4 stars - Loved it!Well mostly the second half, the first wasn't as great but luckily it picked up later.I'm not very happy about the whole Curran thing from the last book not being resolved (= groveling). Roland was great!But Kate didn't really act like herself. She was so much stronger in the first books... Yes she didn't have as much to lose then but I can't imagine that Kate whining as much and waiting to be saved.I did love the ending! Finally Curran sacrifices for Kate. (It still doesn't m...

*´¨)¸.· ´¸.·*´¨) ¸.·*¨)(¸.·´ (¸¸.·3,5 StarsSo... I just finished Magic Breaks, a book I have been waiting for !!364!! Days and I can't help but feel disappointed.It was still good but not as good as Magic Rises [btw still fangirling about that one]. Maybe my expectations were too high or this book is just introducing us into the new developments that take place in this series but still I feel a little bit let down. :(I will keep my review short; just 3 good and 3 bad things about the book ;)

First read August 2014, rating 4 starsSecond read May 2016, rating 5 stars I really loved the book this time. This changes everything. So many important things happened. So many changes and new developments. * Spoilers * Firstly, I liked that Curran was missing for a good part of the book. I liked seeing Kate working and fighting alone. Her interactions with Hugh are so epic. I know they'll never be together, but I can't ignore their chemistry.“Don’t bring my people into it,” I said. “I’ll make

It's not a secret that I love this series. And Magic Breaks has so many amazing scenes it's hard to fathom that the series is getting better with each book.I love the wit, sarcasm, and the clever banter that are the authors signature. Even after reading the books multiple times, they still make me chuckle and laugh out loud. I must admit there is nothing, no other book that can compare with the sassy and smart dialogues that can be found in every Kate Daniels novel.Even though Magic Breaks is th...

I re-read this yesterday as a way of keeping awake post night shift (switching one's body clock around can be a pain in the neck. Sometimes literally). It's a challenging reading mood--I need something to engage me without too much brain-work, but not stupid enough that I lose my very limited patience. And what do you know? Magic Breaks worked.At first, there were doubts, largely arising out of the structure and pacing of the initial pages. Magic Breaks opens with a 'Thank you to the readers,' w...

I liked this SO MUCH BETTER the second time around. Might have something to do with the fact that I skipped book six and am pretending it never happened...

Ilona Andrews rocks my world. For real. This book is absolutely a must-read for any Kate Daniels fan. It features everything I love about the series. It's funny, in that wonderful, dry, sarcastic way that the Andrews team does so well. It's action-packed. It's got heart --and history. The world-building is fantastic and consistent. The characters are rich and well developed. It's got a romance I believe in. Satisfying sex. And. It. Is. Epic. The story is so big, the Andrews had to write a discla...

🐈 The Adventures Of A Brave Little Kitty Buddy Rerererereread (TAOABLKBR™) with the IA Addicts 🐈➽ And the moral of this particular rererererereread is: if “Z’emir-amit. Z’emir-amit. Z’emir-amit” = WHEEEEEEEE, Jester Park = AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH and “HESAAD.” MINE. = bloody shrimping hell of the stinking fish, then Magic Breaks = And that is a scientifically proven fact, my Little Barnacles. P.S. I want an unnatural cannibal rodent for Christmas. Thank thee kindly.👋 Until next time and stuff.[Apr...

My favorite urban fantasy series totally delivers on this SEVENTH installment of Kate Daniels?! Damn, that's a lot of books! VERY satisfying ending to a lot of overarching storylines set up back in book one. Not as much romance, but the action and interaction between the characters made up for it. The fight scenes, as usual, were HELLA awesome. I just can't recommend this series enough if you want a fun adventure with a kick-ass lady lead and a bit of supernatural romance throw in to boot (but n...

Reread of the Kate Daniels series with my friends at Ilona Andrews Addicts (IAA) only a few weeks to go before Magic Binds comes out.What is it with this series. Everytime I reread a book in it I love everything even more. Original Review July 2014:3.5 Roland You Are a Bad-Ass Stars rounded to 4 stars because of my love affair with all things Ilona Andrews. “How did I turn out? Are you proud of the monster you made?” I really don’t want to spoil anything for anyone so I will have a lengthy...

