Official Review: Caution to The Wind by F. R. Southerland

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[Following is the official OnlineBookClub.org review of "Caution to The Wind" by F. R. Southerland.]

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3 out of 4 stars

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Caution to the Wind by FR Southerland is the first book in a series about Loren Bramley, a young woman with super powers, specifically the ability to manipulate air.

Loren begins the book as a waitress with a dead car battery, forced to walk home because she has never perfected the art of flying. On the way home, Loren has a run-in with a mugger only to be rescued by a hooded, Good Samaritan. The next morning, Loren finds herself fired from her waitressing job so she returns to her apartment to sleep in order to cope. When she wakes up, she realizes there is someone in her apartment. Armed only with an umbrella, she discovers her hooded, Good Samaritan is in her apartment waiting for her. Loren is told that there are others like her and that they have been looking for her in order to save the world. After demanding to know who he is, she discovers that her visitor is none other than Avery Morgan, the handsome brother of a billionaire. Upon arriving at the Morgan estate of Fairhaven Manor, Loren meets the rest of the Morgan siblings, Collum and Eva, as well as their technology guru Levi. Loren then begins a crash course in learning about the history of how she came to have her powers, who she really is, and how to control her powers. Evil forces are drawing closer and she will need both her own powers and those of the Morgan siblings in order to save the world.

I found the book to move quickly and it held my attention throughout. The beginning could be fleshed out a bit more with better background on Loren as the details provided initially are pretty sparse. Throughout the book, minimal detail was provided as to Loren’s background and had more information been provided, it might have made her fragility and uncertainty a bit less irritating. I found myself rooting for Loren to come to accept herself and her inner strength, but it seemed like the author was hung up on stretching out the insecure, damsel in distress routine for longer than necessary.

The other main characters with super powers: Eva, Avery and Collum, could also use more fleshing out. While Avery and Collum received a lot of attention, it seemed like Eva was a bit of an afterthought, which was a shame because I really liked her and her strength. Avery and Collum both had their flaws, especially the amount of strife between the two, which really became tedious.

I will say that the author does a great job in creating really unlikeable villains. I had no trouble rooting against those that wanted to do the Morgan siblings and Loren harm. The author does tip her hand a bit with pointing out to the reader fairly early on who will ultimately be the wolf in sheep’s clothing.

Overall, I would give this book 3 out of 4 stars. It was a quick, enjoyable read, but I do wish the author had spent more time fleshing out her characters and focused a bit less on their flaws and internal strife.

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[bookowlie]

Nice review! The premise of the story sounds interesting.

[memory]

Thanks!