra rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: urban-fantasy, sci-fi-fantasy

Another fast-paced read from Rachel Caine! Aside from her predilection for cliff-hanger endings, which I should have remembered from her Morganville series, she writes some very fun books! I'm just glad I'm coming to this series late enough that I can read a whole bunch of them in a row, without waiting for the next one to be published.

She gives very convincing knowledge of weather and weather magic, and it's an interesting alternative magic world populated with Djinn and Ifrit and demons, rathe...more

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Feb 26, 2012 Kathysue rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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

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Dec 20, 2011 gigi pryce rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy, demon-reads, paranormal-romance-read, urban-fantasy-reads

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Sep 20, 2009 Angela rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: borrowed-from-library

Chill Factor follows Joanne Baldwin, Weather Warden, as she attempt to fix the mess created at the end of Heat Stroke. Kevin, an angry teenager with a lot of power, has control of the most powerful Djinn and is keeping all the Wardens out of Las Vegas. The Djinn have been disappearing and the Wardens cannot combat the unusual weather changes without them. Joanne, who is now human again, has been sent in to try to get Jonathan away from Kevin and restore order before the world is destroyed.

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Dec 15, 2011 Lesley rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

3.5 Stars

Chill Factor is the third, highly entertaining installment in the Weather Warden series. Just like the first two books, this one had me hooked from the start. It’s fast paced and filled with action. I could barely put it down! That said, I don’t think Chill Factor is quite as strong as the first two books. Joanne is basically helpless for almost the entire story, always getting manhandled or manipulated by the people around her. It’s frustrating to watch her run out of choices and not b...more 3.5 Stars

Chill Factor is the third, highly entertaining installment in the Weather Warden series. Just like the first two books, this one had me hooked from the start. It’s fast paced and filled with action. I could barely put it down! That said, I don’t think Chill Factor is quite as strong as the first two books. Joanne is basically helpless for almost the entire story, always getting manhandled or manipulated by the people around her. It’s frustrating to watch her run out of choices and not be able to do anything even when she knows that she’s a pawn in someone else’s game. At one point, there’s even a brutal act of violence committed against her that seems completely unnecessary and wrong for the story. It irked me that such a strong female character like Joanne is so powerless for most of the book.

Though Joanne remains just as stubborn and feisty as usual, there’s a lot of changes happening with the other characters. Some of these changes are good; for example, Joanne gains a new ally who’s totally badass. But some of the character developments just made me angry or confused. I wanted to strangle Lewis and Paul, and David does something extremely douchey to Joanne in the name of love. Not to mention, both Kevin and Jonathan behave in really confusing ways. One minute they’re helping Joanne, the next they’re trying to kill her, and back and forth until you don’t know what they’re thinking. I’d rather read about multifaceted, dynamic characters than paper-thin ones, but, still, some of the character development in this book is not understandable or satisfying.

But despite my criticisms, I did enjoy Chill Factor. It retains the fantastic worldbuilding and fun combination of drama, action, comedy, and romance that first drew me in to the series. The plot is full of twists and turns, and even though Joanne is a little slow on the uptake (again), the revelation of the villain’s identity managed to surprise me. Several plot threads are left hanging in the end, setting up major conflicts for future installments and making me eager to pick up book four. Overall, Chill Factor is not as good as the first two books, but it’s still a decent read and part of an awesome urban fantasy series.(less)

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Mar 03, 2013 Nisareen rated it 4 of 5 stars

Previous installments of the Weather Warden series have seen Joanne Baldwin face a tough couple of weeks. She’s been on the run from murder charges, infected with a demon mark, died only to be reborn as a Djinn, died again and come back as a human. She’s saved the world and seen her entire life thrown into absolute chaos. She has found love and lost it, been betrayed by those closest to her, and forced to betray in turn. And just when things should be settling down, it turns out she's in the eye...more Previous installments of the Weather Warden series have seen Joanne Baldwin face a tough couple of weeks. She’s been on the run from murder charges, infected with a demon mark, died only to be reborn as a Djinn, died again and come back as a human. She’s saved the world and seen her entire life thrown into absolute chaos. She has found love and lost it, been betrayed by those closest to her, and forced to betray in turn. And just when things should be settling down, it turns out she's in the eye of a very nasty world-threatening storm....

