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Iron and Magic
2019 Book of the Month
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January 2019 BOM: Iron and Magic by Ilona Andrews
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I already read it. Maybe it needs a re-read. LOL. It's awesome.
I am reading it at present. A chapter or so in.
I read this a couple months ago and loved it so much.
A good excuse for a re-read :D
Ha! I placed this on my 2019 need to read list when it was released. Excellent time to start :-)
Okay so 8mths later I managed to getting round to reading this book.Why? Because I finished the Kate Daniel's series and I needed down time. Kate is everything I want in a book BFF - sarcastic, total bada$$ and intelligent.
Now we have Hugh D'Ambray (who I've kinda admired) and the new enigma, Elara Harper. Honestly I'm still not sure how to receive Elara but I know the Iron Dogs have grown on me thanks to Stoyan (who was saved by Kate). The series itself I believe will be a success and like the fan I am I will be hovering above that 1-click once the next Ilona Andrew's book goes on sale.
I feel like it would be really hard to be an Iona Andrews fan and not become a 1-click fan, too.I'm just now getting into their Clean Sweep series (after devouring all of Kate Daniels & co, of course) and I really feel like they're just magical as a writing duo. They write such fun characters!!
Some of the Clean Sweep characters are...real. :P
Yep I too am now flush with the Sweep series. The greatest thing I admire about the Ilona Andrew duo is their world building and ability to develop complex characters. Usually Sci-Fi settings confuse me but never have I found it with their books.
Synopsis
Hugh d’Ambray, Preceptor of the Iron Dogs, Warlord of the Builder of Towers, served only one man. Now his immortal, nearly omnipotent master has cast him aside. Hugh is a shadow of the warrior he was, but when he learns that the Iron Dogs, soldiers who would follow him anywhere, are being hunted down and murdered, he must make a choice: to fade away or to be the leader he was born to be. Hugh knows he must carve a new place for himself and his people, but they have no money, no shelter, and no food, and the necromancers are coming. Fast.
Elara Harper is a creature who should not exist. Her enemies call her Abomination; her people call her White Lady. Tasked with their protection, she's trapped between the magical heavyweights about to collide and plunge the state of Kentucky into a war that humans have no power to stop. Desperate to shield her people and their simple way of life, she would accept help from the devil himself—and Hugh d’Ambray might qualify.
Hugh needs a base, Elara needs soldiers. Both are infamous for betraying their allies, so how can they create a believable alliance to meet the challenge of their enemies?
As the prophet says: “It is better to marry than to burn.”
Hugh and Elara may do both.
Let us know if you read it plan to and what is good and not so good about it.