Book Reviews of Undone (Outcast Season, Bk 1)

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.

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".

At 1st this book seemed to be a replay of the same ole weather warden book but about 1/2 thru the story came into it's own and I couldn't put it down. Undone is the story of Cassiel who is cast out of the dijinn...for what reason, she will not tell. She is an outcast among the dijinn, not trusted by the wardens, and doesn't fit in with the humans. As the story progresses she starts to come to terms with being human. Having warden type abilities and a dijinn logic helps her along. I really enjoyed the story...and in true Rachel Caine style the story ends w/ a huge cliff hanger that has you dying to get your hands on the next book.

My first non-vampire related book to read in a long time. Made the jump from Rachel Caine's YA series to this one and haven't regretted it at all. Love the characterizations and the plots. A neat spin on the universe.

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!!

On August 24, 2007, Caine announced on her mailing list and her blog that she has sold a four-book series called "Outcast Season" to Roc Books. Describing the upcoming series, she said "This series is a spin-off of the Weather Warden series, and will follow the story of a Djinn who's been cut off from her fellows, and must rely on the goodwill of a Warden partner for her very existence. Along the way, she has to face enemies and challenges that the Djinn can't, or won't face themselves." The first book in the series, "Undone." is due out in February 2009.

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