Chill Factor picks up after the events of Heat Stroke with Joanne and David trying to reach Las Vegas in a desperate attempt to stop Kevin, who has stolen the powers of Lewis, the most powerful Warden in the world and enslaved Jonathon, the leader of the Djinn. Returning Lewis’ powers is imperative as he is dying. The Wardens are concerned about the threat posed by the combined powers of Kevin and Jonathon and fear a global environmental disaster.

Joanne’s attempts to enter Vegas are thwarted at every opportunity by Jonathon. Eventually she is reassigned by the Wardens and David’s bottle is confiscated. This turns out to be a ruse planned by none other than Lewis. Joanne discovers to her horror that she has to die - albeit temporarily - in order to counter the spell cast by Jonathon which has been preventing her from entering Vegas.
For Joanne, Vegas holds some terrible memories of a traumatic event from her past which also happens to be connected to the current crisis and the growing number of missing Djinn. Her meeting with Kevin and Jonathon gets off on a bad start when it appears that Jonathon is using Kevin for his own secret agenda. She’s kidnapped by Quinn, an assassin who works for the Ma’at, a secret organisation that monitors the Wardens and Djinn alike. The Ma’at wants Joanne to take Kevin out by whatever means necessary. Joanne finds an unlikely ally in Rahel, who has become an Ifrit. Joanne’s skills as a Warden are tested to the limit when she has to tackle a severe weather front heading her way. To defeat an old enemy, rescue her friends, and survive, she'll have to draw upon resources she never even realized she had.

Spoiler Alert! Chill Factor was full of surprising twists, staggering revelations and secret agendas. Joanne really goes through the mill in this one – both physically and mentally. She’s killed, beaten up, tortured and towards the end survives by the skin of her teeth. David doesn’t fare well either when he’s attacked by the Ifrit, Rahel who drains his essence to such an extent that Rahel is able to revert to her former self while David becomes half Ifrit himself.
Initially I had been confused by Jonathon’s lack of resilience and subservience to Kevin in Heat Stroke. This was fully explained in Chill Factor when it transpired that Jonathon had his own agenda all along. I find Jonathon to be an interesting albeit enigmatic and complex character. I enjoyed his banter with Joanne and sensed that despite his open dislike of her on the surface, there’s an underlying admiration for her too.

David getting Joanne pregnant was an unexpected twist and I’m looking forward to seeing where this story arc will lead. Another surprising turn of events was the introduction of the Ma’at as an opposing force of the often corrupt Weather Wardens. Lewis being one of the founders came as a complete shock. Marion’s secret love affair with her own Djinn was ironic too considering the hell she put Joanne through in Ill Wind. Most shocking of all was the revelation that Quinn was the man who raped and tortured Joanne for information on the Djinn all those years ago. I had liked Quinn and the fact that he turned out to be so sadistic was astounding. It’s going to be interesting to see what the future has in store for Joanne now that she’s left her Weather Warden days behind and I’m looking forward to the next installment.
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Mar 01, 2013 Tara Day rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I sincerely had mixed feelings about this one. So I'll start with the good.

So happy to see the return of the flashbacks. I kind of missed them in the last one but I knew that the author was probably trying to make it seem like Jo was in a djinn life now, not her human so memories weren't as important to the story line. Even if it was only one memory, it's still nice to hear more about Joanne and her never-failing-to-excite-and-endanger adventures.

Loved the characters. Sometimes by book three th...more I sincerely had mixed feelings about this one. So I'll start with the good.

So happy to see the return of the flashbacks. I kind of missed them in the last one but I knew that the author was probably trying to make it seem like Jo was in a djinn life now, not her human so memories weren't as important to the story line. Even if it was only one memory, it's still nice to hear more about Joanne and her never-failing-to-excite-and-endanger adventures.

