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Magic Strikes
Magic Strikes | Ilona Andrews
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View our feature on Ilona Andrews's Magic Strikes. When magic strikes and Atlanta goes to pieces, it's a job for Kate Daniels Drafted into working for the Order of Merciful Aid, mercenary Kate Daniels has more paranormal problems than she knows what to do with these days. And in Atlanta, where magic comes and goes like the tide, that's saying a lot. But when Kate's werewolf friend Derek is discovered nearly dead, she must confront her greatest challenge yet. As her investigation leads her to the Midnight Gamesan invitation only, no holds barred, ultimate preternatural fighting tournamentshe and Curran, the Lord of the Beasts, uncover a dark plot that may forever alter the face of Atlanta's shapeshifting community
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TheAromaofBooks
Magic Strikes | Ilona Andrews
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I'm enjoying these way too much haha Fun concept, engaging characters, and secondary characters that I remember from book to book.

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TheSpineView Fantastic! 8mo
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wanderinglynn
Magic Strikes | Ilona Andrews
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I got the new Kate Daniel‘s novella and so of course I needed to go back and reread the entire series. Since it‘s a dreary day, I decided to finally dig out my craft stuff and started a new cross stitch project.

It‘s retro in the sense that I‘ve had this craft for a while, a long while. 😆 #litsycrafters

AmyG What are you cross-stitching? I‘d love to see when you are done. 2y
wanderinglynn @AmyG it‘s a wizard. It‘ll probably be a couple of weeks, but I‘ll tag you when I post the finished work. 😀 2y
AmyG Thanks! 2y
LiseWorks I love this series. 2y
wanderinglynn @LiseWorks me too! It‘s one of my faves. 2y
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swynn
Magic Strikes | Ilona Andrews
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(2009) Third in the authors' series featuring magical mercenary Kate Daniels. This one has arena fighting and ratchets up the principals' sexual frustration -- not my favorite tropes, but I do appreciate the cast of characters and the development what promises to be a multi-book storyline. Looking forward to the next.

This was my #DoubleSpin for December.

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5feet.of.fury
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Book 3 was so good! Good plot, great action, so much uhmmm *tension* ⚔️🦁

Kate sneaks into a Battle Royale &joins up with the pack after a group of godly beings with a bias against shapeshifters attacks one of their own. Shhh don‘t tell the Beast Lord.

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5feet.of.fury
Magic Strikes | Ilona Andrews
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Doing corporate America, cubicle life things but I just want to check back in on Kate and Curran. Letsgoooo 🦁⚔️

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ProudBookNerd
Magic Strikes | Ilona Andrews
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If you like urban fantasy with strong female leads, similar to Briggs and Harrison, you will really like this series. I am really enjoying it so far. This next installment was as interesting and engaging as the prior ones. The premise is creative, the character descriptions provide a good visual and I found the story interesting. Definite must read if you enjoy the genre.

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Lauren_reading
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This series gets better with every book and now the tension between Kate and Curran is everything! The battle against more otherworldly creatures, saving a werewolf, learning Kate‘s history all comes together in a book I couldn‘t stop reading.

JamieArc I miss your reviews! Hope you‘re doing well! 2y
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shanaqui
Magic Strikes | Ilona Andrews

Sometimes I forget how GROSS some bits of this are. This brought to you by practically falling off my treadmill as I suddenly had a visceral EWW at a particular scene in the arena. Yikes.

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shanaqui
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I forgot this is the book in which awful things happen to Derek. o_o

Riveted_Reader_Melissa The one downside of re-reading a series, the bad stuff you blocked out! 😬 3y
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shanaqui
Magic Strikes | Ilona Andrews

Onto my next reread of this series! Gah, I love Kate's smartassery (and sometimes dumbassery wrapped in quippy comebacks).

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Ksvz
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May 2021 - rereading my favorite series and just makes me so happy - book Prozac

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Areader2
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What can I say , Kate is my spirit animal ! Love this series!
My last book read of 2020 met my goodreads goal of 30 books read in 2020, here we go 2021 !

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Areader2
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Altruism is fog created by sly minds seeking to benefit from the energy and skill of others Nothing more You‘re like a god from Greek myth,Saiman.You have no empathyYou have no concept of the world beyond your ego.Wanting something gives you an automatic right to obtain it by whatever means necessary with no regard to the damage it may do.In the end the gods always ended up miserable and alone. readathon is slower but enjoying
#dashingdecember

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Laughterhp
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Finished the 3rd Kate Daniel‘s book today. Not my favorite even though there are a lot of steamy/will they won‘t they between Kate and Kern. I wasn‘t a huge fan of the magical games for some reason. It definitely made an interesting setting and different but I just felt something off. I did like learning more about Kate‘s history. And I‘ll definitely be reading more in this series.

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Foragingfantasy
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Love!! Best one of the series so far! ❤️🔥

revenge4porgy What‘s the best of what series? 🤔 4y
Foragingfantasy @revenge4porgy the titled book. Lol. 4y
Foragingfantasy @revenge4porgy it‘s book 3. The first book was slow, but I‘m glad I kept going! 4y
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ravenlee
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This is where the series really picks up, where we go from episodic to a more coherent narrative thread. Kate and Curran are heating up, supporting characters are developing more personality, and the stakes are getting higher. Really enjoying my series reread.

