Magic Bites (Kate Daniels, #1) in SOS: Serious Overload of Series

Sep 06, 2009 Mrs. Badass rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

A great kick ass heroine who doesn't feel the need to spout how bad ass she is to the reader, and to everyone in the book. She proves she's kick ass by actually... kicking ass.

I really like Kate Daniels as a Heroine. The story kept me interested, tho I did find some aspects confusing. I enjoyed how Andrews implores her vampires as gross, mean and killing machines. There is no romantic vampire notions here in this series :P

I found the possible romantic and sexual tension between Curran and Kate ...more

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Feb 08, 2010 Sandra rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: pnr-uf, shifters, ilona-andrews, own, paperback

Re-read for WYA Readathon, 14 June 2011.

Possibly loved it even more than the first time I read it.

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2 March 2011

This is very much an Urban Fantasy novel. And I loved it.

Our heroine is smart but doesn't know everything, strong but knows her weaknesses, is mean and feisty and doesn't take sh*t from anyone, which is both good and bad. Her mouthiness does get her into trouble but she somehow always pulls back in time. Her ...more

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Jul 08, 2010 is mee... kissa rated it liked it · review of another edition

even though this book has gotten pretty good ratings i didn't really expect to like it - but i did.
It started out very slow and confusing for me, but towards the end i did understand the World more. So saying, i guess the world building could have been done better. Of course, that's assuming I'm not the only person who got confused and felt like they just got thrown into a World with no information on it.

so... the beginning bored me a little, the end woke me up to what was happening... what did even though this book has gotten pretty good ratings i didn't really expect to like it - but i did.
It started out very slow and confusing for me, but towards the end i did understand the World more. So saying, i guess the world building could have been done better. Of course, that's assuming I'm not the only person who got confused and felt like they just got thrown into a World with no information on it.

so... the beginning bored me a little, the end woke me up to what was happening... what did i like in between? hmm.. i liked the bad guy... what is wrong with me? i mean me and the dark side? agghh....
i like Jim too... oh and Curren.... hmmm.. and Derek.... why are they all guys? oh well.

*spoiler alert*

the villain was kind of too surreal for me. I mean he freaking ate corpses... which is not so bad for me to comprehend in supernatural novels but THEN we find out that he mates with animals. ANIMALS! what.the.hell? what is that?! i don't think that i have ever come across something like that before. I mean, i don't have a weak stomach or anything, not that the scenes were too gross... except for maybe the examination of the chopped off head bit... but it was just so weird. and i know that sounds odd when you're talking about a supernatural novel but still...

*end of spoiler*

the plot. That was pretty good, not very original but the series of events was unique [i think]

our heroine, Kate, i love. I find that since i'm a smart-ass, i like the smart-asses too. Even though so many people get annoyed at me for it [it's a talent:]. she's impulsive.. yay for spontaneous people! and she's tough... and of course, my favourtite trait in a heroine: she's a smart-ass. She's smart, tough, knows how to wield a sword, and knows magic. All in all.... she's a badass.

i like the chemistry between Curren and Kate. They kind of act like children when they're around each other.. hehe... and i like it when they get into arguments.

oh and by the by.. if you like vampires you'll be happy to know that they are in this novel but they probably aren't what you expect. ...more

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Nov 21, 2009 Amelia rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: urban-fantasy, own

It was actually decent... towards the end.... when I could actually read it without falling asleep.

I will read the next book to see what all the hype is about.

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