Undone

by Rachel Caine

Book Overview

A brand new series from the author of the "Weather Warden" novels, who's as "Swift, sassy, and sexy as Laurell K. Hamilton." (Mary Jo Putney) View our feature on Rachel Caine's Undone.Once she was... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0451462610
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Ace
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.8" x 0.9" x 4.2"

Customer Reviews

loved it

I absolutely loved this book, it kept me on the edge of my seat and the story was remarkably original. I can't wait for the next installment and would even say I prefer this to the Weather Warden series.

Yes, more please

I've been a fan of Rachel Caine for years now but honestly the Weather Warden series was boring me. This is a fresh take and I more than enjoyed it. Can't wait for the next one!

A Fantastic Story!

If you are a fan of the Weather Warden series, I think you will LOVE this book. I've found the Weather Warden books to be pretty good overall with some slips here and there, but this new offshoot series about Cassiel is amazingly good. I highly recommend reading the Weather Warden series before reading this book. I suppose it might be understandable without the background stories, but it really adds to the layers to know who David and Ashan are and the difference between the Old and New Djinn. Cassiel should have been an unlikable character, but Ms. Caine has a done a wonderful job of taking a pride-filled former Djinn and making her into a wonderfully sympathetic person, and the story is, no if-ands-or-buts, interesting. I can't wait for the next installment in this new series!

Great first book in the series

Undone is the first book of a new series from Rachel Caine. However, reader beware....you will get much more out of this book if you first read the Weather Warden series of books before you embark upon this series. Let me say that I LOVED this book. I'm a fan of the Weather Warden series. If you've read any of that series, then you know about the ongoing struggles and alliances between the Djinn (old and new) and the Wardens (bad & good). The new series focuses on an Old Djinn who is cast out (and her Djinn powers "undone") by Ashan when she refuses to complete the task that he ordered her to complete. The Old Djinn that is cast out is Cassiel. Ashan transforms Cassiel into a human with some very limited Djinn-like powers that can only be supported by energies Cassiel draws from a Warden. Undone is a book of twists and turns. The set-up of the book in the early chapters has many characters that you will know from the Warden series, including Joanna, David, and Lewis. Those characters introduce the situation and then spin Cassiel off to New Mexico with a Warden who accepts responsibility for watching and "training" Cassiel. As the book progresses, major characters are attacked. Cassiel must attempt to navigate her new "life" without her Djinn powers AND while under attack from "bad" wardens and an unknown force. The motives and who-done-it atmosphere of the book will keep you guessing until the very last chapter. The book is a good introduction to the new series with a substantial hook into why additional books are required to tell the whole story. If you are a fan of the Weather Warden series, I think you will love the Outkast Season series for the in-depth look at the Djinn that is not present in any of the Weather Warden books.

superb urban fantasy

The Djinn Cassiel was ancient when man had yet to appear on the earth. She is one of the Old Ones wanting nothing to do with humanity as she believes they are beneath her. Unlike David, she never lived amidst these human fleas; preferring life on the aether plane of pure energy. She is cold and treacherous even to her own kind. Her life crashed when her Master, the newly made Conduit Ashan orders her to perform a task, but she refuses. As punishment for saying no, he changes her substance and exiles her in human form from the aether. Stunned Cassiel still needs aether energy to survive, but can only obtain it through the help of a weather warden. It is arranged that earth warden Manny Rocha will be her aether supplier in return for her assisting him with his job. The longer she remains in human form, the more she learns how to feel and that soon leads to her caring deeply for Manny and his family even his brother Luis. When tragedy strikes, instead of walking away to find a new host, Cassie and Luis team up seeking to find Manny's kidnapped daughter who Cassiel has learned to love. Rachel Caine, weather warden writing wizard, begins a sidebar series with the outcast Cassiel that will enthrall her fans as this is an excellent addition to the growing Caine mythos. Cassiel is terrific as a haughty essence who struggles with humanization learning first hand what a human is. Her transformation is brilliant as she is UNDONE by Manny and his family. With an abduction to add suspense, this superb urban fantasy enhances the author's universe while setting up the sequel. Harriet Klausner