The Hurricane Wars is a sweeping fantasy built on political conflict, elemental power, and a romance that keeps tightening the screws. Guanzon has a big canvas to work with, and she uses it well. The tension between the two leads carries a lot of the energy, but the worldbuilding gives the story its scale.
There is a strong sense of factions, history, and weather as a force of power rather than backdrop. The result is lush and dramatic without losing sight of its central conflict. It reads like the opening chapter of a very large problem.