Kaitystorm

I just finished this novel, second in a series.  The first book is Magic Bites.  The third one will be out in March 2009.  Ilona Andrews is a husband and wife team who are extremely talented.  Magic Bites was their debut novel, and quite enjoyable.  Kate Daniels, the heroine of the tale is a strong willed, do right kind of warrior living in a magic stricken Atlanta.

Magic Bites was good, but Magic Burns was even better.  Kate is hitting her stride, having to work out things in her life a whole lot harder than any of us face.  Along the way, she picks up a teenage charge, keeps running into an arrow shooting pest who turns out to be charming and has a good heart.  Throw in her ex-boyfriend and his new fiancee needing her help to get the blessing of the leader of the pack, Curran, who is powerful and dangerous, not to mention sexy.

This novel isn’t for those who are looking for a little story with their romance.  The romance is subtle, and the action outstanding.  Kate is a heroine who isn’t a goody-two shoes, but does what she thinks is right.  And she wasn’t born all powerful, she actually has learned and practiced to be as good as she is.  And she still gets her tail kicked every now and again.  She hides very powerful secrets, and I’m very excited that we don’t know them all already.  The clues we’re seeing just lead us down path after path, looking for the next one.  Who IS Kate Daniels?

Andrews has done much research into mythology and legends.  The players who show up in this series are well-written, scary and imaginative.  While Urban Fantasy is a hot genre currently, the author has taken a few liberties with familiar creatures and changed them up, much to our enjoyment.

There were many times when I had to ‘ewwww,’ or laugh outloud.  I can hardly wait for the next one.  This series rocks so far.  Much kudos to Ilona Andrews.

I’d have to rate this one a 4 and a half out of 5.

Posted: Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008 @ 4:30 pm
Categories: Uncategorized.
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