Heat Stroke / Rachel Caine

Heat Stroke

(Weather Warden 2)

by Rachel Caine

fantasy, chicklit

copyright 2004

read in December 2018

rated 7/10: well worth reading

Well worth reading ? Well, not strictly for its literary merit. Not that there's anything wrong with the way it's written...

This is chick lit fantasy -- done well. Sure, the heroine changes clothes -- but not for each new page. And she is willing to repeat outfits. Sure, the heroine is madly in love (hot, lingering looks, melt in his arms stuff) and she has the hots for just about every man she meets. But love and lust are not the only plot devices.

There's the bit where the heroine is an absolute slave to her man -- and to others. I find this trope to be embarrassing, slightly nauseating. But it is not something that this heroine *wants*.

The fantasy chick lit tropes are there -- but not overdone. They do not spoil an entertaining book. And that's why I rate it as a seven...

There's plenty of magic. I have decided that this is "illogical as-required" magic. That is, there is no "logical" explanation as to how it works. And when the heroine "requires" extra-strong magic -- there it is. Enough to solve the current problem, with little explanation. The "all good fun" style of magic :-)

And that's what this book is: all good fun. Goodies & baddies. Some sympathy for each. A heroine who just will not give in. Ridiculous, sympathetic, action-packed... enjoyable.

This book is worth a six, read to pass the time. Then I give it an extra mark because the standard tropes are used well.

Oh, and I like the way that the author deals with the necessity for "growth" of the heroine. You know, the heroine gains extra powers in each book, so the next book must have bigger threats... Harry Dresden, for example, starts simple and grows to absolute super-powers.

I've only read one Weather Warden book. But I really like the way that this need-for-growth appears to be being managed. Another trope used well.

Dr Nick Lethbridge / Consulting Dexitroboper

...        Agamedes Consulting / Problems ? Solved

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