🐈 The Adventures Of A Brave Little Kitty Buddy Rerererereread (TAOABLKBR™) with the IA Addicts 🐈➽ And the moral of this particular rererererereread is: I want a multi-purpose pet for Christmas. And if Edvokia's duck-bunny-cat can't be cloned, I'll settle for a barnacle-shrimp-kraken. Or for a mutant hippo-frog.Err...Then again maybe not. A barnacle-shrimp-kraken it is, then! Pretty sure they look much sexier than mutant hippo-frogs, anyway. Also, it is a truth universally acknowledged that k...

“Put your badass faces on and follow me.” Studying Intellectual Property Law or following Kate Daniels' new adventures that include slavic gods,domestic terrorists and my favorite knight in furry armor.Let me think. “Starting the day with a philosophical debate with a priest of the Embodiment of All Evil.It could only go downhill from here.” Kate Daniels is now the Beast Lord's mate and she has her own business that investigates paranormal problems and life would be perfe

My massive 2018 overdose of Kate Daniels continues with Magic Slays, the fifth book in the series. Kate is starting up her own private investigation business, which isn’t initially going so great (in fact, they have no clients at all), and she’s trying to come to terms with her relationship with Curran and her new role as the First Lady Mate Consort to the Beast Master. Kate has some angst about both of those things, but it soon gets overshadowed by a particularly difficult, and dangerous, case

Okay, this is easy. Since I'm a fanboy, it's super easy to write reviews because I can usually just do a gonzo.Suffice to say, it's really fun to be getting into the characters. There might have been a little hiccup with Curran in this one... like there ain't hiccups in all of them... but it's nice to see the interplay.I can't believe that Derek is actually growing on me, at long last. But Julie? Awwwww.... pooooooor kid! This is definitely going to bite everyone in the butt. I know it.Urban fan...

4.5 stars.Ladies and Gentlemen, I believe we have a winner! Ilona and Andrew have done it again.I have a plan to save urban fantasy. I’m not a megalomaniac or anything, I just think that UF needs saving and I care enough to try. Therefore, I’ve developed a cunning plan: I’m going to buy four more copies of this book. The first I’ll send to Jeanine Frost because she was the first of my favorite UF authors to disappoint me this year. (view spoiler)[Hot wax? So not cool! (hide spoiler)] I’ll send t...

Buddy read with Armina, Eilonwy, Asya, and Monty Cupcake.Poor Kate Daniels opened a private investigation outfit quite a while ago, but the clients did not exactly form a huge line at her doors. In fact she did not have a single one yet. When her friend/enemy Ghastek asked her to deal with a vampire on the loose she jumped at the chance. Before she knew it, the little problem escalates into something much bigger. She now has to deal with pissed off police, her adopted niece Julie who disappeared...

*Before I begin my review, I must take a moment to honour the devastating goddess who made it possible for me to read this book. There are not enough words in the English language to fully capture the incadescents of this magnificent human being. She is beyond reproach, loved by all, exulted in her graciousness. I adore her with the nuclear reactions of a thousand suns. She is worth more to me than all of the precious jewels!*/Suck up"The series gets good at book three."If I had a penny for ever...

It is time for Kate to put her grown-up pants on and act like an adult. It is essential for her to deal with a number of things that need an adult attitude. So:1. For the first time, she has a business to run with employees and bills to pay. For a variety of reasons she keeps adding employees to her business and all these people have needs, i.e. better weapons, food, food and more food, extra chairs etc.She has to be cautious about her budget and her earnings, but I am not sure she is very succe...

I now count myself among the Kate Daniels super fandom. Magic Slays was another great installment on what is shaping up to be an awesome series. Since I’ve gushed about it enough in other reviews, I’ll stick to specifics for this title. I especially loved how authentic the relationship was between the main character and her bff. They argued like real people, and it’s the kind of back-and-forth bickering that’s fun to read about. In fact, all the relationships are great, and I especially love how...

I would like all authors of urban fantasy and paranormal romance out there to stop for a second their feverish scribbling and take a look at this series. THE proof that YES, series don't necessarily need to go down the drain after 4th installment, that YES, series can STILL be interesting after the two romantic interests in the story "do the deed" and that YES, plots do not need to become unbelievably twisted, punctuated by improbable events and where mythology gets slaughtered just to get out o...

