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Fated Blades Kindle Edition

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A USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestseller.

An uneasy alliance between warring families gets heated in this otherworldly novella from bestselling author Ilona Andrews.

At first glance, the planet Rada seems like a lush paradise. But the ruling families, all boasting genetically enhanced abilities, are in constant competition for power—and none more so than the Adlers and the Baenas. For generations, the powerful families have pushed and pulled each other in a dance for dominance.

Until a catastrophic betrayal from within changes everything.

Now, deadly, disciplined, and solitary leaders Ramona Adler and Matias Baena must put aside their enmity and work together in secret to prevent sinister forces from exploiting universe-altering technology. Expecting to suffer through their uneasy alliance, Ramona and Matias instead discover that they understand each other as no one in their families can—and that their combined skills may eclipse the risks of their forbidden alliance.

As the two warriors risk their lives to save their families, they must decide whether to resist or embrace the passion simmering between them. For now, the dance between their families continues—but just one misstep could spell the end of them both.

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“Fans of the Kinsmen series (Silent Blade; Silver Shark) will enjoy this third adventure.” —Library Journal

About the Author

“Ilona Andrews” is the pseudonym for a husband-and-wife writing team. Ilona is a native-born Russian, and Gordon is a former communications sergeant in the US Army. Contrary to popular belief, Gordon was never an intelligence officer with a license to kill, and Ilona was never the mysterious Russian spy who seduced him. They met in college English Composition 101, where Ilona got a better grade. (Gordon is still sore about that.)

Gordon and Ilona currently reside in Texas with their two children and many dogs and cats.

They have coauthored four New York Times and USA Today bestselling series: the Kate Daniels urban fantasy series, the Edge rustic fantasy books, the Hidden Legacy paranormal romance novels, and the Innkeeper Chronicles, which they post as a free weekly serial. For a complete list of their books, fun extras, and Innkeeper installments, please visit their website at www.ilona-andrews.com.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B09G9VJTKT
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Montlake (November 23, 2021)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 23, 2021
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 2855 KB
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“Ilona Andrews” is the pseudonym for a husband-and-wife writing team. Ilona is a native-born Russian and Gordon is a former communications sergeant in the U.S. Army. Contrary to popular belief, Gordon was never an intelligence officer with a license to kill, and Ilona was never the mysterious Russian spy who seduced him. They met in college, in English Composition 101, where Ilona got a better grade. (Gordon is still sore about that.)

Gordon and Ilona currently reside in Texas with their two children and many dogs and cats.

They have co-authored four NYT and USAT bestselling series, the urban fantasy of Kate Daniels, rustic fantasy of the Edge, paranormal romance of Hidden Legacy, and Innkeeper Chronicles, which they post as a free weekly serial. For complete list of their books, fun extras, and Innkeeper installments, please visit their website at Ilona-andrews.com.

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A welcome return to the Kinsmen series…

Reviewed in the United States on November 23, 2021

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Author duo Ilona Andrews have returned to their Kinsmen universe after a decade or so, and it’s a shame they stayed away so long. Fated Blades is a long novella - or is it a short book? You pick! But either way, it’s a fast-paced and fun tale for both IA fans and those new to IA’s books.

The premise of the Kinsmen series is simple. Borrowing loosely from the intro to one of the earlier books: humans needed to be “enhanced” to facilitate spreading across the galaxy - able to survive harsh conditions, or be fierce hunters or warriors, or make brilliant scientific advances. And some of these enhancements were biological, and could be passed down through the generations. Since, however, humans were still basically human, the folks who had these genetic advantages soon wanted to keep them to themselves, and thus the Kinsmen families were born.

Fated Blades features two such families, both with the ability to generate deadly swords or impenetrable shields from their bodies on a moment’s notice. The “secare” originally were soldiers created to fight in a vicious war, but have dispersed in the decades since. The Baenas and the Addlers settled on the same planet though, and in true Montague-Capulet fashion, they are sworn enemies. So when the wife of the head of one family and the husband of the other not only have an affair, but more importantly, steal precious business secrets, heads are going to roll. Quite literally.

