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Copy/paste the text below into your blog. <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/157569.Windfall?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=blog_review" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px"><img alt="Windfall (Weather Warden, Book 4)" border="0" src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/photo.goodreads.com/books/1172266778m/157569.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/157569.Windfall?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">Windfall</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/15292.Rachel_Caine">Rachel Caine</a><br/><br/> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21907170?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review"><h3>My review</h3></a> rating: 3 of 5 stars<br/>More of the same, with the following notable differences: <br/> <br/>Joanne suddenly has a sister, four books in. She may have been mentioned at some point in one of the previous books, but she certainly didn't make an impression on me, so the effect was rather that of watching the first episode of season five B:tVS. Their sisterly bond made me think the author is an only child-- I can imagine hating my brother, but I can't imagine the sort of absent-minded indifference Joanne displays. (With, I note, just cause.) <br/> <br/>Joanne is trapped among muggles! Well, they're not called muggles, but Joanne is navigating human society, which is sort of interesting, when it's not sort of boring. It appears that as a secret conspiracy, the Weather Wardens are a passable social club: all it requires to be informed of it is to be petty criminal, and/or stalk Joanne for a bit. <br/> <br/>Joanne carries a gun! OH WAIT NO SHE DOESN'T. So why on earth is that on the cover? <br/> <br/>Spoilers! Stop reading now! <br/> <br/>Again, David is kept to the sidelines, so that was nice, and again, Joanne is betrayed by putting her trust in a charming stranger who appears out of nowhere. It seems that when strangers appear out of nowhere, it's the ones she reflexively distrust who turn out to be trustworthy, and vice versa. She may want to get that looked in to. <br/><br/><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/274033?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">View all my reviews.</a>