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.