Magic Bites (Kate Daniels, #1) in Crazy Challenge Connection

Feb 10, 2012 ilovebakedgoods (Teresa) rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: ebook-library, strong-women, series, paranormal-supernatural, crime, mystery, kickass-women, green-cover, magic, 2015

This is probably a case of, "It's not you, it's me." UF is really not my favorite genre. Too much world building, too many characters and rules and regulations within the world to keep track of, too many races/supernatural beings for me. Doesn't help I read this while I have a pretty annoying headache.

But, in keeping with the GR rating system, two stars for me is, "It was okay." If the urge to read UF strikes again, I'd definitely give this series another shot. I've heard it gets better with the ...more

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Nov 07, 2014 Megzy rated it liked it

Shelves: paranormal-urban-fantasy

Dark, psychotic and gritty is Kate Daniels' world. I finished the book last night and I am half way through the second book and I still have no clue about so many important things in her world. What exactly is magic? How does it effects her world, etc

It seems the author tends to overload you with information and expects you to already know how her world works. Sorry , I am not a mind reader. I get my information based on what is written. I was ready to give up the book within the first 3 chapter ...more

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Jul 12, 2011 Steph Ann rated it really liked it

Shelves: uf, tcf-2013-challenge

Review after re-read:

While I agree with the majority opinion that this book is probably the weakest of the series, I still stand by my original four star rating. Once you figure out how this world works, the book is very entertaining, especially once Curran enters the picture. It is just so much fun watching Kate and Curran interact. They have chemistry from the very first moment they meet, and it just continues getting better.

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Jan 03, 2013 Desiree M ~*~*~ LiveReadCollect rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: urban-fantasy, werewolves-shifters, vampires, witches-wizards-magic-users, various-paranormal-creatures, 4-star-reads, series-kate-daniels, author-ilona-andrews, 0-2012-release-date, 00-silver-gray-covers-00

This is a special edition of the first book in the Kate Daniels series. It includes Magic Bites (Kate Daniels Book 1); Kate Daniels FAQ; Character Information; Faction Information; Faction Quiz; Curran's POV (one previously posted, the other I think is new); and "A Questionable Client" Kate Daniels #0.5 AKA the short prequel to Magic Bites.

Rating Overall: 4 stars.

Magic Bites Special Edition is a great starting point to the series. It's a great book to give to someone who hasn't read the Kate Da ...more

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Feb 17, 2017 ☘KathyD☘ rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: genre-erotica, genre-romance, audio-audible, book-kindle, genre-romance-series, genre-paranormal, pages-200-299, character-vamps, genre-fantasy, character-shifters

I have been meaning to start this series for a while, but kept putting it off for some reason...I’m really sorry I did that! Kate Daniels is a bad ass and the world Ms. Andrews created is amazing. There is some amazing politics within the various factions that I look forward to see play out in future books. As for Kate, I am ready to dive in to the next chapter of her life to see where she’s headed. The only reason I couldn’t give this a five-star rating is because there were a few plot points t ...more

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Sep 09, 2014 HeatherMarie rated it liked it

Shelves: 6-book-club, 2-romance, 6-kindle, r-paranormal-fantasy-scifi, 3-2000s

Was ok. Going to read the second in the series. Liked that it wasn't an info dump and the authors introduced the world building more subtlety. But really guys... As a reader you're a little confused already and then you introduce Curran, Corwin and Crest as characters come on! Was really hoping you would have named one of them Steve. Lol ...more

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