Jordan Astraea lives as practically a slave now as she is
forced to train to be a Conductor. It doesn't help that she
can barely understand her powers herself. Her only hope,
Rowen, wants to rescue her, but he is forced to work on a
ship as well. They will have to learn to fight their own
battles if they want to brace the storm that is about to
come.
STORMBRINGER by Shannon Delany is an exceptionally well
written book. The chapters flow remarkably smoothly, and as
the character focuses of the story shifts, their parts end
in ways that always leave you anxiously curious as to what
will happen next. With that being said, I definitely think
Delany is amazingly skilled, but I just couldn't make a
strong connection to STORMBRINGER.
I didn't read Weather Witch (book one in the series) before
reading this sequel, but I got a fairly good grasp on
everything thanks to Delany putting in enough background
information to keep up. I definitely know that Jordan is the
central character, though there are other main characters.
Because of that, I was a bit confused when Jordan didn't
make an appearance until almost fifty pages into the story.
It's not that the story isn't interesting in the first part,
but I often wondered when Jordan was finally going to turn
up. When she does, the story takes a solid stride into the
plot, but I never felt that much was happening. There is a
lot of excellent internal growth going on in the characters,
but I really wish there was more external action taking
place.
I can't really say that I disliked the book, because
STORMBRINGER has a phenomenal voice to it, and I always
wanted to know what was going to happen, but for some
reason, I never developed a strong sense of connection or
care for the characters. I wanted to keep reading a strong
sense of curiosity, not a strong affection for where the
characters would end up. If you enjoy unique, slower paced
fantasy, I would still recommend it. I think there is most
definitely an audience for it, but I'm just not part of it.
In the intrigue-filled follow up to Weather Witch,
Jordan Astraea, once a young Philadelphia lady of good
social standing, is now in the final stages of her brutal
training to become a Conductor—the Weather Witch who serves
as a living battery to keep the massive airliner Artemesia
aloft. Meanwhile, Rowen, determined to rescue her after
losing his only other true friend and being wanted for
murder, has found himself forced aboard a much different air
vessel, this one manned by a dangerous crew and carrying a
cargo so treasonous, that, if finding its destination, will
herald a storm of revolution for the still young United
States.
With a spirit for adventure, romance,
fantastic world building and cunning imagination, Shannon
Delany delivers the sensational follow up to Weather
Witch in the second book of the trilogy.
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