Blog this item

Magic Bites

(Kate Daniels, Book 1)

By Ilona Andrews

(38)

| Mass Market Paperback | 9780441014897

Like Magic Bites?
Join aNobii to see if your friends read it, and discover similar books!

Book Description

When the magic is up, rogue mages cast their spells and monsters appear, while guns refuse to fire and cars fail to start. But then technology returns, and the magic recedes as unpredictably as it arose, leaving all kinds of paranormal problems in its wake.

Kate Daniels is a down-on-her-luck mercen Continue

Critics

The Best Reviews: Ilona Andrews, Magic Bites

"enchanting paranormal whodunit" In the near future, the world is a very different place as magic has returned but it ebbs and flows. When it flows, technology fails, but when it ebbs technology works. Kate Daniels belongs to the Mercenaries Guild, t ... (read full critics)

thebestreviews published on Thu, 16 Sep 2010

Book Review Double Feature: Magic Bites and Magic Burns

MAGIC BITES (book 1) Magic Bites introduces us to Kate Daniels, mercenary guild member, isolated loner tough gal type heroine. The story begins with Kate casually sipping on some Boone’s in her family home on the outskirts of Atlanta. Her quiet time ... (read full critics)

thebooksmugglers published on Tue, 14 Sep 2010

4 Reviews

Magic Bites

This book is an interesting futuristic urban fantasy. However there are quite a few loose ends and things left unexplained, so hopefully the next book in the series will help fill in the blanks.

Is this helpful?

Readingrat said on Nov 3, 2009 | Add your feedback

Kate Daniels is a down on her luck mercenary who makes her living cleaning up magical problems. But when Kate's guardian is murdered, her quest for justice draws her into a power struggle between two strong factions within Atlanta's magic circles. The Masters of the Dead, necromancers who can contro ... (continue)

Kate Daniels is a down on her luck mercenary who makes her living cleaning up magical problems. But when Kate's guardian is murdered, her quest for justice draws her into a power struggle between two strong factions within Atlanta's magic circles. The Masters of the Dead, necromancers who can control vampires, and the Pack, a paramilitary clan of shape changers, blame each other for a series of bizarre killings, and the death of Kate's guardian may be part of the same mystery.
__________________________________
This was a really good book! I love books about magic and this one was very detailed and had a quick, interesting plot line.

Is this helpful?

Heather Landry said on Jul 23, 2009 | Add your feedback

My thoughts

This was a very good paranormal fantasy featuring mercenary Kate Daniels who is not intimidated by anyone - not even the leader of the Shapeshifters. While trying to solve the murder of her friend and guardian, Kate manages to earn the trust and respect of various factions. I look forward to reading ... (continue)

This was a very good paranormal fantasy featuring mercenary Kate Daniels who is not intimidated by anyone - not even the leader of the Shapeshifters. While trying to solve the murder of her friend and guardian, Kate manages to earn the trust and respect of various factions. I look forward to reading the next book in the series, Magic Burns.

Is this helpful?

krin5292 said on Aug 4, 2008 | Add your feedback

This one got off to a slow start and I did keep putting it back down for a while, but after a few stops and starts I finally settled into the book. One criticism is the oblique references to Kate's own blood and no explanations of why it's so important, although you will get some suspicions nearer ... (continue)

This one got off to a slow start and I did keep putting it back down for a while, but after a few stops and starts I finally settled into the book. One criticism is the oblique references to Kate's own blood and no explanations of why it's so important, although you will get some suspicions nearer to the end of the novel. The blood issue is something, I'm guessing, the autor is building up to in the next book (or three).
Overall not a bad opening book, if you can stick with it beyond the first couple of chapters. Once it gets going, it's a good read.

Is this helpful?

Azhrialilu said on Aug 24, 2007 | Add your feedback