Name: Unknown
ISBN: 9780451463098

Rachel Caine

Cassiel, a former djinn who now lives as a human among the Wardens, helps Warden Luis Rucha investigate the kidnapping of Warden children, which leads her to a fanatical splinter group and to the highest ranks of her immortal kin.

Unknown

Andrea Mack

** spoiler alert **
           I've read all of the Weather Warden series, so was very happy when Outcast season continued on in that universe.

I have to say I was kind of disappointed by Unknown. Each Weather Warden book packed a pretty good punch, but I was a bit let down with this book.

There was a fair amount of character interaction that took place in this book that left me confused and wondering when exactly all the development for it had happened. References to how close Cassiel had become to Manny (the warden she’s partnered with) and his family litter this book. And while I can see how that’s the basis of this series, the first book left me feeling like Cassiel was more a stranger trying to make up for a mistake than somebody who really cared for this family.

Several months have passed between this book and the first one, yet the reader doesn’t really get a sense of what took place between then and now. After how many people tried to kill Cassiel and Luis (Manny’s brother and another warden), I found it hard that nothing occurred in those months, and then all of a sudden it starts happening again.

Despite those faults I still enjoyed reading it. It takes place in a universe that I’m familiar with. I’m rather enjoying seeing how things play out for Cassiel as she tries to deal with her new humanity and the consequences of it. I’ll admit I would have expected more awkwardness on her part, but perhaps being a former Djinn she’s already ahead of the learning curve.

My only hope is that the next book picks up a little bit more and fills in some of the gaps I mentioned above.

Unknown

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