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Magic Strikes by Ilona Andrews
5.0
How would I describe this series?
Paranormal mystery solver? Check!
Tough-talking super bravado? Check!
Intriguing plot? Check!
Everyone knows I love Kate Daniels, a snarky paranormal detective just trying her fucking best. I love this world, this writing, and these characters!!
Curran and Kate's dynamic has PEAKED in this book
“He lay still. “I give up,” he said and smiled. “Your move.”
Er. I was sitting atop the Beast Lord in my underwear, holding a knife to his throat. What the hell was my next move?”
The teasing. The banter. The support that we’ve come to expect and crave between the two continues with the two ---fighting and flirting had the chemistry pouring off each page
“He’s Roland’s Warlord. He’s here for me.” He was here for the woman who had broken his master’s blade.
“Tough luck. You’re mine.” Curran replied.”
This series continues to have each book with a unique mystery while developing the characters. This book especially shown with its witty one-liners that I struggled to pick which ones to include in the review and plot UNIQUE as FUCK
I mean the Midnight Games of an underground fighting ring for supernatural creatures?
“His teeth were bared. “What happened to barely winning?”
“You said sloppy! Look, I didn’t even use my sword; I hit him with my head, like a moron.”
“Curran looked at me. “What the hell was I supposed to do, catch the werebison as he was falling?”
It's both totally realistic for the world while simultaneously creating hilariously dangerous situations that Kate throws herself into to save people!
The action just beautiful creative tension with building up of important key characters and events combined with that *iconic* Kate Daniels sass
“Roland possessed immense power. He was also the man I had been training all my life to kill.”
You know it’s good to have goals and aspirations in life but calm the fuck down Kate
The secondary characters were all great - I loved Aunt B, Doolittle, Derek, George, Barbaras, and especially the sexually deviant bouda Raphael hilariously trying to push Curran's buttons
“Curran looked at the fan. “What?”
“An emergency precaution, Your Majesty. In case the lady faints.”
Curran just stared at him.
Raphael strode toward the Pit, turned, flexed a bit, and winked at me.
“Give me that,” I told Curran. “I need to fan myself.”
“No, you don’t.”
If you like paranormal detectives, read this book
if you like sass, read this book
if you like tough alphas that are sweet to their mates, read this book
If you worried there too much hype about this book that not gonna pay off, shut up and read this goddamn book
Sooo, I love paranormal detectives. I love the twisted plots, the dangerous characters, the desperate situations…it provides a rush that few other genres can match. This is one of those series that gets just better with each book cuz each book BUILDS off each other like there some PLOT TWISTS from the 1st book that will blow your everloving mind in this one!
And this is a fucking BRILLIANT example of how great this genre can be. Honestly this series is one of my favorite re-read series and the third book is where everything especially has built up to show ....
this a STRONG worldbuilding, character developing, son of a bitch series that I adore and think others should give a try too!
Paranormal mystery solver? Check!
Tough-talking super bravado? Check!
Intriguing plot? Check!
Everyone knows I love Kate Daniels, a snarky paranormal detective just trying her fucking best. I love this world, this writing, and these characters!!
Curran and Kate's dynamic has PEAKED in this book
“He lay still. “I give up,” he said and smiled. “Your move.”
Er. I was sitting atop the Beast Lord in my underwear, holding a knife to his throat. What the hell was my next move?”
The teasing. The banter. The support that we’ve come to expect and crave between the two continues with the two ---fighting and flirting had the chemistry pouring off each page
“He’s Roland’s Warlord. He’s here for me.” He was here for the woman who had broken his master’s blade.
“Tough luck. You’re mine.” Curran replied.”
This series continues to have each book with a unique mystery while developing the characters. This book especially shown with its witty one-liners that I struggled to pick which ones to include in the review and plot UNIQUE as FUCK
I mean the Midnight Games of an underground fighting ring for supernatural creatures?
“His teeth were bared. “What happened to barely winning?”
“You said sloppy! Look, I didn’t even use my sword; I hit him with my head, like a moron.”
“Curran looked at me. “What the hell was I supposed to do, catch the werebison as he was falling?”
It's both totally realistic for the world while simultaneously creating hilariously dangerous situations that Kate throws herself into to save people!
The action just beautiful creative tension with building up of important key characters and events combined with that *iconic* Kate Daniels sass
“Roland possessed immense power. He was also the man I had been training all my life to kill.”
You know it’s good to have goals and aspirations in life but calm the fuck down Kate
The secondary characters were all great - I loved Aunt B, Doolittle, Derek, George, Barbaras, and especially the sexually deviant bouda Raphael hilariously trying to push Curran's buttons
“Curran looked at the fan. “What?”
“An emergency precaution, Your Majesty. In case the lady faints.”
Curran just stared at him.
Raphael strode toward the Pit, turned, flexed a bit, and winked at me.
“Give me that,” I told Curran. “I need to fan myself.”
“No, you don’t.”
If you like paranormal detectives, read this book
if you like sass, read this book
if you like tough alphas that are sweet to their mates, read this book
If you worried there too much hype about this book that not gonna pay off, shut up and read this goddamn book
Sooo, I love paranormal detectives. I love the twisted plots, the dangerous characters, the desperate situations…it provides a rush that few other genres can match. This is one of those series that gets just better with each book cuz each book BUILDS off each other like there some PLOT TWISTS from the 1st book that will blow your everloving mind in this one!
And this is a fucking BRILLIANT example of how great this genre can be. Honestly this series is one of my favorite re-read series and the third book is where everything especially has built up to show ....
this a STRONG worldbuilding, character developing, son of a bitch series that I adore and think others should give a try too!