Gunmetal Magic (Kate Daniels, #5.5; World of Kate Daniels, #6 & #6.5; Andrea Nash, #1) in SOS: Serious Overload of Series

Jan 31, 2012 The Flooze rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: urban-fantasy-paranormal, vanquished_2013, owned, vanquished_2017

*4.5*

Fanfuckingtastic.

I'll admit I was worried about this one. As Roman tells Andrea, "You were all clenched up before... Very serious. Robot Andrea." And she was. In Kate's books, I'd found her absolute devotion to rules and order difficult to relate to. I admired her skill and determination, but I didn't look forward to a whole book from her POV.

I was incredibly, blissfully surprised then to find myself adoring the new Andrea. She's changed, and it's all for the better. Though she still has th ...more

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Jul 05, 2012 Thenia rated it really liked it

Shelves: shifters, reviewed, r-ab, vampires, series, 2018, paranormal, romance, 2012, magic

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Update: Re-read: 31 Aug 2018:

Andrea finally makes peace with who she is and finds her place in the world, as well as her happily ever after.

Enjoyable story, that showed us a different side of favorite characters. There is a deleted epilogue for this book that comes next, Andrea and Raphael's Wedding.

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Another great addition to an awesome series. Andrea may not have Kate's special brand of kick-ass toughness, but she's got

Gunmetal Magic on Books On Track

Update: Re-read: 31 Aug 2018:

Andrea finally makes peace with who she is and finds her place in the world, as well as her happily ever after.

Enjoyable story, that showed us a different side of favorite characters. There is a deleted epilogue for this book that comes next, Andrea and Raphael's Wedding.

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Another great addition to an awesome series. Andrea may not have Kate's special brand of kick-ass toughness, but she's got loads of her own.

In the beginning of the book she finds herself left behind. The love of her life seems to have moved on while she was trying to fix parts of her broken self and she is stuck somewhere between unable to make peace with who she is and unable to keep pretending. After a traumatic experience she snaps and finally decides to stop dragging her feet. I found that I really liked the new and improved Andrea.

The chemistry between the characters is intense, the tension palpable and their interractions real. I especially liked her moments with Kate and seeing our favorite characters through her eyes.

Andrea and Raphael make a great couple and I enjoyed reading their story and their turn to save the world.

Ascanio and Roman are two of my new favorite characters in Kate's world and I'm really looking forward to reading more about them both.

Previous book reviews:
✦ Magic Gifts (Kate Daniels, #5.4) ~ ★★★★ (01/01/2015, 31/08/2018, 08/06/2021)
✦ Magic Tests (Kate Daniels, #5.3) ~ ★★★★★ (17/07/2014, 07/06/2021)
✦ Magic Slays (Kate Daniels, #5) ~ ★★★★★ (22/02/2012, 31/08/2018, 07/06/2021)
✦ Magic Dreams (Kate Daniels, #4.5) ~ ★★★★ (05/07/2012, 30/08/2018, 07/06/2021)
✦ Magic Bleeds (Kate Daniels #4) ~ ★★★★★ (14/03/2011, 30/08/2018, 07/06/2021)
✦ Magic Mourns (Kate Daniels, #3.5) ~ ★★★★ (14/03/2011, 30/08/2018, 06/06/2021)
✦ Magic Strikes (Kate Daniels, #3) ~ ★★★★★ (01/02/2011, 30/08/2018, 06/06/2021)
✦ Magic Burns (Kate Daniels, #2) ~ ★★★★ (29/01/2011, 29/08/2018, 04/06/2021)
✦ Magic Bites (Kate Daniels, #1) ~ ★★★★ (29/10/2010, 29/08/2018, 02/06/2021)
✦ A Questionable Client (Kate Daniels, #0.5) ...more

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Jan 06, 2012 Christal rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: vampires, female-lead, urban-fantasy, weres-and-shifters, gods-and-goddesses, favorites, magic, witches-warlocks-and-mages, pi-detective-cop

This book was classic Andrews. Lots of magic, action, godly interference, and of course snark! While I didn't love this quite as much as a Kate book, I still enjoyed the visit to magical Atlanta and learning Andrea's side of the story.

Andrea Nash is trying to put her life back together and part of that involves facing up to her ex-boyfriend Raphael. When the pack asks for her help investigating the murders of Raphael's reclamation workers, they are both forced to face their feelings and work tog This book was classic Andrews. Lots of magic, action, godly interference, and of course snark! While I didn't love this quite as much as a Kate book, I still enjoyed the visit to magical Atlanta and learning Andrea's side of the story.

