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This book was recommended to be by a friend. Although it was quite outside my usual genre, I found myself embroiled in the tale and trying to figure out this new version of Atlanta, GA.

Ms. Andrews has an excellent command of words and drew us pictures as well as scenes as the pages fluttered by. The dialog was snappy and lively and also gave great momentum to the tale. The characters were believable, even though this was urban fantasy. The murder mysteries were solid and held all the components plus more of a good traditional murder.

I found myself liking Curran and Derek and, not least, Kate herself.

I would have liked to have more history on Kate but perhaps that will come in future books. I wanted to understand Kate's relationship to Greg in a more full manner. I also was a bit confused on what is Tech vs Magic times? And, why they happen? Of course, if I had my way the novel would have been 700 pages and that is just too heavy for one sitting, as this book had me reading it in one sitting. I look forward to future episodes of Kate Daniels.


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Magic Bites Ilona Andrews Books Reviews

I'm still on the fence about this series, though I am going to read the second one before I make a full judgement. This book has very complex world building, but the author does very little explaining so you're basically dropped in the middle and have to figure it all out for yourself. Andrews obviously has created a clear view of this world in her head, and she just seems to take it for granted that the reader is on the same wavelength. But to be honest, I didn't even get a clear sense of what was going on and the "rules" of the world until almost 3/4 of the way through the book. Having finished, there are still some things I am unclear on. This world also tends to have a bit of a "everything but the kitchen sink" approach, with Andrews throwing in creatures from knights to zombies to vampires, to her main character Kate, who claims to be a "simple human" but must be the most superhuman human ever, since she can literally outfight every monster she encounters.

I was able to make it through the book however, mostly based off the strength of the main characters. They were interesting enough to keep me reading, even though I didn't always understand what was going on.
3.5 Stars!

I had read the Hidden Legacy Series by Ilona Andrews and fell in love with the writing, so I figured I would pick up the Kate Daniels Series. Magic Bites is book one, and you can tell this is the first book from this author, as it wasn't as polished as the new books.

In Magic Bites we meet mercenary Kate Daniels who finds out a loved one has died. She pushes herself into the investigation and has to make nice with people and creatures she never wants to deal with. Being pulled into politics and evil she never wanted to get involved in puts her into dangerous territory and as the story progresses we learn that Kate is hiding something, but we never truly find out what exactly Kate is.

I really did enjoy how headstrong and snarky Kate is, but sometimes this was her downfall. She wouldn't willingly accept help and that got her into trouble a lot. She's not very trusting, and that's understandable with the world she's living in, but when she's dealing with the world she's living in, she has to trust someone and accept help when it's offered. Unfortunately she learns that lesson a bit too late in this book. Kate goes through a lot in this book, and at times it became overwhelming for her and for me as the reader, I had a hard time keeping up with what was going on and who was who and what exactly was going on.

I did enjoy Kate's relationship with The Pack and I have a feeling this is going to be an interesting relationship going forward. Curran and her have a bond that isn't going to go away, they push each other too much for it to be ignored, and they kind of did save each other a few too many times. The Pack's dynamic is interesting and that part of the book was some of my favorite parts to read. I really enjoyed those characters and hopefully I'll get to see more of them in future reads in this series.

There was a lot of build up and craziness to get to the who, what, when, where, and why of what was going on in this book, and the climax of the book was awesome, but then it was just over. Thankfully we had a pretty awesome epilogue that gave us a glimpse into Kate afterwards and maybe what's in store for her next. I was just sad that it had all of this build up and then BAM it was over! I did love the characters in this book, but at times the writing was choppy and the story line was a bit hard to follow, hence the 3 1/2 stars. I am intrigued by this story line though and will be picking up more in this series to see what lies ahead for Kate and the rest of the beings we met in Magic Bites.
This book was recommended to be by a friend. Although it was quite outside my usual genre, I found myself embroiled in the tale and trying to figure out this new version of Atlanta, GA.

Ms. Andrews has an excellent command of words and drew us pictures as well as scenes as the pages fluttered by. The dialog was snappy and lively and also gave great momentum to the tale. The characters were believable, even though this was urban fantasy. The murder mysteries were solid and held all the components plus more of a good traditional murder.

I found myself liking Curran and Derek and, not least, Kate herself.

I would have liked to have more history on Kate but perhaps that will come in future books. I wanted to understand Kate's relationship to Greg in a more full manner. I also was a bit confused on what is Tech vs Magic times? And, why they happen? Of course, if I had my way the novel would have been 700 pages and that is just too heavy for one sitting, as this book had me reading it in one sitting. I look forward to future episodes of Kate Daniels.