4.35/5 ⭐I can't even fathom to tell you the level of inner anxiety those chapters towards the end gave me. And also, on top of that, I got a pretty amazing...cliffhanger ending.What the hell, really? This series gets me going out of my mind.So, besides the fact that it's frustratingit's also pretty damn good.(Book-styled)

2.5* I don't like Julie and I do not see the point of her existence in the series but this story which is told from her point of view was decent. It was included in Magic Breaks, otherwise I wouldn't have read it. Merged review:3.5*I can always trust Kate Daniels to get me out of a reading slump. This series is generally full of action but this volume felt like it was on adrenaline shots the whole time. I sometimes felt the need for it to slow down a bit. However, I enjoyed it better than the la...

3.5 stars - SpoilersI'm not quite sure how I feel about Magic Breaks, in some ways I hated it with a burning passion and in others I absolutely bloody loved it. What I do know is that it was a definite improvement from the last book, which read like a silly teeny-bopper book with lots of misunderstandings, insecurity, douchery, and female doormatery. Thankfully, there wasn't any of it that rubbish in this one.-The first half of the book really dragged for me, there were moments that were wonderf...

4.25 stars. Review first posted on Fantasy Literature: In Magic Breaks, the seventh book in Ilona Andrews’ KATE DANIELS urban fantasy series, the overarching plot lines of the series takes a lion-sized step forward, with a few major surprises along the way. *some spoilers for earlier books in the series*Kate Daniels, her mate Curran, the Beast Lord of Atlanta’s shapeshifter Pack, and their group have returned from their perilous trip to Europe, described in Magic Rises, where they ran into confl...

With all the mother-effing ARCs floating around a few months ago and all the KD craze I’ve been seeing lately, it is a goddamn miracle that I somehow managed to go into this book blind and unaffected by anyone else’s opinion. And I’ll be damned if I do it to you so if you haven’t read this book yet -- JUST STOP! Stop reading reviews and just read the fricken book! (this is a big reason why I binge-read these books on release day -- because I REFUSE to be spoiled even a teeny tiny bit by other pe...

Buddy read with Armina, Eilonwy, Asya, and Monty Cupcake.Curran had to go away because somebody set an extremely poor disguised trap for him (did anybody had any doubts it was a trap made to draw him away from the very beginning?). Now it is up to Kate to attend a meeting between the two most powerful groups in Atlanta: the People (the vampire masters) and the Pack (the Shapeshifters); Kate represents the latter. Once again, even a blind person with extreme mental deficiency would not smell anot...

Reread.My favorite books in the series, and it has all the things that I wanted from this series. Action, murder, intense pack rivalry, magic, and all this without the Kate-Curran relationship drama. it was good to see Kate have faith in him, and he In turn proved that why he deserves her and what length he would go to be with her. Hugh was a big disappoint here. He came, created some ruckus, literally stole Kate, and put her in a magical prison. But then our hero came against all odds, fought t...

"Death is forever. Death is nothing. But to save a life, that's everything." But unfortunately deep down everything is politics and diplomacy…• Kate has to behave appropriately in front of the Pack.• Kate has to behave and talk correctly in front of the Pack council.• The Pack needs to be reserved with Curran (although not really too reserved with his consort).• The Pack members have to respect hierarchy and follow Alpha’s decisions even if they are stupid.• The Pack council needs to have a c

For Ilona and Andrew Gordon, the husband-and-wife writing team behind the pen name Ilona Andrews, Magic Breaks is the ultimate show of strength. These two have nothing left to prove, their writing is reliably excellent and funny as all get-out. It’s been a long, long time since I’ve felt any trepidation when buying one of their new releases. Magic Breaks is the book in which all their skill and their significant experience come to light.This is a pivotal point in the Kate Daniels series – a seve...

4.75 StarsI'm wondering if I can write a review which consists of more than... There will be many and major SPOILERS in the review. If you haven't read the book then I wouldn't advise continuing. Let's start from the beginning...First 2/3 of the book and Curran is nowhere to be found. He's gone off to make a deal with another pack and Kate has to deal with anything pack realted until he returns. Of course this is exactly the time when the shit hit the fan.Hugh shows up at the Conclave (a meeti...