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Lauren Clark

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 18, 2023

This is my favorite world of all time. I love these books. I love the characters. I will continue to reread and reread them until I can’t no longer reread them. I love all the spin offs I just can’t get enough. So well written, great characters. Super fun to read! Do yourself a favor and just buy them all.

AnnElm

Amazing

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 26, 2022

This series will forever be one of my favorites and my introduction to urban fantasy.
Kate and Curran are magnificent together and every carachter is so well written and the world building is amazing.
I have laughed and cried while rooting for Kate, Curran and their found family and I have loved every moment of reading about them.

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FUN fantasy series you will likely enjoy

She Buys Stuff

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 5, 2019

Overall, this was a fun fantasy series, that I highly recommend. It isn't perfect. The writing is sometimes sloppy. I don't see this winning any awards. But in terms of entertainment value, it's a great read. The story is there, even if it is a bit ham-handed at times.

HEROINE - the star of the show is Kate Daniels, and she is a butt-kicking lead if ever there was. This is not a series that props the female lead at the expense of the other women, either. This is a series that values butt-kicking above all other skills, and the men and women alike are quite capable. Characters without such skills are rarely seen, and usually have at least a boat load of magic instead. While Kate also has magic powers beyond most everyone else, she is not highly skilled at using them. It's her intelligence and skill with a sword that save the day the vast majority of the time. While sometimes the books suffer from a lack of realism in terms of her toughness (I swear, it's like she and every other character can break BOTH legs and just keep soldiering through the pain to finish the fight), they don't simply fall back on her magic to, well, magically save the day every time.

MYSTERY - I would classify the general feel of these books as mysteries, surprisingly, at least for the bulk of the series. Yes, each book builds up to a "big bad" Kate and company must defeat. And as you get closer to the end of the series, there is more emphasis on one ultimate bad guy. But each book begins with some kind of death, and Kate tracking down clues. And she really does track clues - she interviews suspect and witnesses, she brings evidence to a lab for analysis etc etc. I wasn't expecting how much these books, at their core, were really detective novels. So for fans of the fantasy crime genre, these are an excellent choice.

PNR vs UF - it seems like the big distinction between paranormal romance and urban fantasy these days is sex, with PNR being heavy on it. In this regard, the series lands on the UF side. Kate and Curran take several novels to get together, though their tension starts building from the very beginning. Once they are firmly together, there is sex. But a couple of graphic scenes a book, that are easily skipped if that is not your thing. The romance aspect is heavy in the books, growing more essential to the plot as the series goes on. But it works, just like Kate's growing friendships work and are essential to the plot. I don't think the romance would turn off readers except for those who really hate any romance in their books at all.

CHARACTERS - the books have a great, rich collection of other characters. I don't love how the side characters are inconsistent in their importance in each book. One book, she may have her best friend as a sidekick to every adventure; the next book, they may just exchange a few phone calls. But I do love that so many characters are so well-developed. And if you hate books where the author gets you attached to the side characters, only to kill them off like a constant emotional battering ram at the readers - this series won't destroy you. Some characters die. But, for the most part, this is not a series that delights in tearing your heart to pieces.

WORLD-BUILDING - the sub-par world-building is the biggest flaw in the series for me. The novels are set in "post-Shift" Atlanta, meaning some time in the future (within a generation) where magic has arrived, and the world is constantly shifting back and forth between magic and tech. So one minute your car might run on gas, the next minute magic takes over, and you need to spend 15 minutes enchanting your car to run on water. Which I know, because we hear about the cars A LOT. And the phones. And that's mainly it. A couple reference to the roads, to buildings, boat travel etc. But how does government really function? How is money still a viable currency? Who is making toilet paper? It's not that I need those specific questions answered. It's that it just all feels very surface-level description, to aid the plot, but no real effort into really making this world work. There are a couple details that demonstrate the strangeness of this world, we are told them over and over, and that is it. I LOOOOOVE world-building in my SF&F, that just sucks you into this entire new place. That doesn't happen here.

FANTASY - while the book doesn't build its own world as richly as I would like, it does delve deep into mythology and religion for its mysteries and troublemakers. Egyptian, Christian, Greek, you name it. Gods, fables, legends, ancient texts, druids, rabbis. Anything goes. Kate is a font of knowledge, and she is constantly learning more, and taking the reader on for the ride. I enjoyed the draw on history. It's not my personal sweet spot in books, but for those who love it, this will definitely be a treat.

OVERALL - I do recommend the series. It won't go down in my all-time greats, that I read over and over, loving every description of this strange land. But it was definitely an enjoyable read. And a COMPLETE fantasy series, with a legit and satisfying ending for a great, root-able heroine and her cast of friends. Sometimes, that is exactly what you're looking for in a book!

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Love this series and the authors

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 8, 2021

I love how Ilona Andrews write strong female characters and witty dialogue. These books are my comfort reading!

Terri Christiansen

Simply the Best

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 19, 2017

I never really read paranormal fiction, till after a family tragedy and I needed something to take my mind off of things. I found these authors and Kate Daniels. I love these books. They are funny and intelligent and very well written. I have read them now for years. Many times. I will be so sad when this series ends.
Is it Tom Robbins? No. It's not. I still give these books a 5 star rating. Since finding these authors, and Kate, lol, I have read many different paranormal fantasy books, and these are the best, in my opinion. Most authors of these books tend to put so much graphic sex in them that there is no room for an actual plot, or character building. I think they do it to cover for the fact that they have very little talent. Not so with these books.. and I am certainly not a prude, lol. These books don't need it. They shine as they are, and each book actually is better than the last, and that's hard to do.

I truly applaud this series, and all of these author's books. The was a time when I might have honestly said that the humor and wit in these books, saved my life... I know they made it better.

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If you love strong female leads

Kubotaz

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 16, 2017

I love the strong female lead in this series, no wimpy cry baby. I tried to give 4 & 1\2 stars but it wouldn't let me. The only thing that kept me from giving 5 stars is that authors kill off good supporting characters. ( is that a spoiler? ) its still good fiction- I just prefer more escapism from my fiction \ fantasy, less "realism" . The heroine Always wins, None of her close friends die, she always gets the hottest, most badass (but she can still kick his ass) lover / mate, and they're all still living in that world when it's done.
Illona, you could keep this series going for years and I'll keep buying them.

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marinam

Never gets boring

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 19, 2019

I love the Kate Daniels series, I think I am re-reading it for 5th time already. Ilona Andrews write in a unique way which captures the reader since the first word and doesn't let go until the end. I was a goner at "Here kitty, kitty, kitty" and still am.
I recommend it for all urban fantasy fans. There are some steamy scenes, but honestly, they are not a center of the book. The romance between the two main characters is slowly building until the last book and the X-rates scenes are widely spread (less than one per book).

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My fave urban fantasy

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 10, 2020

I absolutely love these series. Kate Daniel’s world is my favorite of all the urban fantasies I have read or tried. These series captivate yiu from the very first page... and although I find some moments boring: like fighting scenes, I adore the characters! After reading these series - everything else From this genre is so boring ... The best creation from Ilona Andrews, even the rest of her other series pale in comparison. I think that Kate Daniel’s world and characters have everything an urban fantasy needs - and it’s the best.

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