As the leaders of their respective clans, Ramona Addler and Matias Baena have to clean up the mess, quickly and quietly, or their families will be destroyed. So they uneasily agree to pursue the culprits together. What follows is a classic space opera (even if not actually set in space), as they race across Rada and back, fighting battles, sharing a few moments of downtime, and learning more about each other as they go. And of course, as with all epic adventures, there’s a show-stopper of an ending – or actually two show-stoppers if you count the epilogue….

Some of Ilona Andrews’ longer books deal with serious themes from time to time, even if these are sort of hidden amongst the action. But their novellas mostly seem to be written for fun, and Fated Blades is one of the best. Long-time fans will treasure the occasional sneaky references to earlier Kinsmen stories: silver shark serpents, the Escana family, passion cones. But none of these are central to the story, and everyone will enjoy the wicked action, the slowly developing relationship between Mathias and Ramona, and finding out how things turn out in the end! (Finally, on a personal level, I also particularly enjoyed one of the minor characters, Haider Davenport, and hope someday maybe he and his husband get their own story, even if it’s just a short prequel or web-snippet.)

Also please note that I received an advance review copy from the authors, via their publishers, Montlake Romance, and from NetGalley, and my thanks go to all.

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monadh

Ilona Andrews do fight scenes better than love scenes

Reviewed in the United States on November 23, 2021

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When I saw the announcement that Ilona Andrews had a book coming out in the Kinsmen Universe, I was rather surprised, as I hadn’t been aware that they were even planning an addition to this old series, much less that the publication date was imminent. I was assuming they were putting the finishing touches on Ruby Fever, the final instalment in Catalina and Alessandro’s story, or finally working on Hugh 2 or Aurelia/Julie 2, or even a new Innkeeper. But I really liked the original two novellas in the Kinsmen Universe, particularly Silent Blade, so of course I jumped on the opportunity to get my hands on Fated Blades.

I really liked it: it’s a quick, fast-paced and compelling read with lots of their trademark well-choreographed fight scenes that play like a movie in your mind (or at least in my mind). The story is difficult to summarize without giving away too much of the plot. It is set on the same world - Planet Rada - as the previous Kinsmen stories and even in the same province, Dahlia, as Silent Blade, but apart from that, there are no connections between the characters, except that they also belong to the class of humans that were at some point technologically enhanced with fighting capabilities, traits that were then subsequently inherited. Those that have those traits are called secare. Both of our protagonists were born with those traits and have honed their abilities since an early age. They belong to two families that have been locked in a kind of cold war because of an enmity, the origins of which have been all but lost in the past. So the members of the two families have avoided open conflict by steering clear of each other, though they share some business interests and naturally they also monitor each other. So when Ramona, the head of the Addler family walks into Matias Baena’s corporate offices unannounced, disrupting his minutely structured day, he is a touch taken aback, to say they least. But a theft affecting both their businesses forces them to work together. This in medias res beginning really set the tone for the rest of the book, which is very action-driven. I also like the rather unconventional fact that both main protagonists are married at the beginning of the book, but not to each other. Together with the resolution of the corporate theft and the recovery of the stolen data, the disentanglement of their personal lives is one of the main drivers of the story, as well as one of the main obstacles before they can be together. Because of course they fall in love, mostly by being impressed by each others fighting prowess and how well they “dance” together.

I love everything Ilona Andrews have ever written, some books more than others, and I understand that not every book can be even “better” than the previous one. But because of the consistently impressive quality of their stories, they have set a rather high bar for themselves and this story does not quite manage to deliver on all accounts. For one that might be due to the fact that this is a standalone novel, and a comparatively short one at that; so the story lacks some of the intricacies and depth that characterize their multi-part series and also secondary characters (with maybe one exception) seem less fleshed out and colorful than readers have become accustomed to.