Andrea Nash is trying to put her life back together and part of that involves facing up to her ex-boyfriend Raphael. When the pack asks for her help investigating the murders of Raphael's reclamation workers, they are both forced to face their feelings and work together to solve the mystery. It wouldn't be an Andrews novel without a mythological background and this time we are introduced to Egyptology and the god Anapa/Anubis.

The mystery was interesting but it was really Andrea's voice that carried this novel. She is a very damaged character and it was touching to watch as she rebuilt herself. She came to accept things that she had previously hated or rejected. I think she became a much stronger character and began to believe in herself as someone of value. I hope we get to see this new side to her in the future Kate Daniels' novel.

I loved the appearances made by Kate, Curran, and Doolittle. It was a lot of fun to see Andrea take on Ascanio as a side kick, much the way Kate helped nurture Derek. It seemed Ascanio really respected Andrea and hopefully took a few lessons from her. I also enjoyed seeing Julie from Andrea's perspective.

The only part that I didn't love was Raphael and the tension between him and Andrea. They acted pretty silly towards each other for most of the novel, and while it was entertaining, I wanted to see true emotion between them. I blame it mostly on Raphael because he just did not jump off the page for me here. I loved him in the other books, especially Magic Strikes. He just felt flat to me here; it was really obvious when compared to the awesomeness that was Roman. He was an incredible addition to this story and I hope we see him in future Kate novels or even a novella of his own. I did appreciate that Andrea realized right away that she wasn't attracted to him. It was a nice change from love triangles that drag on and on due one character's indecision. That said, I am happy with the resolution to Andrea and Raphael's story and ~~happily~~ ~~patiently~~ anxiously await the next novel in the Kate Daniels' World.

*** This book also included the novella Magic Gifts which I had previously read and reviewed here. *** ...more

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Jul 12, 2019 Marla rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy, romance, series, zz-2019, adult, retelling, girl-power, paranormal, shape-shifters, mythology

I understand the woman scorned, but I thought Andrea seemed unreasonably stubborn and annoying. If Andrea had such low self-esteem and a gorgeous, sexy male was interested, she should've been grateful for the attention. Instead she pushed him away and pouted when he didn't chase her down. Of course he was going to move on, she was stupid and naive to think he was pining for her. (view spoiler) ...more

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Aug 09, 2016 Kati rated it really liked it

Shelves: urban-fantasy, audiobooks, in-english, 2016

A really good book. I was curious how Andrea and Raphael's story will turn out. And it was great to see all the other characters, too. Especially Barabas, who has a much bigger part in this book than in the Kate Daniels ones (and I now want to know more about Ethan!).

One thing that I didn't like? Every time Andrea ran out of arguments, she started all about how spoiled Raphael was. Every frickin' time. She made it sound like he was some kind of a leech, not a hard-working man taking care of a w ...more

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Oct 02, 2012 Kimberly rated it really liked it

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I knew Andrea had a bad past, but reading it in a bit more detail emphasized how bad it was. We're finally told what happened to her after the last battle when the Order took her away and why she couldn't contact Raphael. Roman was great and I hope he shows up in more books along with Ascanio. I didn't realize Barbaras was so funny. The end when there was more about Anapa and Anep was kind of weird. But I don't like snakes anyway.
I hope there are more spinoff books about side characters in the K ...more

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Oct 13, 2016 Kelly (Maybedog) rated it really liked it

Shelves: how-audiobook, why-i-would-like-to-thank, what-modern-fantasy, what-vampires, what-paranormal-romance, where-grr-mine, what-shifters, what-female-protagonist, what-magic

This started out a little rough. It was hard to read from Andrea's perspective when I hadn't particularly cared for her before. I didn't dislike her, but I found her annoying. She was good in this, though. There was lots of action, peril, death bed scenes, etc., which kept me happy. I liked some of the secondary characters and both Andrea and Raphael were distinctly different from Kate and Curran.

This was much more of a romance than previous books which was fine. But Raphael did some unforgivab ...more

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Feb 28, 2020 Netanella rated it it was amazing

Shelves: urban-fantasy, chicks-who-kick-butt, 2020-dangerous-hero-addiction, 2020-february-reading-challenges

If I could give this 6 stars, I would. I was so caught up in Andrea's story, I got choked up with tears when Raphael was being an ass. Plus, there's Egyptian jackal-headed gods, snake venom, cool ancient artifacts, the return of the Slavic volkhv Roman, and Andrea, who finally accepts her beastkin.

I think this book made me fall in love with the genre again.