*Before I begin my review, I must take a moment to honour the devastating goddess who made it possible for me to read this book. There are not enough words in the English language to fully capture the incadescents of this magnificent human being. She is beyond reproach, loved by all, exulted in her graciousness. I adore her with the nuclear reactions of a thousand suns. She is worth more to me than all of the precious jewels!*

/Suck up

"The series gets good at book three."



If I had a penny for ever More...

The fifth book in the Kate Daniels Series, Magic Slays is just as AMAZING as all the rest. Ilona Andrews is one of my all-time favorite authors and I am so amazed at how with each book in the Kate Daniels series I grow closer and closer to these characters that I have so much emotion welled up in me. Yes. I cried like a big baby. That is how great and close you come to love these characters. You think of them as real and you adore each and everyone of them.

MAGIC SLAYS is the book! Yes, the book More...

4.5 stars.
Ladies and Gentlemen, I believe we have a winner! Ilona and Andrew have done it again.

I have a plan to save urban fantasy. I’m not a megalomaniac or anything, I just think that UF needs saving and I care enough to try. Therefore, I’ve developed a cunning plan: I’m going to buy four more copies of this book. The first I’ll send to Jeanine Frost because she was the first of my favorite UF authors to disappoint me this year. (view spoiler)[Hot wax? So not cool! (hide spoiler)] I’ll send the second book to Chloe Neill, More...

This is the fifth installemnt of the Kate Daniels series and I LOVED IT! I completely completely consumed it this book, no page was left unturned, no word undevoured! In the last book it was left with Kate and Curran finally getting their freak on and becoming mates, and Kate starting up her own PI business with a little assistance from the Pack. In Magic Slays it has been a couple of months and she hasn't had a single client which, isn't surprising been as Ted her former boss at the Order has b More...

Coming off the high of the spectacular ending of Magic Slays, I've been staring at the computer for 10 minutes, trying to figure out why it took me a little while to really get into this book. And I think I've finally come up with the answer.

As the story begins, Kate is running the new agency that Curran set up for her since she has left the Order. But despite her competence and reputation, she doesn't have any clients. But just as her best friend Andrea returns from a two month absence, Kate is More...

There is really just no way to write a review that does Magic Slays justice without being spoilerish because, while the writing, the plot and the characters make the story really good, it is all of the little things that make it great. So without giving too much away, here are a just few of the things that made Magic Slays the newest addition to my very small keeper shelf ...

I loved the humor, especially Kate's banter with several of her cohorts and 'his furriness' - I had forgotten how snarkily More...

(Kate) "You can't tell me what to do."
(Curran) "Yes I can. Listen: this is me telling you what you will NOT do."
(Kate) I raised the cookbook and taped him on the nose. Bad cat.

When you have a series that has reached the 5th book it can be really hard to keep readers with you, keep the plots fresh, not predictable, and enjoyable. This was not a problem at all for the awesome writing team that is Ilona Andrews.

This installment in the Kate Daniels universe was full of tension, blood, emotion, tea More...

I would like all authors of urban fantasy and paranormal romance out there to stop for a second their feverish scribbling and take a look at this series. THE proof that YES, series don't necessarily need to go down the drain after 4th installment, that YES, series can STILL be interesting after the two romantic interests in the story "do the deed" and that YES, plots do not need to become unbelievably twisted, punctuated by improbable events and where mythology gets slaughtered just to get out o More...

I loved this book! I thought that once Curran and Kate mated that they would become boring and mundane...but OH NO....there is none of that in this book!
I LOVE Kate's personality! Her wit, the way she thinks, She is perhaps one of my favorite female leads...EVER! She has my favorite characteristic in an Alpha Character - Broken but Strong, and Loyal.
Kate has been trained to be strong, cold, to kill and trust absolutely NO ONE... that she second guesses herself and has a hard time letting her gu More...

This series keeps getting better. Magic Slays picks up about a month after Magic Bleeds, Kate and Curran are mated and living in the Keep. Kate has started her own private investigation business and it is floundering, until she gets a client who wants her to find a kidnapped inventor; major drama, violence and tragedy follow. Andrews does a great job of balancing the folklore, violence, and romantic aspects so that the story is balanced and extremely well paced. Magic Slays is the best so far in More...

Better than the previous book, but still somewhere along the line this series has stopped working for me. By the way my rating would be closer to 2.5 stars.

I really liked the first two books. But after that the series stopped working for me. I kept trying to figure out why, and I think I finally worked the two main reasons it´s no longer working for me.

1 - One reason is subjective, the direction this series is going is not quite *my* thing. Everybody has got favorite "ingredients" or flavours, More...

I waffled, but I can't give Magic Slays more than three stars in the end. Slays is competent work, but I read this to finish it. We didn't learn anything new about Kate or Curran, her enemies are vicious, creative, and quirky per their usual, and she wins by the skin of her teeth as her custom.

Kate & co. also struck me as oddly self-righteous or cruel in this installment. Andrews has never deluded us. Her villains run the gamut, but typically, they perpetrate graphic, criminal violence. They More...

Rating: 4.5 Stars

Magic Slays wasn’t nearly as good as Magic Bleeds, but it was pretty darn close. I’ve said it before, but it deserves repeating – this series excels because of its characters. Its formulaic-ness never becomes a problem simply because the characters are so lively and real. Even secondary characters such as Jim, Curran’s best friend; Derek, a werewolf who’s good friends with Kate; Julie, the orphan child Kate is guardian too; and especially Andrea, Kate’s best friend, have all pl More...