Loved the characters. Sometimes by book three the character changes. But Joanne's still badass, full of attitude, all that jazz. David's still the sweet one. Lewis is still stubborn and slightly immune to the charms of women. Kevin's still an asshole kind of kid. And now RAHEL. Damn I love that sistah. Probably be nice to know more about Marion and Lewis and the rest of the Wardens. From the summary of the next book, it'll be good to know more about Joanne's family as well. Oh, the drama I am certain will ensue. Especially with David's new problem.

Finally figured out what aetheric is. But not from this series. From a tarot book I happened to be reading. Wish I would have caught that sooner because I would have understand a lot more. What I'm not clear on is is there a difference between Oversight and aetheric? Sometimes I can't tell what she's referring to when she uses them (and when they are used they seem interchangeable).

Here's the real thing I just don't get. Some scenes just don't FLOW. How Joanne "died" to get through the barrier was a confusing mix of a scene that I had to reread several times to understand. Then things still aren't explained until later and by then I'd been caught up in other things. And now "Imara" - how she went from being concerned about drinking while being pregnant to drinking a beer with Johnathan. Did she decide the djinn part of her child could handle it all of a sudden? It seems like she was tossed around quite a bit for being pregnant too. I know early on in pregnancy it's pretty easy to disturb something like that. But I guess having a djinn child is different? I didn't quite get that to be honest. And near the end was Jonathan the one to create the floods? I was confused about that. There were quite a few parts that I just struggled to really understand.

The ending wasn't so rushed. And I like that Orry got his ass handed to him. I love the building relationship between Joanne and David and the spark of new love between Rahel and Lewis (never saw that coming; I was really hoping they'd have sex in that scene!). And of course, the new rule of balancing is nice touch.

So, onto the fourth one. (less)

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Aug 29, 2012 Paris rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2012, buddy-read-2012, must-read-series, urban-fantasy, book-boyfriend, favorite-fictional-males, kick-ass-heroine

After DNFing the first book in this series, I am really glad that I gave it a second chance. I love Joanne and the world that Rachel Caine has created for her. The last two books have been crazy filled with action and emotion. In Chill Factor, I found myself on a rollercoaster ride unsure of what was going to happen next and I loved every minute of it…okay almost every minute. There were some points that lagged a little, but I overlooked them because I knew that they would mean something in the...more

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May 09, 2010 Lauren rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: wanted-to-read-forever, just-for-fun

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. I finally managed to find a copy of this yesterday after looking since I finished the last one. It was a rather interesting read, a solid continuation of the story. I did start reading with a few expectations though. I was expecting that Jo would once again do something completely stupid for the right reason. She did. I expected that either she or David would need to be rescued from something. They both did. I expected Rahel to stay dead (?), though this would have made me sad. She did not, the...more I finally managed to find a copy of this yesterday after looking since I finished the last one. It was a rather interesting read, a solid continuation of the story. I did start reading with a few expectations though. I was expecting that Jo would once again do something completely stupid for the right reason. She did. I expected that either she or David would need to be rescued from something. They both did. I expected Rahel to stay dead (?), though this would have made me sad. She did not, the way that she was brought back made me laugh. I was not expecting all the exposition on Jo's personal history or that the warden leadership would turn out to be as big a jerks as the end lead me to believe. The part where Jo got to walk out tells me maybe.

There are a few issues I have with the book. Jonathan, for example, cannot seem to make up his mind as to whether he wants to help Jo and David, or kill her and lock him up until he gets over it. He threatens her, gets tossed around a bit, attacked and partly eaten, lets the main characters win, and then leaves his best friend behind knowing that he could save his existence. The reveal for the bad guy seemed a little trite, but was pulled off well enough to be completely awesome. The Ma'at are hard to like. Including Lewis, who seems to have either a messiah complex or just doesn't realize that he is as faliable and human as any of the other wardens. These problems will probably be covered in later books, but at the moment they bother me.