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shanaqui
Magic Strikes | Ilona Andrews
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These books just make me laugh so. much.

Help me decide a #bookblanket thing, though! Should this book be just turquoise for fantasy, or turquoise/hot pink for fantasy/romance, now Kate and Curran's courtship is really getting off the ground? The previous books are just classified fantasy in the blanket. I do actually have a poll on Twitter: https://twitter.com/shanaqui/status/1148733448330387457 But comments with opinions works too.

shanaqui My feeling is that these books get pigeonholed as 'paranormal romance' when, yes, love is a serious and important element of the plot and characterisation, but it's not ABOUT the romance. Certainly I categorised the first two books as primarily fantasy, with no hesitation.

(The colour is chosen based on primary genre; if the genre mashup is particularly close, I use two colours. Two is the max.)
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the-woman-who-read-everything I haven‘t read this one, but it sounds like it could go either way, so I say pick whichever option looks best in your blanket 😁🧶 5y
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girlwiththeglasses
Magic Strikes | Ilona Andrews
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“Fear is pain. It hurts. I sink into it and use it like a sharpening stone gliding against a sword. It makes me better, more aware. But I can‘t be scared for too long, or it will wear me out.”
“How do you make it stop?” “I kill.”

10/10.

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girlwiththeglasses
Magic Strikes | Ilona Andrews
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1️⃣Book: Kate Daniels Series (it reminds me of Curran😍😂2️⃣Movie: The Lion King 😂3️⃣Song: Roar by Katy Perry. #MANICMONDAY @JoScho

DaveGreen7777 Whenever I hear the name Curran, all I can think of is Kate greeting him with “Here, kitty, kitty!” 😂🦁 6y
JoScho Awesome song choice! 6y
girlwiththeglasses @DaveGreen7777 Lol. I know right. I wanted to strangle Kate when said that, but it was also one of my favorite moments 😂♥️ 6y
girlwiththeglasses @JoScho thanks😊😊😊 6y
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QueenOfWands
Magic Strikes | Ilona Andrews
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Face paced and action packed. More so than the previous two. So much fun! I love these characters. I'm having fun bingeing these. #fantasy #urbanfantasy #shapeshifters

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toastyfrog
Magic Strikes | Ilona Andrews
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This book was great. A gladiator's arena, Andrea and Raphael continue to be adorable in the background, and plenty of my favorite character, Saiman. Side plot I loved was riding into the boarding school dressed as pirates to give the adopted daughter more street cred.

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Kino83
Magic Strikes | Ilona Andrews
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I couldn't stop laughing after reading this the first time. This is my 3rd read of the book, and I still laugh with this. God, I love this series.

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TheLibrarian
Magic Strikes | Ilona Andrews
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First ever Litsy post. Stumbled across this amazing app on accident and fell in love with all the wonderful people. My #tbr pile keeps getting bigger too! #booktober

andreadmw Kate!!! ❤️📚 8y
TheLibrarian @andreadmw - This was one of my first urban fantasy series and I absolutely loved it. Kate rocks! 8y
andreadmw @TheLibrarian my first was Harry Dresden but Kate is awesome. I discovered her about 4 books into the series. I'm interested to see where it goes. Did you read the newest one yet? I was about to comment then thought I didn't want to spoil you! 8y
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iread2much One of my favorite series right now. I've probably reread these books way more than is descent and I can't wait for all the novellas to come out for the most recent novel. 8y
TheLibrarian I just finished the latest book a few weeks ago @andreadmw Now I want to next one but will have to wait 😭 8y
TheLibrarian @iread2much This will definitely be a series I'll be rereading in my future. 8y
andreadmw @TheLibrarian yes I loved the last book too. Intrigued to see where it goes. I did start to find all the gods they discussed a little overwhelming so I want to see where they take it. The characters, the core of the series for me, are still 100% spot on. Love Kate and Curran! 8y
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leonareadsalot
Magic Strikes | Ilona Andrews
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Finding a series that continues to deliver book after book like the Kate Daniels series is such a blessing and treasure. Magic Strikes again blew me away. It should be criminal to have such a unique, engaging, and appealing storyline and to have a narrator that brings every character to life.

MrBook Yay, a good read found 😊👏🏻. Welcome to @Litsy ! We hope you enjoy your stay, I think you'll like it here 😎👍🏻. 8y
leonareadsalot @MrBook thank you! 8y
Jennifer_TBN So glad you're listening and enjoying this series! 8y
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leonareadsalot @Jennifer_TBN I'm addicted lol 8y
KipSpecki I devour anything they write. Have you read the Innkeeper Series?? 8y
leonareadsalot @KipSpecki I've listened to the first book and plan on continuing it once I've caught up in the Kate Daniels series 8y
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KeepCalmWithBooksAndCoffee
Magic Strikes | Ilona Andrews
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Finally we get more emotional involvement in this book! In the first two it felt like a lot of set up. We get to see more of Kate's softer side and more details about her past. 👍 Loved it! ❤️

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KeepCalmWithBooksAndCoffee
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Continuing on with this series. I'm plowing through them and I love it.

MarriedtoMrT I re-read this one regularly. It starts to dig a bit deeper emotionally. Enjoy! 8y
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CanadianMrs
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I think somebody has a thing for the Beast Lord.
Continuing my reread.

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TheLibrarian
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Can't get enough of this series!