Tuesday, May 31, 2016

Kate Daniels series continued

Magic Rises, Magic Breaks, and Magic Shifts by Ilona Andrews, 1078 pages, three books

Cover image for Magic breaks / Ilona Andrews.I find writing about books late in a series, or towards the end to be quite difficult. How much can I say about characters and not give early stuff away? If two characters are falling in love the first four books and get finally married, can I say that? Should I operate under the assumption of anyone reading the reviews for these books have read the previous books as well? So many conflicting thoughts.
In the past I have resorted to extremely vague, but hopefully entertaining posts to hopefully encourage a reader to continue through a series, yet not ruin anything for those just beginning their journey. And as you might have guessed by now, this post will continue that tradition.

If you were to break down the Kate Daniels series into a set of subplots, you would have action, romance, supernatural, lurking doom, and magic. As you might have guessed, all of these are slowly ramping up as the series heads for its climatic finish. There is more action as it takes larger and deadlier things to scare or even challenge the combination that is Kate and Curran. Especially as Kate learns how to control her father’s blood magic. The supernatural and lurking doom elements have shot through the roof especially with the reappearance of Roland. And finally the romance, which has thankfully stayed about the same. I am not sure I be able to like this series if we hit Sherrilyn Kenyon levels of romance.
All of this makes for a great addition to an already great series. I would certainly recommend this series to anyone who likes supernatural dystopian fiction, but wants to pass on heavy handed romance. Similar reading would include Patricia Briggs Alpha and Omega novels or her Mercedes Thompson series,  

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