In one way or another, all of the characters except maybe Marion are painfully stupid. In Kevin, this is a defining character trait. In Jo it's more of a driving force, she knows that at some point she's going to get herself perma-killed, it hasn't happened yet though so she's gonna go save the world. David is a bit dense, a bit controlling, and sweetly well meaning all at the same time. His idiocy comes from trying to use common sense with Joanne and then using underhanded tricks to try to protect her. The subterfuge used to try and make all the various deus ex machina seem less so, and the utter ridiculousness of some of the methods used to get things done made me want to slap about half of the entire cast starting with the more powerful beings present and moving down the row.

That said, the story and its telling really work. Caine takes a less that overpowered main character, makes her a fashionable smart ass, makes her know when she's being an idiot, and proceeds to make her learn how to cope either through experience or with semi serious injuries. Rahel's revival gives the reader hope for David while also bringing back one of the more likable djinn, the change in appearance giving possible hint to a change in story importance and making her new different-ness more obvious. Marion becoming less of a scary surgeon of doom and more of an understanding comrade was unexpected but goes a long way towards making her understandable as a character. The mix of flash backs and forwards was a little jarring and caused Jo to seem (understandably) very much the broken bird this time around. Over all, I give the book four out of five. Not because it is the best thing I've read, but because it moved the story along and provided me with a solid day's worth of entertainment.(less)

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Jun 20, 2011 Ellie rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: urban-fantasy

The one thing that strikes me about the third instalment of the Weather Warden series is that the Djinn's servitude seems suddenly very easy to transfer. From the first book I got the idea that once you'd bound a Djinn to you, they were with you for life or until their bottle got broken... I can't fathom why people wouldn't be sharing them around or stealing them all the time if it was as easy as it seems in Chill Factor.

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Mar 29, 2013 Nicole rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: physical-books, vf-continued

This one was a little hard to take, Joanne is used by everyone in this one and only Dijinn turn infrit Rahel seems to really do her any favors. Even Jonathan, who hates her, does more for Jo than any of her "friends". I almost stop reading it when I learnt who was behind her torture at the hands of the Ma'at.
I am definatley glad I got this in physical form because the book went flying and a 3 day break was required.
Joanne seems aware that she is not as smart as she had portrayed herself in the...more

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Jun 24, 2011 Patrice rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: paranormal-fiction, romance, series, crime-action

I always approach books in this series with trepidation rather than anticipation. The main character takes more constant abuse in the story than Harry Dresden does in the Dresden Files. I like her attitude though. The whole weather control thing is a little weird for me still. I'm used to paranormal fiction falling back on more classic myth archtypes for their base (which I suppose the Djinn count as). This story didn't really expand the supernatural world as the others have, but it did complica...more

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Jun 26, 2011 Jennifer (Books That Spark) rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: read-in-2011, own-finished-copy

Chill Factor is the third book of the Weather Warden series written by best-selling author Rachel Caine. As always, I recommend beginning with the first two instalments of this series before reading this one, in order to allow the plots to run coherently.

Following the events of Heat Stroke, Joanne Baldwin, a Weather Warden, is set to visit Las Vegas in an attempt to save the world once again by recapturing teenager Kevin who now holds a lot of power which he doesn't understand how to use. To mak...more Chill Factor is the third book of the Weather Warden series written by best-selling author Rachel Caine. As always, I recommend beginning with the first two instalments of this series before reading this one, in order to allow the plots to run coherently.

Following the events of Heat Stroke, Joanne Baldwin, a Weather Warden, is set to visit Las Vegas in an attempt to save the world once again by recapturing teenager Kevin who now holds a lot of power which he doesn't understand how to use. To make the situation worse, he also has probably the most powerful Djinn, Jonathan, at his command.

As it has come to be expected from this series, the action begins from the first page and continues to grip the reader with it's fast paced and exiting nature right through to the last page. The prior book left me wanting to read Chill Factor as soon as possible, although a small part of me wondered if it could continue to appeal to me as a series. I'm pleased it proved me wrong. This book held plenty of twists and turns which helped me to complete the book in just one sitting.

