Magic Rises by Ilona Andrews
*SPOILERS*
I want to be Ilona Andrews when I grow up.
She—well, they—are the one of my favorite
writers. Their novels mesmerize, make me
laugh, leave me in awe and inspire me.
The last book of hers I reviewed was the first in the series—Magic Bites. Well, that was because I’ve been so busy
reading every novel and novella the husband/wife team has published.
The Kate Daniels world is amazing and so
original. And there is no heroine in all
of literature that is as kick-ass as Kate.
Each new novel goes farther, digs deeper and makes
the reader’s eye bug out. And yet she
keeps it all fast and funny.
Her newest novel, Magic Rises is no exception. I loved this novel from page one. And even though it leaves the familiar
environ of post shift Atlanta Georgia and sails off (literally) to Europe, and deceit
and mayhem, murder and betrayal, it is still Kate doing what she does best:
sticking to her guns (well, swords, since she’s a suck shot) and fighting for
those she loves.
I have to give Ilona credit, she really had me going
this time. She had me on the edge of my
seat, dismayed and depressed that Curran was actually going to leave Kate.
I’ve never skipped to the last page of a novel
before, but by halfway through I did. I
just couldn’t deal with how the thought of him breaking up with her was
affecting me.
Man can she write.
By the end all the questions are answered, Kate and
Co. almost die, and she finds out that her powers are far more vast and deadly than
she had imagined.
I was so sad to see Aunt B die. She was a one in a million character and went
down with such savage honor. She will be
missed.
I can’t rate this one high enough. Spectacular!
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