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por Rachel Caine

Séries: Outcast Season (2)

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Second in the new series from the New York Times bestselling author

Living among mortals, the djinn Cassiel has developed a reluctant affection for them-especially for Warden Luis Rocha. As the mystery deepens around the kidnapping of innocent Warden children, Cassiel and Luis are the only ones who can investigate both the human and djinn realms. But the trail will lead them to a traitor who may be more powerful than they can handle...

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The second book in the Outcast Season series finds Cassiel becoming more human and falling in love with Earth Warden Luis Rocha. They are both on a quest to rescue Luis's niece who has been kidnapped by Pearl along with many other Warden children to be turned into weapons in her war against humanity.

Cassiel is conflicted and alone. She was exiled from the Djinn and turned human because she refused to massacre humanity. Her leader believes that this is the only way to defeat Pearl and save the Djinn. More and more Cassiel fears that he might be right. But the more she spends time with humans, the more determined she is to find a way to defeat Pearl and still save humanity.

I enjoyed the worldbuilding in this story. I am also getting to like Cassiel more as she becomes more involved with humans and their problems. ( )
  kmartin802 | May 18, 2023 |
62 points/100 (3.25 stars/5).

There are still children missing, and Djinn, Wardens, and humans alike after Cassiel (and by extension Luis). As the mystery deepens, the situation gets even more dangerous, and they're desperate to find both Luis' niece and the rest of the children.

Definite dip in enjoyment this book compared to [b:Undone|3596225|Undone (Outcast Season, #1)|Rachel Caine|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1331242067s/3596225.jpg|3638908]. Last book was interesting because it had Cassiel learning to be human. This book doesn't really have much going for it on its own. Despite taking place maybe a few days after becoming human, Cassiel has basically fully assimilated into being human. This book forsakes everything in order to cram as much action into it, yet it still manages to cram in half a sex scene.

The best thing about this series was the fact that Cassiel was never human, and now she is. Almost everything about this fact has been erased except when it suits the plot. It is frustrating how quickly Cassiel "assimilated" to being human. It is only relevant at all when she appears slightly less than what the people around her expect her to be for the situation (despite everyone acting different, and her not acting too different from the rest - or worse, exactly the same as everyone else is acting). The only other time it comes up is when the author choose a really inconvenient time to explore her "human feelings, ethics, and morals". All of this is incredibly frustrating, and doesn't really make for a good read.

The events in this book can be categorised in two different ways. The first way is Cassiel does something morally or ethically questionable, for a human, and everyone looks at her weird for it but it is the right call. This is especially annoying, because this was the choice they were always going to make this choice, Caine just had to highlight her otherness with these scenes. The second way things play out is Cassiel makes a boneheaded decision, lets see how it comes back to bite her in the ass later!

The book has pretty much zero downtime. Things like eating and sleeping are mostly forgotten about, despite the book going on for several days. For the most part, the only time they get any real sleep is when they're knocked out, which really is not a real sleep. They get hurt so often in this book, and they "drain themselves of power" so much that the fact that basic life necessities are missed is really glaring. This book is seriously gogogogogogogo, gotta go have to do what I've set out to do, everything depends on it. It is absolutely exhausting.

While the book does spike up my adrenaline a bit, it feels artificially done so. Despite the adrenaline, it doesn't really mean I find the plot especially interesting. It feels pretty bland, even. None of the events stand out as being overly important or that there is any specific purpose to them having happened the way they do. It is like the events could have unfolded in any way the author could have come up with, because the outcome would have been the same either way because that is "The Plan".

This romance still feels completely off-balance to me. The disparity in powers is incredible. Not only is there the whole djinn powers human powers (which isn't all that bad, really, except that Cassiel could still turn into cold Cassiel), there is the fact that both of them could easily hold something over the other in order to get what they want. They don't have the relationship yet where this would never happen (and the way it is going, they never will have that sort of relationship, either). Not to mention the fact that Cassiel literally has to feed off of him in order to survive. While mildly cute, it is an incredibly creepy relationship, leaves me feeling uneasy.

Not as good a book as the last one was. At least this book didn't really end on a cliffhanger, those are annoying.

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  keikii | Jan 23, 2020 |
Re-read: 7/6/15 - 4 stars

Originally read 5/20/10 - 5 stars

This book was just as good as the first one. Cassiel is a smart, tough and flawed heroine. Her desire to save humanity instead of destroying it felt genuine. Her emerging romance with Luis was just the right touch; it wasn't the main focus of the story, but simmered nicely in the background. There was plenty of action and suspense to keep me on the edge of my seat and I anxiously await the next installment. ( )
  mitabird | Jun 10, 2018 |
This series just gets better and better! I really like how Cassiel is coming to terms with her humanity and how that affects her relationship with Luis. They are a really cool couple and are working more like a team as they resume their search for Isabel, Luis' missing niece. In this, the second installment of the Outcast Season, the plot continues to develop as Pearl moves forward with her evil plan. Is she after revenge against the Djinn or human extinction? Does she want to destroy Cassiel or Mother Earth herself? It's anyone's guess at this point, but I'll keep reading to find out. It's definitely going to be an epic confrontation between good and evil.

Pearl is definitely one of the more insane evil characters in Ms. Caine's writings. She's ruthless and will use anyone, dispose of any life, if it suits her purpose, or if it simply amuses her. Her lack of respect for life acts as a lightning bolt, searing the newly experienced emotions of Cassiel, which translates to quite a few emotional scenes for the readers. I have to respect that in a book. One moment you can be excited, reading an adrenaline induced fight scene and the next, you're getting a little misty and picturing all the evil ways you would like to see Pearl die. Okay, it's not THAT bad, but you get the picture. The emotions are spot on.

This is an action packed Urban Fantasy series with unique characters and sci-fi traits that will leave you breathless for more! I highly recommend this one for all fantasy fans! ( )
  Becky_McKenna | Mar 10, 2016 |
The second book of the spinoff series from the Weather Warden series starts right almost at the end of the first one. Cassiel is working with Rocha to find his niece that has been taken by a rogue djinn bent on destroying everything and is using children with weather warden powers as her army. I do hope they will find an ally instead of always having someone stab them in the back. ( )
  Glennis.LeBlanc | Jul 8, 2014 |
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Fantasy. Fiction. HTML:

Second in the new series from the New York Times bestselling author

Living among mortals, the djinn Cassiel has developed a reluctant affection for them-especially for Warden Luis Rocha. As the mystery deepens around the kidnapping of innocent Warden children, Cassiel and Luis are the only ones who can investigate both the human and djinn realms. But the trail will lead them to a traitor who may be more powerful than they can handle...

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