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Kate Daniels - I. Andrews
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, almost halfway through. At this point it's my favorite Kate Daniels book yet.
Shera (Book Whispers) wrote: "Reading , almost halfway through. At this point it's my favorite Kate Daniels book yet."
It was a good one, some great funny parts.
I've been high lighting a lot of parts! Great lines.
I lost the book I was reading I'm about 4 book behind now I think. Grrrrr.
That sucks!! I hate it when that happens. Thank goodness for GR or it would still be happening!
I think the true charm was that Kate got to spend quite a bit of page time with Curran and Julie. I also adore the setup her for the next books. It's intense and awesome! But I called it on (view spoiler)
There's a lot of Julie in the new one? That puts a damper on my hankering to read it. I'm still going to--of course--just as soon as I can get my grubby hands on a copy. But, I really, really dislike that girl.
I think she's pretty good here. There's more Curran and Kate then Julie. If that makes you feel better.
Lol. I feel like it could be possible for Julies growth to be stunted as a character so I can see how she could be annoying I usually just ignore her for the most part but if there is a lot of her in the book that might be hard to do. Oh yeah, I found my book so now I can finish reading it I was at the half way point I found that it was slower than the past books as we still haven't really gotten into the swing of things at the half way point. I tend to get the names confused but I think I'm reading Magic Slays was this slow for anyone else?
Chakara wrote: "Lol. I feel like it could be possible for Julies growth to be stunted as a character so I can see how she could be annoying I usually just ignore her for the most part but if there is a lot of her ..."Nope. In fact, that installment was what finally completely hooked me in on Curran and Kate as an item. It was a different pace, but it worked for me.
Shera (Book Whispers) wrote: "Chakara wrote: "Lol. I feel like it could be possible for Julies growth to be stunted as a character so I can see how she could be annoying I usually just ignore her for the most part but if there ..."I am not a romance reader so I find that part of the book pretty slow I'm like give me the actiiiiooon.
As a writer I think this is a flaw of mine because For a character to seem 3d they need to have some love in their lives I've written things and then been like oh yeah they need friends and stuff. lol.
Character interactions is a big part of character growth. A story can be so cliché and connect the dots average in plot, but if the characters are well realized I'm there. That's what makes it for me. I don't care how action packed the story is if I can't connect with the character. (But I do love my action!!)You'll love Magic Shifts then. I think it's the most action packed one yet!
On the romance part I can live with or with out it. As long as the lead is interacting and is connected to people. Has other ties of love.
Curran and Kate as a couple is the main thing of this series though. I always felt it balanced out well. However, I would never call this PNR. It's definitely Urban Fantasy.
Shera (Book Whispers) wrote: "Character interactions is a big part of character growth. A story can be so cliché and connect the dots average in plot, but if the characters are well realized I'm there. That's what makes it for ..."I always felt that the love life was secondary to Kates journey in the books. Of course going from someone who doesn't trust anyone and is all alone to someone with a family is a part of her growth as well but I'm also interested in the over arching plot of where she comes from and her real family etc. That's really interesting to me.
Well I'm good with both of those aspects developing! I am curious to find out about her blood relations as well.
I've finally gotten a copy of the book and I'm really liking it. I actually even like Julie --for the most part. I feel like they really, reallyreally dialed her annoying, bratty, entitled crap back which is good because I never thought that fit with the background that they gave her. She still had moments were I wanted to skip over her but she's supposed to be a teenager--it was acceptable. For the most part I thought if this was the character that they introduced met o from the beginning I would never have disliked her. Also, I'm not finished yet but it could be that they haven't shoehorned any anvils about the eventual Julie/Derek pairing or the Julie/Derek/Asciano love triangle. Or, it could be her being less annoying was a deliberate choice because Kate mentions that Julie is adopting some of Kates own traits since Kate gave Julie her blood that time.Ok, here's a thing. I'm a shipper. I love that Kates journey is more than love and romance but I am a sucker for romance. So, I think that I may just a teeny tiny bit ship Julie with Asciano. As much as I ship her with anyone because she's 15 and while she's tolerable in this book she's still not great.
(view spoiler) But, that could just be me. It probably is.
Yeah. I'm very curious where the series is going to go with Roland.
Roland is still there in the newer books? hm, might get tired of that.
Chakara wrote: "Roland is still there in the newer books? hm, might get tired of that."Well he is the big bad the series has always been leading up to. Besides they're taking it in a very interesting way right now.
Shera (Book Whispers) wrote: "Chakara wrote: "Roland is still there in the newer books? hm, might get tired of that."Well he is the big bad the series has always been leading up to. Besides they're taking it in a very interes..."
Yes, I seem to have been mislead ( mostly by myself) I thought that the newer books had their own over arching plot but it seems that the bad guy is still the bad guy even in the newer books. I'll give it a try I'e always loved this series though I've had a hard time focusing on any book lately.
Shera (Book Whispers) wrote: "Book burn out?"Too busy but lately I finally decided to go back to audible and I am also doing overdrive so I am trying to listen to audiobooks while coloring to relax each day. So far its working and I was able to finish a book I'd owned forever that way. They don't have these audios so the book I'm on is not moving forward.
