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AJ
4 badass paranormal stars

This series has been on my tbr forever, and I’m so glad I finally dove in, because it was nothing like what I was expecting and I was pleasantly surprised! For some reason, I was thinking it was YA, but it’s definitely not! It’s brutal and gory with nasty language, nasty talk, and lots of violence! Of course, I loved it!

I did struggle with it for a bit there because you are dumped straight into a complex paranormal / urban fantasy world with little explanation of what's
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Ella
Feb 01, 2011 rated it it was amazing
Re-read for the 3rd time and still an amazing book with a strong world building and fantastic heroine. I love Kate and am already binging the next one. Must read!

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Magic Bites is the first book in the Kate Daniels series and I really enjoyed it.

The world Ilona Andrews created is explained in so much detail that you can really see it and live the story. Kate Daniels is a great heroine! Of course we again have a bad-ass heroine, but we also get to see her softer, more personal side. In any case,
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MM
Mar 15, 2010 rated it liked it
I struggled a little with this book, it took me a few tries to get through it. It's an interesting world, and I really like Kate. I do hope there is more romance in this series. . ...more
Josie
Jul 07, 2010 rated it liked it
Well I haven't read Ilona before, so far this series reminding me of the Anita Blake series by Laurell. I'm not sure what I'm going to think of this....I'll let you know when I do lol ...more
Sheralee
Sep 25, 2010 rated it really liked it
More like 3 1/2 stars for me but will move onto book 2
Anya
Oct 06, 2011 rated it it was amazing
Talk about badassery! :)
Marita Lynn
Dec 26, 2009 rated it it was amazing
ஐAndreaஐ
Jan 05, 2010 rated it really liked it
Lory
Jan 18, 2010 marked it as to-read
Taata⁷
Apr 23, 2010 marked it as to-read
Cat
Apr 23, 2010 marked it as to-read
Shelves: series
Dea
May 22, 2010 marked it as to-read
Taryn
Jun 09, 2010 rated it it was ok
Heather
Aug 27, 2010 rated it liked it
Shannon
Sep 06, 2010 rated it really liked it
Cindy
Sep 12, 2010 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Mango
Oct 24, 2010 marked it as to-read
Paige
Nov 24, 2010 rated it really liked it
Shelves: signed, own
Sami  Thomson
Feb 21, 2011 marked it as to-read
Kimber
Apr 19, 2011 marked it as to-read
Biliana
Jul 31, 2011 rated it it was amazing
Sandra Lopez
Jan 20, 2013 rated it it was amazing
Kathalina
Aug 13, 2013 rated it it was amazing
Kim
Jan 01, 2014 marked it as to-read
Natasha O'Connor
Sep 29, 2016 marked it as to-read
Sillya
Sep 12, 2017 marked it as to-read
Martina Kerr
Sep 08, 2018 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: read-in-2018