Additionally, I got a bit riled up about the understanding of politics that seemed to underpin the story: not actively pursuing a career in politics does NOT mean you are not political: if you are the head of a large enterprise you can’t help put being political because you have a stake in things like trade agreements, labor policy, government contracts, etc., that all affect your business. And lobbying your government for or against a law that impacts what kind of research and development you can do, is highly political, in fact, it’s the essence of politics (as you might have guessed, I subscribe to Hanisch’s view (the personal is political) which postulates that our personal experiences are the result of/constrained by societal structures and the context we live in and not the limited view that sees politics as something that is divorced from ordinary people’s lives).

But still, a gripping, imaginative story with an original starting point and solid world building, so 4 1/2 stars.

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Marcia McGinley

An OTP with a body count

Reviewed in the United States on November 23, 2021

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I love a good romance especially when there's a strong story line as well and even better, a power balance between the love interests. This story is a coming together of equals and is wonderfully free of needless misunderstandings. I do like it when grown ups just use their words. And revisiting Rada was a treat. It's science fiction but the world building is deftly inserted and the tech talk comes in occasional and fairly brief snatches. This book stands alone but if you haven't read the earlier novellas it will leave you hunting for them.

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Emily Green

A little disappointed in this one

Reviewed in the United States on December 5, 2021

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As a long time Ilona Andrews fan with a soft spot for the Kinsmen universe it pains me to give anything less than a five star review, but I had a hard time connecting with this one. It's very fast paced and action filled without the usual focus on character. I am primarily a character based reader instead of action based and found myself scanning large portions of the travel and fight scenes. I am hopeful that later books in this series will return to this author's strong female protagonist with a steadfast heart.

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Rani

Wish I Hadn't Purchased.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 24, 2021

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I was really looking forward to this, the blurb mafe it sounds ace so I pre-ordered, but have found myself more than a little disappointed.

Had to force myself to carry on reading. The world building didn't weave a intricate web that absorbed me.

The main characters didn't ensnare by attention nor did I feel chemistry between them sizzle off the page.

The writing felt a bit stiff.

Not going I my re-read pile. A small amount of skim reading took place.

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Wow! Another great story from masters of the craft

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 23, 2021

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While Ilona Andrews’ books are now permanently on my must read list, this steps it up a level. Though short (at 9 chapters with an epilogue) the book manages to pack a lot of emotion and action into its pages. If you’re looking for a trope description, this would fall into the enemies to lovers category. But to leave it at that would be to understate the wonderful world building and character formation that turns it into a book that can be read multiple times with new discoveries and familiar joys in each reading. I don’t want to say more because I lack the skill to do it justice, but would absolutely recommend this to anyone looking for a solid story that will grab you from the start and take you for a ride. I finished it in one sitting as it was unputdownable.

Correction: The authors have said that the trope is fated soulmates.

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Dirdre

to scream or to sigh?

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 23, 2021

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Though it wasn’t a long book it was thoroughly satisfying. The world building was so excellent that this book would be a great intro to the wondrous world of Ilona Andrews in general and the kinsmen universe in particular. I’m a totally biased and card carrying member of the BDH, but that just means that my expectations were ridiculously high. I’ve just finished my first read, I’m utterly enamored with the couple and I can’t decide whether to scream or to sigh.

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Mark CV

So we'll written...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 24, 2021

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You feel like you are there, living the life of the ruthless, passionate kinsmen, fighting for family and love.

I just loved the flow of the vibrant writing in this book, it held my attention with a singular focus and the descriptions of the surrounding world vividly painted the landscape, without ever drawing focus away from the actions and character interactions

Wonderful book

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Vallene

Epic read.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 26, 2021

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Well written beautifully put together enemies to lovers story. Filled with space, weapons and otherworldly nature. Epic battle scenes and stick it to the bad guys fun. A beatiful love story and true to the title. Loved reading every word. As always they did not disappoint. Absolutely worthy read.

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