Quoting/Reviewing Heat Stroke by Rachel Caine
Alright so a few days ago I finished reading Heat Stroke. Just like I suspected, it was better than Ill Wind. Much more action and drama that kept me turning the pages. I’m excited to read the rest of the series.
I also ended up looking up what a Djinn was. Basically Djinn is another word for genie although from what I can tell, more religion based. I remembered hearing the term before but wasn’t sure where. Then after a little researched I realized it was from American Gods by Neil Gaiman. The taxi cab driver towards the beginning of the book admits to being a jinn. The word ifrit also appears but seems to be used interchangably with jinn. Just like in the Weather Warden books, Gaiman describes the jinn as people of fire and mentions their eyes being different from normal people. I never really understood if the guy that the jinn sleeps with became a jinn too or not. That part kind of confused me, even reading it again right now.
My favorite quote from Heat Stroke was as follows…
“Hey, be sure to call me if the apocalypse comes. I need to get some 400-speed film, make sure I get good pictures.”
Doesn’t that sound like something Buffy would have said?
I was studying something else about this on another blog. Interesting. Your perspective on it is novel. ?If I were in this business only for the business, I wouldn’t be in this business. ?Samuel Goldwyn 1882 ?1974