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Magic Strikes (Kate Daniels, #3)
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bookshelves: shifters, magic, brs-done, hero-growly-alpha, heroine-strong, slowburn, fantasy-urban, vampires, cliffhanger, hero-chases-heroine, mystery, cool-worldbuilding, hero-possessive, heroine-fiery, mythology, pov-1st, romance, superspecial-superpower, traitorous-body, warrior-mc, witty
May 15, 2017
bookshelves: shifters, magic, brs-done, hero-growly-alpha, heroine-strong, slowburn, fantasy-urban, vampires, cliffhanger, hero-chases-heroine, mystery, cool-worldbuilding, hero-possessive, heroine-fiery, mythology, pov-1st, romance, superspecial-superpower, traitorous-body, warrior-mc, witty
Read 2 times. Last read July 13, 2023 to July 14, 2023.
REREAD 2023: I adore Derek. And this time around, I think I like this one and #2 equally. They both have so many iconic moments. Book 2 expands on Andrea, book 3 expands on Derek, and I love them both.
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Holy mother of cliffhangers, I hate it when they do that!!
Okay, you got me. I totally adore Ilona Andrews and wouldn’t fault them for a thing.
Part of a Kate Daniels full BR with the IAA, Magic Strikes is the best KD novel yet. Seriously, better than book 2 and WAY better than book 1. There is so much Curran in this book and it is a feast for the mind and soul. There’s enough humor to fill the pages just based on Kate’s reaction to his name.
There is also plenty of focus on Julie, Derek, Jim, and the ever-mysterious Roland, but those pale in comparison to the developing shitshow between Kate and Curran. She inadvertently let Curran wedge his foot in the door in Magic Burns when she ate food Curran offered her, which apparently is code for “You’re the big strong lion-man I’ve chosen to protect me and rock my world” in Curran-speak. Hilarity ensues as Kate continues to fend off his advances and fails spectacularly. I cannot wait to see where this goes.
Magic Mourns is next on my tbr, hope it measures up.
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Holy mother of cliffhangers, I hate it when they do that!!
Okay, you got me. I totally adore Ilona Andrews and wouldn’t fault them for a thing.
Part of a Kate Daniels full BR with the IAA, Magic Strikes is the best KD novel yet. Seriously, better than book 2 and WAY better than book 1. There is so much Curran in this book and it is a feast for the mind and soul. There’s enough humor to fill the pages just based on Kate’s reaction to his name.
”So, how are things with you and Curran?”
There were times in life when I wished for supreme mental powers. Like telekinesis. Mostly, I wanted them to crush my opponents. But right now I wanted them so I could pull the chair out from under Andrea and maker her fall on her butt.
I settled for spitting three times over my left shoulder.
There is also plenty of focus on Julie, Derek, Jim, and the ever-mysterious Roland, but those pale in comparison to the developing shitshow between Kate and Curran. She inadvertently let Curran wedge his foot in the door in Magic Burns when she ate food Curran offered her, which apparently is code for “You’re the big strong lion-man I’ve chosen to protect me and rock my world” in Curran-speak. Hilarity ensues as Kate continues to fend off his advances and fails spectacularly. I cannot wait to see where this goes.
Magic Mourns is next on my tbr, hope it measures up.
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Reading Progress
May 15, 2017
– Shelved as:
to-read
May 15, 2017
– Shelved
June 4, 2017
– Shelved as:
shifters
June 4, 2017
– Shelved as:
magic
December 11, 2017
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Started Reading
December 16, 2017
– Shelved as:
brs-done
December 16, 2017
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Finished Reading
June 7, 2023
– Shelved as:
hero-growly-alpha
June 7, 2023
– Shelved as:
heroine-strong
June 7, 2023
– Shelved as:
slowburn
June 7, 2023
– Shelved as:
fantasy-urban
June 7, 2023
– Shelved as:
vampires
June 7, 2023
– Shelved as:
cliffhanger
June 7, 2023
– Shelved as:
hero-chases-heroine
June 9, 2023
– Shelved as:
mystery
July 13, 2023
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Started Reading
July 14, 2023
– Shelved as:
cool-worldbuilding
July 14, 2023
– Shelved as:
hero-possessive
July 14, 2023
– Shelved as:
heroine-fiery
July 14, 2023
– Shelved as:
mythology
July 14, 2023
– Shelved as:
pov-1st
July 14, 2023
– Shelved as:
romance
July 14, 2023
– Shelved as:
superspecial-superpower
July 14, 2023
– Shelved as:
traitorous-body
July 14, 2023
– Shelved as:
warrior-mc
July 14, 2023
– Shelved as:
witty
July 14, 2023
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Finished Reading
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Trish wrote: "Okay, you got me. I totally adore Ilona Andrews and wouldn’t fault them for a thing.BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Welcome to the club! :D"
I’ve been officially converted ;)
Helen 2.0 wrote: "Trish wrote: "Okay, you got me. I totally adore Ilona Andrews and wouldn’t fault them for a thing.BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Welcome to the club! :D"
I’ve been officially converted ;)"
Excellent! *rubs hands together*
This is one of my favorite series.
@Emms somehow all of IA’s stuff ends up on my favorites list!
This is when it became addictive! 😬🥸
Aaah. Wish I could go back and read this for the first time again!
Jai wrote: "This is when it became addictive! 😬🥸"I'm trying to read just one a week but it's getting really difficult 😭
Ruksana wrote: "Aaah. Wish I could go back and read this for the first time again!"Same! On my first read-through I actually only read through book 4 so I'm going to get to experience the rest for the first time. So excited!!
Ahh I’m glad this one was better upon a reread!!🤍🤍
Yessss!! Happy you enjoyed it just as much (if not more) on rereading 💜
Imme wrote: "Ahh I’m glad this one was better upon a reread!!🤍🤍"This reread just has me loving every single installment!! It's been amazing
Rain wrote: "Yessss!! Happy you enjoyed it just as much (if not more) on rereading 💜"Hell yeah! You get me ;) this series is so good!
Helen your seriously making me want to start this series and honestly the worst thing for any book lover is a cliff hanger like what do they expect us to do sit patiently 💗
@Zainab you totally should!!! This series is amazing and it’s already complete so no waiting for the next installment 🥰🥰🥰
Helen 2.0 wrote: "@Zainab you totally should!!! This series is amazing and it’s already complete so no waiting for the next installment 🥰🥰🥰"I can’t wait for you to get further in. The character development, combined with the continued action, was always a fav element for me.
Also, they managed to keep relationship spice without the annoying trope of break-up, renew, ad-nauseam 🫣
Lastly, Cliff hangers were a rarity. Mostly, had an element of bigger story cliffie, but book story completion.
Can’t wait to read more reviews 🥰
I only know this author because I read the first two books of the "Clean Sweep" series, but you make this (Kate Daniels series ) sound really interesting. I'll add one of these to my TBR list. Hopefully the next book is out because I hate cliff hangers....the last one I read took ONE YEAR for the followup book to come out. At that time I promised myself to only read series that were completed ..... that lasted about 6 months. 😃
Charles wrote: "I only know this author because I read the first two books of the "Clean Sweep" series, but you make this (Kate Daniels series ) sound really interesting. I'll add one of these to my TBR list. Hope..."Yep, the full series is out! They’re now working on a sequel series. But you could devour all nine (maybe ten?) Kate Daniel’s books in one go if you want.
I love their Innkeeper Chronicles series too. This was their first big series but even this one is so gripping and well written. Ilona Andrews started strong and just keeps getting better somehow.
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Welcome to the club! :D