Chakara wrote: "Too busy but lately I finally decided to go back to audible and I am also doing overdrive"I love audio books! It lets me read when I'm doing things around the house. I save my audible credits for books I know I'll re-read, then use my library and overdrive for ones I want to check out.
Darcy wrote: "Chakara wrote: "Too busy but lately I finally decided to go back to audible and I am also doing overdrive"I love audio books! It lets me read when I'm doing things around the house. I save my aud..."
Yes I have the next book i need to read in this series from audible but I really don't care for the actors voice. its not even close to how she sounds in my head so I prob will end up doing an exchange on it. Thats the good thing about audible if you chat with customer service they will let you do a swap even on an older title that you purchased.
You are probably the the first person that I've heard of that doesn't like their narrator. She is one of my favorites, I only read the series that way.
Do any of y'all know if there are going to be any more Currans POV novellas? I've looked on their website and I haven't seen any since the first volume and there have been tons of scenes that I would love to see from his POV.
Tya wrote: "Do any of y'all know if there are going to be any more Currans POV novellas? I've looked on their website and I haven't seen any since the first volume and there have been tons of scenes that I wou..."I haven't heard any thing lately on them. And I know they've been swamped and their righting schedule/releases have been messed up.
Boooooo. I love those POVs I can't say how many times I've gone back and re-read. I really like this series. I'm thinking of getting my audible account up and running and listening to them since the majority seem to like the narrator.
Chakara wrote: "According to goodreads it took me since Jan to finish Magic Slays"At least you finished it. lol
Darcy wrote: "Chakara wrote: "According to goodreads it took me since Jan to finish Magic Slays"At least you finished it. lol"
Shera (Book Whispers) wrote: "Chakara wrote: "According to goodreads it took me since Jan to finish Magic Slays"
Ouch!"
Yes, it certainly wasn't bad just not what I wanted from the series at the time but I do see why it had to be done that way. Hopefully the next one will give me what I was looking for.
moved on to Magic Rises trying the audio. I really don't like the way she pronounces names of things and people its not how I'd pronounce them so its a tad annoying to try to figure out what she's talking about so I can imagine it. Maybe its to late in the series to start doing audios.
Also I hate when the main character is supposed to be in her mid to late 20's and sounds like she's old and has snuff in her mouth.
I wonder if they will extend the world as they've said before " Kate pays the bills." The whole world had been effected by this magic wave so it might be nice to follow a different group of paranormals for a book or two.
Did you read
? This one follows Angela I wasn't a huge fan of Magic Rises
Cassie Cruel wrote: "Did you read ? This one follows Angela I wasn't a huge fan of Magic Rises"
I have it but its not a whole different group of paranormals . I don't have too much interest in Gunmetal Magic though.
i mean like a different pack , different The People etc. in a place like London or New York etc.
I really want some Kate Daniels spin-offs. However, I'm super interested in having a European take. I loved the glimpse of it from before.
Shera (Book Whispers) wrote: "I really want some Kate Daniels spin-offs. However, I'm super interested in having a European take. I loved the glimpse of it from before."
I'd like that too. It seems that in the later books ( at least so far) that they are spreading the world out so its certainly possible. If we keep buying them they'll probably keep writing them as long as its fun for them to write.
Hopefully i'll be caught up soon.
Hm finished Magic Rises i can understand why some people don't like it. (view spoiler) also (view spoiler).
Yeah, Magic Rises was a huge step back for this series. It was a very stupid trope to use.
Shera (Book Whispers) wrote: "Yeah, Magic Rises was a huge step back for this series. It was a very stupid trope to use."
It's not as bad as the Cat and Bones books. But certainly not the best one so far. I can tell they are trying to expand the world by giving more detail on the mythology and mythological characters there was some back info that I felt should have been in like book one or two though.
Chakara wrote: "Shera (Book Whispers) wrote: "Yeah, Magic Rises was a huge step back for this series. It was a very stupid trope to use."
It's not as bad as the Cat and Bones books. But certainly not the best o..."
No it wasn't that bad. In fact despite my original announce I gave the book 4 out of 5.
Shera (Book Whispers) wrote: "Chakara wrote: "Shera (Book Whispers) wrote: "Yeah, Magic Rises was a huge step back for this series. It was a very stupid trope to use."
It's not as bad as the Cat and Bones books. But certainl..."
I think i did as well. However, nothing made me want to read the next book right away although I have it.
Series has been optioned! They don't seem to know if it will be a movie or tv show just yet so it might be a while before we know much of anything.
I think it will get lost. It's happened with quite a few of my favorite Urban Fantasy series. Though it will be interesting if they set their sites on movie or TV show.
Shera (Book Whispers) wrote: "I think it will get lost. It's happened with quite a few of my favorite Urban Fantasy series. Though it will be interesting if they set their sites on movie or TV show."
They've grown the world so much I think even a trilogy of movies wouldn't be enough. I'd go TV route but it will be so long before we even know. they need to pitch the concept , they need to work on scripts etc.
Chakara wrote: "Series has been optioned! They don't seem to know if it will be a movie or tv show just yet so it might be a while before we know much of anything."That makes me happy, but I really wonder if anything will happen. I do think that tv would be better than movies. So much is left out with movies, while tv could be a season a book. But even if they do that I'm sure it will be super different, they always are.
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Been wondering if the series would have a Europe trip at some point. Really excited to see other "Packs".