Helpful Score: 10
Undone was fantastic. Ms. Caine does an excellent job in drawing this reader into a great spin-off to the Weather Warden series. It's about a former Djinn named Cassiel. She was banished to a human body for disobeying her leader. The course of the story follows Cassiel as she learns to deal with her human limitations and the world that the Wardens live in. It was suspenseful from the very beginning. It was action-packed, funny and, at times, tender and left me wondering what road this was taking. It was nice seeing the transition from cold Djinn to caring human. In Caine's usual fashion, we are left with a cliff-hanger, but I cannot wait for the next one.
Helpful Score: 3
This is a terrific story! This is another book set in the Weather Warden's world, but the heroine is Cassiel, one of the Old Djinn, She is cast out of the aetheric by Ashan because she will not undertake a horrific command. She actually becomes 'human' which is humilitating and potentially fatal for her.
She becomes attached to a Warden and his family in order to survuve and begins to truly become 'human' with all of their emotions and vulnerabilities. Then something terrible happens that makes her doubt what she had always held as the truth about djinn, humans and life itself.
I really enjoyed the transformation of this character, Cassiel. The story is original and the action fast and the pace just right. Caine writes really engaging books and this is the start of another great series! Can't wait for "Unknown", the next book in the series!!
She becomes attached to a Warden and his family in order to survuve and begins to truly become 'human' with all of their emotions and vulnerabilities. Then something terrible happens that makes her doubt what she had always held as the truth about djinn, humans and life itself.
I really enjoyed the transformation of this character, Cassiel. The story is original and the action fast and the pace just right. Caine writes really engaging books and this is the start of another great series! Can't wait for "Unknown", the next book in the series!!
Helpful Score: 2
WARNING! THIS BOOK IS A CONTINUATION!!!
I really, truly wish someone had told me the Outcast series is a continuation of the Weather Warden series.
Do not believe those who say you can read it prior to reading the Wardens. In the first few chapters I had NO idea what was going on because Undone starts off directly after the events of the Weather Wardens. This is a world that's already built, so unless you know (by reading Weather Wardens), it's nothing but confusing.
Secondly, if you haven't read the Wardens first, you will ruin some things for yourself. There are several Weather Wardens in the beginning chapters, and it's written as though the reader is EXPECTED to know them and what's going on. I finally put the book down and I'm waiting for the Warden series that I ordered to come in, then I'll come back to this book.
I really, truly wish someone had told me the Outcast series is a continuation of the Weather Warden series.
Do not believe those who say you can read it prior to reading the Wardens. In the first few chapters I had NO idea what was going on because Undone starts off directly after the events of the Weather Wardens. This is a world that's already built, so unless you know (by reading Weather Wardens), it's nothing but confusing.
Secondly, if you haven't read the Wardens first, you will ruin some things for yourself. There are several Weather Wardens in the beginning chapters, and it's written as though the reader is EXPECTED to know them and what's going on. I finally put the book down and I'm waiting for the Warden series that I ordered to come in, then I'll come back to this book.
Helpful Score: 1
I have enjoyed Rachel Caine's seven Weather Warden Series books, and this new series, which is an offshoot of WW's is very violent. I didn't like the character deaths, and really not even the main character. The only thing that kept me reading was the fact that this story does have connections to the Weather Wardens. The motivations of many of the story's occurances are vague, or unbelievable, right along with her powers which were supposedly "undone".
Helpful Score: 1
Excellent character development, bad ending. I hate 'to be continued' books. I won't be able to make a final decision on if I like it until I get my hands on book two. Especially since the fate of the world looks kinda doubtful at the end.
