Review: Magic Strikes
Ilona Andrews is one of my favorite contemporary fantasy authors because she’s taken a lot of time with her world-building and her characters develop instead of devolving. Add to that, every few pages I am laughing at some snarky remark one of her characters makes, and you have a winning combination to keep my attention.
This is the third of three Ilona Andrews reviews.
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Magic Strikes
Ilona Andrews
Ace Books
0441017029
Mass Market
Kate Daniels is one of my favorite heroines in contemporary fantasy. One of the reasons is the hard work and solid characterization put in by Ilona and Gordon Andrews. Readers get to see character development based on a consistent value system.
In this third installment of the “Magic” series which began with “Magic Bites,” Kate is facing a new enemy who wants to do away with the half-breed weres. The Rakshasa are crueler than anything Kate’s fought before, wreaking devastating damage on their victims. The center of the action takes place in a gladiator-style arena where both sides contest for a magical treasure that will give them reign over the other.
Of course, Curran is back, too. And the tension is definitely heating up between him and Kate. He means to have her as mate and she’d rather strangle him–or would she? This book, more than its two predecessors in the series, is crossing over into the romance genre. В The humor is still intact and there’s nothing ’sweet’ about this book that would make me want to put it down.
Magic Strikes
While my review paints this story as serious, Andrews pens some lines and scenarios that had me screaming with laughter as I read long past the time I intended to go to bed, totally unable to put the book down. Character development, action, romance, humor, and strong pacing all add up to the best read so far in the series. I hope there are many more to come from this very talented and hard-working team.
Reviewed by Becky Kyle.
January 6, 2010
Tags: dark fantasy, mystery, romance Posted in: Full Reviews
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