I was glad to learn a bit more about Joanne's past too. I've always liked her as the protagonist and now I'm beginning to love her. I especially loved her witty remarks and attitude. Through her history and how she reacts to the troubles she continuously has to overcome, I felt I was able to appreciate and relate to the woman behind the hard exterior. Another character I'm starting to like a whole lot more, from when he was first introduced in Heat Stroke, is Jonathan. I can't really give an explanation to why, but I enjoyed the dialogue between Joanne and him.

Chill Factor proved for me that the Weather Warden series is one which promises to grow stronger with each book. As well as the conclusion of events from previous instalments, potential new plot seeds were planted in this book. Put this together with the strong characters Caine has created, it's no surprise that I can't wait to get my hands on the fourth instalment, Windfall.

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Dec 17, 2011 Liz rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: para-norm, uf

My first thought when I started and then finished Chill Factor was that it put the whole series into a complete shift. Joanne died and was reborn Djinn through the first two books and now in book 3 we have her back to being human trying to right the wrongs from dozens of double crosses, past mistakes and current associations. We are left with so many loose ends it's almost a reboot ending and I hope that as a result we don't lose what was good about this series in the first place.

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Feb 12, 2013 Melinda rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Really like this series. Main character Jo Baldwin is suitably kickass and irreverent - with a strong moral code great dress sense! (Of course). And typically the heroine is in trouble - trying to be the good guy - with everyone on her case and trying to thwart her efforts.

I did get pretty annoyed at some of the other characters in the book this time though. What is with the other weather wardens? and some of Jo's friends - well you know the saying - with friends like that who needs enemies??

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Jul 07, 2012 Susana rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: rachel-caine, urban-fantasy, 2012

I don't know what went wrong with the reading of this book. Probably nothing. Probably i'm just not in the proper mood to read this story. Although yes, i am getting a little tired of the constant sacrifice of one of the characters. In this book Joanne's life continues chaotic as ever. Her need to do the right thing, makes it hard for her to stay away from troubles. Something, that she probably will never be able to do in her life...
In this story, Joanne deals with some very traumatizing memorie...more

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Feb 17, 2010 Tammy rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: witches-and-magic-users

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Dec 27, 2012 Jenika Ioffreda rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I really liked this book, once I started I couldn't put it down 'till the end.
Maybe between the three books of the series this is the one I liked less but only for a reason: I wished I could see a bit more of David and Jo together, as David is my favorite character.
But it was a good book and I am very curious to read the 4th book of the series.
I liked how a character I though was lost in the second book actually came back and also how old enemies became a sort of allies (and possibily future f...more

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May 23, 2012 Helen rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy, guilty-pleasures, quasi-romance

More goodness. Joanne tangles with more flavours of bad guys, and the good guys are getting in the way again, and who is really on which side anyway? What do you do when you want to save the world, but pretty much everyone else is intent on disposing of you in an effort to do what they think is right?

Some icks from Joanne's past come back to haunt her. This part of the book works the least well for me. You'd think that an event as traumatic as that would have been mentioned already in the first...more

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Apr 13, 2012 Hannah rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: supernatural-paranormal, adult

Again, this book seems to switch plot lines about halfway through. For the second book in a row to do that, I'm not sure if I like it. Joanne's constant referrals back to the fact she's human and misses being Djinn were annoying after the third time. Even her constant "I'm BA, but I need someone's help really" was getting old. At least the Kevin arc is wrapped up, and Jonathan ended up being a bit more villainous than he originally appeared in Heat Stroke.

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Mar 21, 2012 Wesley rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2012-reading-challenge

This was good, I don't know about a thorough review though. This is in a series like any series book 3 can sometimes be pivotal. I for one found this to be an improvement and promise and have kept on reading other books in a series for less. I'm also a big ass nerd about science so if doesn't do it for me then I don't know what will. It was a good addition to the "warden" books. Between this and Morganville though I'm kinda digging Rachel Caine. Good stuff, check it out if you enjoyed the previo...more

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