Love it, love it, love it! All I want to do after finishing this book is go back and start all over at the beginning. Kate and Andrea, in particular, have some fabulous page time in MAGIC SLAYS, and their witty banter really made the book for me. Andrews does a phenomenal job developing the tension of Kate's eventual conflict with her father without ever making me feel like she was artificially stretching out the series (the revelations of MAGIC SLAYS were both satisfying and realistic). This se More...

I feel I should warn you: Ilona is actually a power word that means read. After 5 books, 3 novellas and 1000 squeals in 6 days, you would think the novelty would wear off. NOPE. There is still such a freshness to the story and so many more storylines to be explored. Derek? More please. Jim and Dali? More please. Kate and Curran? I WILL SAY PLEASE BEFORE AND THANK YOU AFTER.

Basically, I can't get enough and it's a great feeling. Book slump? What is that?

The stakes are raised even more in this boo More...

Has it been five books already? My how the time flies, it seems like just yesterday Kate was a Merc who hadn't even met the Beast Lord yet.

The world of Kate Daniels, is an interesting one. Where magic rushes in and out like an unpredictable tide, canceling out technology, and things like street lamps or gas powered cars when it's high, and allowing them to run when it's low. And all this magic comes out of everywhere, legends and myths roam the streetes.

The four previous books have seen Kate's r More...

Another great addition to the Kate Daniels series. The story arc is really starting to move forward and I cannot wait to see what happens in the next one. I am waiting with bated breath to see the first meeting between Kate and her father. Eeeek! I can't wait.
A lot happens, there's plenty of action as well as relationship building moments and character development. I love that this series always feels like it's going forward and never stalls out. Curran and Kate are awesome and there are great More...

I plan to do a full review of this later - these are just my quick thoughts.

I loved it!! Ilona Andrews just continues to blow me away with their stories. It's such a deep, vivid, layered world with complex characters around every corner.

I liked the reality of Kate starting her own business. Of having partners/employees. The difficulties and issues that come with that and how she handled them.

The growth and development in Kate and Curran's relationship is fantastic. This isn't just an HEA, ride More...

5/5; 5 stars; A+

Re-read; Aug.2012-I think this is the best book in the series. I'm glad Kate is out of the Order and settling into her life with the Pack. It continually amazes me when the Andrews duo comes up with more twists and complexity in the world they've build. Well done.

Original Review:

Ilona and Gordon Andrews can do no wrong.
So often, the first book in a series is great and then it peters out. The Kate Daniels series is the opposite. Every books is strong, every book brings the story More...

To view my favorite quotes from the book, go to http://yummymenandkickasschicks.com/?... (scroll to bottom of review). There are lots of wonderful lines in this book!

Every time I pick up a book from Ilona Andrews’ Kate Daniels’ series, I am reminded of why this series is among my mostest favorite out there. I love everything about it. The world, the stories, the style, the characters…all of it. And Magic Slays, the fifth book in the series, is just as wonderful as the rest of the series.

Magic Sl More...

Oh my God!!!!!!!Loved Loved Loved the book.The wait of nearly a year was worth it.I am still high from reading this action packed book and finding it difficult to come back. I swear my toes are still tingling from the ending.I don't think I have words to describe how much I love this series and Kate and of course Curran*yummy!I wouldn't mind being called babycakes Curran*.They warm up my heart with their witty banter and there weird twisted display of affection.The plot is fast paced and makes y More...

Review IN PROGRESS

(in other words, don't get mad at me for spoiling...I'm not done with the review yet)

After coming down from the high of another Kate Daniels book...I do have a few thoughts. As time has passed...I've learned to deal with the Awesome Overload these books give.

(view spoiler)[So, if the witches were related to Kate and knew about her...why did they not take her from Voron? It seems that they really didn't care as much as they pretended. They have the power to do it (remember, Kate's mom did it o (hide spoiler)] More...

4.75 stars

Not to get all mushy here, but Kate and Curran need to have a kid.

Like, right now.

AHAHAHAHAHAH-

Stop laughing.

I'm serious.

We already know Kate's got the maternal instinct from her relationship with Julie. And can you imagine Curran with his own baby? I CANNOT EVEN COMPREHEND THE LEVELS OF SQUISH OH MY GAWD.



Ooh, but I bet some people in the Pack *cough*Aunt B*cough* would be all pissed off that Kate's kids wouldn't be shapeshifters. Because they wouldn't be, would they? Seeing as her blo More...

This series is pure magic for a modern chick. These novels by the Gordon writing team have the humor and sexiness of a Stephanie Plum romp (Janet Evanovich), the mystery and thrill of a Cotton Malone caper (Steve Berry), and the philosophical questions of a sci-fi adventure (e.g. Robert A. Heinlein).

I think these stories resonate so strongly with females due to the emphasis on character relationships. I particularly liked how the authors portrayed Kate's broad, accepting definition of 'family', More...

Well, I wasn't that curious about 5th book like I was for the 4th, but I was still damn curious about the interactions between Kate and Curran as a mated couple. And I'm really glad that they're not a happy, fluffy, sunshine couple. But to strong personaltities together and you get a lot of edges. It's the right balance between being in love and struggling, which won't make that relationship boring soon.

The story as always was very good and the pace with Ilona Andrews never gets slow. Once you More...

4.5 stars! This was another fantastic addition into the Kate Daniels series!

This book picks up right after Magic Bleeds leaves off, and we get to see the development of Kate and Curran's relationship now that they are mated, and I just loved that aspect of it.

As usual, there was a great plot - Andrews is very creative with their plots, their world, and the incorporation of mythology.

We got to see great and fabulous dialog between the characters, especially that of Kate and Curran (of course), More...