Book Rec: Weather Warden Series by Rachel Caine
So I'm wondering, how the hell has Rachel Caine managed to write so many books without me ever noticing her existence. I'm considering mailing her an angry letter about this kind of neglect. Because obviously she was writing to specifically to me. No one can hit my yummy spots this well on accident.
So what is this series that I'm currently so deeply and unabashedly in love with? It's a alternative current day universe where among the many government bureaucracies, there are the Weather Wardens. They are in charge of making sure that lightning doesn't burn down towns and hurricanes don't devastate cities, and floods and earthquakes and other natural disasters are kept in line. And they are about as good at doing this as the six o' clock news is at predicting the weather. That is to say, they get it right a fair percentage of the time, and when they don't ...oopsie?
To aide them, these Weather Wardens use Djinn. Yes. Genies in bottles. Very attractive, incredibly powerful, utterly enslaved entities who will try to monkey's paw you wherever the rules let them get away with it. Now technically you aren't supposed to do anything morally depraved with them, technically you are only supposed to get one if you prove that you are responsible, and technically you aren't supposed to ever, ever let them go free. But LOL technicalities.
Through this is Joanne, a likable young, powerful (and thus very attractive to the djinn) weather warden with an unhealthy love of fast cars and fashion, a flexible view of the rules, and a bit too naive outlook to be wielding the kind of power she is. She's got her heart in the right place though. She wants to save the world and she doesn't want to die herself. Unfortunately, she's just too useful to the wrong people, and too much of a problem to her bureaucratically bound allies. Everyone wants her for all the wrong reasons. Luckily for her, she's smart and very, very, very stubborn. And doesn't need much sleep.
She ends up trying to negotiate between the Djinn and the Wardens to try to protect the Earth from a danger she doesn't really understand -- but like the weather, every solution has chaotic consequences, and without really understanding the cause of the problem, there is no hope to actually solve it.
The books are incredibly fast paced, just like the action, the weather, and Joanne's cars. It's also pushes the PG-13 boundaries without devolving into actual porn. Yeah, those Djinn? Not being used for immoral purposes? Ha. Of course, the Djinn themselves aren't as adverse to the idea of sex as their PR would say -- given the right partner, of course. They also have a bit of a love- mostly hate relationship with being bound. Having the wrong person hold your bottle is a nightmare. But there are definite perks to being held by the right person.
And Joanne herself has some pretty healthy sexual appetites, as pretty much every attractive man she meets and likes finds himself mentally undressed at some point. She mostly keeps that in check... well... okay she sometimes does. Oh twist her arm.
The books are giddy and snarky and hot. Definitely a fun read.
So what is this series that I'm currently so deeply and unabashedly in love with? It's a alternative current day universe where among the many government bureaucracies, there are the Weather Wardens. They are in charge of making sure that lightning doesn't burn down towns and hurricanes don't devastate cities, and floods and earthquakes and other natural disasters are kept in line. And they are about as good at doing this as the six o' clock news is at predicting the weather. That is to say, they get it right a fair percentage of the time, and when they don't ...oopsie?
To aide them, these Weather Wardens use Djinn. Yes. Genies in bottles. Very attractive, incredibly powerful, utterly enslaved entities who will try to monkey's paw you wherever the rules let them get away with it. Now technically you aren't supposed to do anything morally depraved with them, technically you are only supposed to get one if you prove that you are responsible, and technically you aren't supposed to ever, ever let them go free. But LOL technicalities.
Through this is Joanne, a likable young, powerful (and thus very attractive to the djinn) weather warden with an unhealthy love of fast cars and fashion, a flexible view of the rules, and a bit too naive outlook to be wielding the kind of power she is. She's got her heart in the right place though. She wants to save the world and she doesn't want to die herself. Unfortunately, she's just too useful to the wrong people, and too much of a problem to her bureaucratically bound allies. Everyone wants her for all the wrong reasons. Luckily for her, she's smart and very, very, very stubborn. And doesn't need much sleep.
She ends up trying to negotiate between the Djinn and the Wardens to try to protect the Earth from a danger she doesn't really understand -- but like the weather, every solution has chaotic consequences, and without really understanding the cause of the problem, there is no hope to actually solve it.
The books are incredibly fast paced, just like the action, the weather, and Joanne's cars. It's also pushes the PG-13 boundaries without devolving into actual porn. Yeah, those Djinn? Not being used for immoral purposes? Ha. Of course, the Djinn themselves aren't as adverse to the idea of sex as their PR would say -- given the right partner, of course. They also have a bit of a love- mostly hate relationship with being bound. Having the wrong person hold your bottle is a nightmare. But there are definite perks to being held by the right person.
And Joanne herself has some pretty healthy sexual appetites, as pretty much every attractive man she meets and likes finds himself mentally undressed at some point. She mostly keeps that in check... well... okay she sometimes does. Oh twist her arm.
The books are giddy and snarky and hot. Definitely a fun read.