Get ready for a 3-pack of Ilona Andrews reviews, folks! #81 Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews Okay, finally made it back to the beginning of the series, and it’s great. Kate meets Curran the Beast Lord, and all the right sparks fly. Kate also meets Derek before his “christening by fire” later in the series, and he is a young smart-alecky teenaged werewolf with a quick wit, sharp insights and an appealing personality. Kate is still a mercenary and a loner, who nonetheless builds the […]
Magic mixes with Hindu mythology in another Kate Daniels adventure
This is the third in the series, still in 2040 Atlanta where magic and tech surges alternate and wreak havoc, and humanity shares the planet with strange creatures of all sorts. The first half of Magic Strikes is classic, but heartbreaking. Heroine Kate Daniels races against time to save her– and my–favorite teen werewolf Derek from a gang of death fighters he has angered by encouraging a beautiful young would-be defector from their ranks, but she arrives too late. Derek’s body is discovered shattered and […]
Witches, Vampires, Werewolves … and Celtic Mythology.
Second in this excellent urban fantasy series, author/couple Ilona Andrews gives us lots to chew on in Magic Burns. Part-time mercenary and part-time investigator/warrior for the merciless Order of Merciful Aid, Kate Daniels is asked to rescue some important survey maps for the shapeshifter alliance known as The Pack, and in the process comes smack up against two colliding Celtic gods and their minions who are hoping to re-enter—and re-take—the world during a rare magic flare, which is described as a “magic tsunami. “ Alone […]
A complicated who-dun-it with too many suspects
Lake Tahoe lawyer and single mom Nina Reilly is desperate for new clients when one drops into her lap—a sulky and rebellious 16-year-old girl named Nikki who is arrested for the murder of her wealthy uncle. Nikki is a friend of Nina’s son Bob, who is determined that his mother prove Nina’s innocence at all cost. Nikki had been skulking on her uncle’s wealthy property the night he was killed, stole something from his underwater hiding place, and left a bloody handprint on the wall […]