May BOTM: ON THE EDGE by Ilona Andrews

[JP]

One of our Books of the month for May is:

ON THE EDGE by Ilona Andrews



Please read and discuss beloe

[Megan]

Nice. Can't wait to read this one. :)

[Brianna]

I remember really liking it, even though I missed the gritty UF feel of the Kate Daniels series. Ilona Andrews is such an amazing writing team. :)

[Oleander]

I'll add this one to my May list

[Leesa]

I liked this book. I liked the world and the division of regular, magic, and in between. I loved the little brothers.

I plan to continue the series.

[K.]

I loved this book!! I thought the way the world was divided was very clever. Rose is a great character. She is loyal to her family and very strong willed. She isn't so perfect that I cannot relate to her. I keep hoping that she will get a happy ending throughout the book because she deserves it so much! I love Jack and George. I really hope they get their own series one day!!

[Stephanee]

Love this series. One of my many favorites :)

[Nikki]

Love Illona Andrews works so I'm pretty sure I'm going to enjoy this one :) I bought it instead of the library since I wanted to add it to my I. Andrews collection :) so excited to read it :)

[Megan]

Well, I'm done with this book already, so I think it's safe to say I thoroughly enjoyed it. :) Andrews write such great characters. I loved them all! Rose is a great heroine.

[Sara]

Love this series. The characters were so much fun. One of my favorite quotes was "Stop trying to resurrect the shoes. They were never alive in the first place."

[Mark]

Sara wrote: "Love this series. The characters were so much fun. One of my favorite quotes was "Stop trying to resurrect the shoes. They were never alive in the first place.""

just read that part, lol. enjoying it so far.

[Vera]

I read this a few months back. Really enjoyed it.

[Dana]

havent checked in for a long time. I have read this book twice, I loved it so much. But I have enjoyed everything by Andrews.

[Amyiw]

Read this a couple months back. Still have the last one to read.

I liked this in a very different way than Andrews' Kate Daniels series. Kate is very UF where this felt like a very good balance of UF with PNR. I think I would read anything that Andrews writes at this point.

Loved this series.

[Maria]

Dana wrote: "havent checked in for a long time. I have read this book twice, I loved it so much. But I have enjoyed everything by Andrews."

Couldn't have said it better myself!!!

[Nikki]

So I finished this book pretty quick and I already read the second one ( ) which was fantastic! and just picked up the third one can't wait to read it :D

[Michael]

Sara wrote: "Love this series. The characters were so much fun. One of my favorite quotes was "Stop trying to resurrect the shoes. They were never alive in the first place.""

Me, too!

I am a third through the book and I really like the community she has developed here, complete with the whole family honor justice system. And I love that this is a heroine in the midst of dangerous poverty, it kind of reminds me of the movie Winter's Bone, with magic!

Also, the action is particularly tense in this one, I find myself on the edge of my seat a lot, which is refreshing!

[Kat]

Great book, and great series. Ilona Andrews is brilliant, and this is as good in its own way as Kate Daniels.

[Michael]

Now I am two-thirds through the book and have discovered the major spoiler: (view spoiler)[that Declan is not here to marry Rose at all, he is just trying to get the evil magician. I can't believe they fooled us! I had to go back and reread the section where Declan and Rose meet to prove to myself that Rose was the one who assumed he was there to marry her and put all the words in his mouth, he never said anything like that until she was convinced and then he just played along! Brilliant! (hide spoiler)]

[June]

I love the setting. The world building in this novel is spectacular, and so different from the Kate Daniels books.

[Nikki]

I have read the first 3 novels and will be picking up the next one next payday hopefully and hoping its just as good as the others. I absolutely love this series! and anything by Andrews lol

[Amyiw]

Michael wrote: "Now I am two-thirds through the book and have discovered the major spoiler: [spoilers removed]"

I got that (view spoiler)[ she was assuming from the beginning because if you pay attention to his words, he never says that. I was waiting for HIM to tell her but she tell him why he is there. I knew it was going to come back to the assumption. It was great though. (hide spoiler)]

My very first impression of the first book was surprise and very unsure if I was going to like it. It seemed like a very backwater Appalachian type story that I couldn't relate to but it quickly turns into ... a backwater Appalachian story setting that takes off and keeps going. The world that Andrews creates is so different than anything that I have read before. The first 3 were good quick reads.

I'm at the last chapter of Steel's Edge and believe this has been the slowest book of the series for me. It does pick up and becomes more interesting but it takes 1/2 of the book for me to get involved to not want to put it down.

[JP]

So I'm finally reading this one and I like it... But I don't love it. However, I wasn't completely crazy about the Kate daniels series either until the 2nd book so I'm going to try the 2nd book in this series as well.

[Maria]

JP wrote: "So I'm finally reading this one and I like it... But I don't love it. However, I wasn't completely crazy about the Kate daniels series either until the 2nd book so I'm going to try the 2nd book in ..."

This "series" is really stand alone stories about different characters. You might like the second one better (or not) because the characters are entirely different. The setting/world is the same although it builds with each story.

[JP]

I didn't know that..... I like it better when it's the same characters evolving

[Maria]

JP wrote: "I didn't know that..... I like it better when it's the same characters evolving"

Me too. I think Ilona Andrews does a good job of it in this series, but honestly I only really enjoyed the first one. The characters really grabbed me. Others have been captivated by the other stories. Some of the characters to make cameo appearances in the other books, but they mainly have their own set of characters. Don't get me wrong, they are all decent stories, but it depends on whether you want or need that over-arching theme/story/characters. The writing, as always, is very good.

[Nikki]

I've enjoyed each one. I just bought and am excited to read it :D I also picked up the newest kate daniels as well so excited for it!!!!! I just love Illona Andrews!