Forth-read 26.01.22 Derek and Curran are great characters. I love them. Combined with Kate, they are a great team. Still, this re-read was skimmed a lot. Third-read 18.07.19 Derek is an awesome character and I want more of him. Curran as well. Seriously, we need more of them. That being said, the story is still good, but not the best in the series.New Rating: 3.5/3 stars Second-read 19.09.16 Heh. Still awesome, even the second time around. I love Derek, btw. Re-read 30.07.14 I need the

Ugh Ilona Andrews, you need a new cover artist. Your books are too good for these corny covers.I want to start my review with a message for Ilona Andrews. Mrs. Andrews, are you with me? Yes? Ok. I LOOOOVEEE YOU SO MUCH! SOOOOOOOO MUCH!!! You are my most favorite person ever!!!! Ever!!! I want to put you in a plush cage (I care about your comfort, I would never hurt you!) next to my bed so that I can look at you day and night and make you write amazing stories just for me. Forever! And I won’t sh...

Welcome to the Reader’s Court of Literary Grievances The courtroom was alive with the buzz of conversation. Today’s case had drawn so many spectators that it was standing room only. Behind the judge’s bench, high on the wall, hung an unimposing, standard-issue clock. As its hands ticked down the minutes, the excitement in the room rose and the buzz of the crowd slowly turned into a low level roar. Fifteen minutes before start-time it was so loud that people had to raise their voices when spea

It is not as bad as Ilona thinks, all and all it is not terrible.

4.5 starsAt the end of Kate #4, Curran sets Kate up in her own business. CALM DOWN. He doesn't just give it to her, it's a business arrangement. One that will ultimately benefit both Kate AND the Pack. But having her own business does Kate not one bit of good, b/c that bigoted jackhole Ted, her ex-bossman from the Order, tried to blame the epic disaster that his "plan" to take out Erra devolved into on Kate. Anyone with a lick of sense knows that's not true, but come on . . . how much sense does...

Reread.Again an enjoyable addition to the series. IA certainly knows how to spin a tale. It has its moments of fun and surprises but I think unlike the last this book seriously needed a great villain. IA just threw everything in the mix in this book i.e. vampire and shapeshifters going mad, a secret society who has it's minions in almost every big organisation in Atlanta giving this group all the inside scoop.Despite my grumblings about the story, I loved Kate and Curran in this book. The things...

Coming off the high of the spectacular ending of Magic Slays, I've been staring at the computer for 10 minutes, trying to figure out why it took me a little while to really get into this book. And I think I've finally come up with the answer.As the story begins, Kate is running the new agency that Curran set up for her since she has left the Order. But despite her competence and reputation, she doesn't have any clients. But just as her best friend Andrea returns from a two month absence, Kate is...

4.25 stars! “Shapeshifter parenting motto—if your kid slits somebody's throat, always have a backup plan to make the body disappear.” Book 5 in the Kate Daniels series and I'm still loving it! This was the book I never made it to the first time I was reading the series, so I'm glad I got to it and finished it! In this installment, Kate must find a missing scientist who has created a new device that has the potential to do massive harm. It becomes a race against time to save thousands of live

4.25/5 ⭐Wow, these books are getting better and better!In this one, we got to see Russian paganism and legends brought to the spotlight. The accuracy of everything presented is fabulous and every bit of information is nicely explained. Also, there are a few surprising mini-plot twists that I haven't exactly foreseen but they were only mildly surprising.I truly love the characters, it's like I fall in love with them with every book. They are smart, badass, funny and snarky and they are simply lov...

Yes I am reading this again....3rd time is a charm. I even found some lovely people to read it with me at Ilona Andrews Addicts (IAA) I always find something in these books that I missed or forgot in-between reads that makes them great and new again. Always a fun time reading the banter, the story and just the feel of IA's worlds are fantastic.Read #2 review Sept 20144.5 stars. I love re-reading this series. I’m having so much fun the second time through. My real review is below this is ju...