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Pluses:
I'm a pretty big fan of Rachel Caine's Weather Warden series [though I'm still missing a few books] and I came to love her Outcast Season series as well. It takes place in the same universe and general timeline as the Weather Warden series so there's a lot of crossover.
Since I haven't read the last two Weather Warden books, I feel like I've probably missed a few things that would have clarified some of the goings on in this book. Despite my lack of being caught up in the Weather Warden series, I was able to keep up with the story progression and character interaction with relative ease.
Rachel Caine's characters are always vibrant, feisty and haunted, a mix that makes for great chemistry in the plot. She's also amazingly good with getting into her character's shoes and becoming them as she writes. Because damn if Cassiel isn't like night and day to Joanne Baldwin from the Weather Warden series! Getting to read about the two of them meeting was kind of a pleasant shock and made me think differently about both characters.
As the last book in a series it was actually well done and I don't feel irritated at how it ended, like I usually am. Though, like all series that seem to end too soon from a reader's standpoint, I really hope that Rachel Caine will push forward and create a series that takes place after the climax of both the Outcast Season and the Weather Wardens. I'm just chomping at the bit to find out what happens after all of this has been said and done!
Minuses:
The only thing I really had an issue with in Unbroken is that part way through, Cassiel would seem to sit on her thumbs and watch shit go down until she got into a tight spot and then important characters started popping in and out like a mad game of whack-a-mole to either help her or for her to help them before they disappeared abruptly. Understandably, there was a lot going on throughout the entire book and I know that there are two books worth of info I'm lacking. Plus, balancing the crossover for both series is a bitch [as I'm in the process of doing that myself], so I can't really complain much.
Overall Thoughts:
A solid final book to a series. Will need to read the entirety of the Weather Wardens before I get the whole picture though.
Rating: 4 out of 5 Bijouxs
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