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Magic Bleeds (Kate Daniels, #4)

Ilona Andrews

Finish date: May 25, 2010

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Jan 14, 2012 cc rated it it was amazing

Shelves: no-love-triangle, favorite-books, steamy, beauty-and-the-beast, favorite-heroines, stalkerific-hero, 2012-read, urban-fantasy, paranormal-romance, favorite-authors

Take my heart, Ilona. I don’t need it anymore.

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My goodness…THIS BOOK.
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I loved it so, so, SO much! Every moment, every scene, every line. Everything! Even the mythology was spot on this time. That Erra was nasty. It’s hard to believe she’s related to Kate. Ugh.

The beginning was so exciting, with Kate preparing the naked dinner and all, but then everything went wrong, and I was almost pulling my hair out, where the hell was Curran?! But the writers were right; it would have been too soon to ha ...more

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Nov 15, 2010 Vivian rated it really liked it

Shelves: read-2011, audio, read-2016

I've never been an uber-fan of this series. All the elements I love in a UF are present - kick-ass heroine with a sarcastic streak, engaging action-packed story, and probably one of the my favorites in terms of world-building, but I wasn't going to jump up and down in excitement over the books. This book may have changed my mind about the series.

The story starts off with Kate being stood up by Curran, misunderstandings ensue, and they're both too stubborn to talk it out. I thought, crap, this is ...more

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Sep 05, 2011 KarenF rated it it was amazing

Shelves: kindle, urban-fantasy

I liked books 1 & 2 well enough but books 3 & now 4 really up the emotional stakes in this series. It's definitely now one of my top UF series (with Mercy and Dresden). Kate's background becomes a main focus in this one as it's a family member who's the big bad. It's been interesting watching Kate get more emotionally involved with everyone. I forget sometimes what a loner she was in the first book. But with that involvement with Julie or Andrea or (especially) Curran comes risks for Kate and ev ...more

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Nov 12, 2012 Cee rated it liked it

Shelves: werewolves-shifters, romance, urban-fantasy, adult-fiction, mythology, wizardy-magic, paranormal, vampires

3.5 Stars

Another good book in the Kate Daniels series. I couldn't get into the plot at first, hence the lower rating. Magic Bleeds shows how much Kate has grown, and the slowly developing relationship between her and Curran is lovely to behold. ...more

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