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Magic Bites Mass Market Paperback – March 27, 2007

by Ilona Andrews (Author)

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Book 1 of 10 in the Kate Daniels Series

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New York Times bestselling author Ilona Andrews invites you to experience the first novel in the intriguing world of Kate Daniels…

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 mercenary who makes her living cleaning up these 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 shapechangers, blame each other for a series of bizarre killings—and the death of Kate’s guardian may be part of the same mystery. Pressured by both sides to find the killer, Kate realizes she’s way out of her league—but she wouldn’t have it any other way…

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Splendid...an edgy dark fantasy touched with just the right amount of humor. -- Patricia Briggs

About the Author

Ilona Andrews is the pseudonym for a husband-and-wife writing team. Together they are the coauthors of the #1 New York Times bestselling Kate Daniels urban fantasy series and the romantic urban fantasy novels of the Edge. They currently reside in Texas with their two children and numerous pets.

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Series: Kate Daniels (Book 1)
Mass Market Paperback: 260 pages
Publisher: Ace (March 27, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0441014895
ISBN-13: 978-0441014897
Product Dimensions: 4.2 x 0.7 x 6.8 inches
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Average Customer Review: 985 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #90,010 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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- #854 in Books > Literature & Fiction > Action & Adventure > Romance
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A bit hard to follow but the world building was solid

Bykris limon June 14, 2017

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This is not a book you can just easily scan through-- it's very rough to follow and there is little to no exposition. It reminds me a lot of William Gibson' style in neuromancer, in the sense that certain things are just taken for granted. But on the other hand, it's a very interesting read and I'm intrigued enough to give the sequels a chance. Kate's a treasure of a character, Curran is hilarious, and I'm very glad that Crest is a non-issue.

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Slooowww start, but slam-bang finish!

BySirèneLittéraireon February 11, 2017

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So, having read "Burn For Me", by this author (which, BTW, is BRILLIANT, scintillating & a thrill ride of awesome action, TOTALLY RECOMMEND!!!), I assumed this book, the series of which had been HIGHLY recommended by the same person who recommended "Burn For Me", would be similarly awesome. However I was super über frustrated to find that the story didn't really even really start until the book was halfway over!
There were too many men's names, it was hard to follow, and it just took way too long for the story to gel, the love interest was introduced as such toward the end-- if the intent was to make a mysterious/ambiguous as to who she would end up into, it didn't really work. It was just an big US and ill-defined. I actually like the switcher is at Cetera, this one wasn't executed well though.
However, the reason why I am giving is for stars is because, now that the set up has been really thoroughly established, and the ending early awesome, satisfying and well done, I assume the remainder of stories in this series will not filed to the same problems, not only because of my awesome friends recommendation, but because there's no way there needs to be more at this point.
I'm excited to read the rest of the books, we'll see how it goes.
At the end justified the crazy sad beginning.

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Started slow, but but developed

ByFor the love of books!!on August 27, 2017

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Took awhile for me to get into it. But once the story's ground work was laid and the characters were introduced it became interesting. About 75% of the book I felt was laying the groundwork for the series. The last 25% I had a hard time putting the book down. It's just starting to get good, and I'm really looking forward to reading the rest of the books in the series.

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Off to a promising start!

ByVeronica Lynn Pit Bullon October 18, 2014

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I enjoyed magic Bites. It was an easy read despite throwing the reader into a complex alternate reality where magic is real and in your face, and comes in waves and competes with technology. I liked the fresh take on vampire and shapeshifter mythology.

I also very much liked Kate, the main character. She's a tough cookie, and when she is feeling a little unsure of herself she hides it behind false bravado and bad jokes. She wields a mean sword and is a killing machine when she needs to be. She's also hiding some sort of secret regarding the extent of her magical powers. I also liked Curran, the male lead and Lord of the Beasts - King of the sane shapeshifters - those that haven't succumbed to the Lyc-V virus and gone completely animalistic. Curran is wonderfully obnoxious and arrogant and clearly taken with Kate, seemingly much to his dismay.

The story is a nice blend of action/adventure, urban fantasy/paranormal, relationship building/romance and horror. Magic Bites has a little bit of everything. It's a nice, fairly light, entertaining, fun read. The general premise is Kate's estranged guardian is murdered while investigating a mystical murder case. Kate feels compelled to avenge his death and annihilate the murderer and discovers that the situation is more complicated than she thought. Someone is making a power play and her guardian was a casualty meant to lure Kate into the fray - which also involves setting off a war between the People (which near as I can tell are mystical necromancers who "pilot" zombie like vampires as part of their security system in times of magic, and to do their evil bidding) and the Pack (the sane shapeshifters).

The reason I didn't give a 5 star rating was because of a major plot inconsistency that really aggravated me. SPOILER: at one point in the story they are looking for the bad guy and Curran says "I think it's so and so"; then all the shapeshifters question Kate about "so and so" and she comes across like "you guys are out of your minds". So they all trot off to question "so and so" and conclude he's not guilty and Curran then looks at Kate "disgusted with her" and says something like "next time you get one of your hunches, don't tell me" LIKE IT WAS HER IDEA?!?!?! WTH? Then the plot device is followed through the rest of the novel with Kate later saying "I want to call the shapeshifters and warn them about something but now they won't believe me after I was wrong before. And again WTH???? I read the passage in question like 10 times. My head hurt. I thought I was going crazy because I couldn't understand how something so blatantly wrong would be allowed to go unchecked in a mass market, professional publication. I got on the internet and read reviews and only relaxed after several other reviewers noted seeing the same thing and I realized I wasn't either senile or a complete idiot.

In preparation for reading Magic Bites, I first read the short story pre-quel "A Questionable Client" that is free on the author's site. This tells the story of how Kate came to meet Saiman - a secondary character in Magic Bites. It was a fun short story - but again in terms of inconsistency - in Magic Bites Kate briefly recounts the details of their meeting - and it is not consistent with what unfolds in the short story. Again...WTH???? END SPOILER.

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Great Debut of a New Stylised Atlanta, GA

ByJ &amp; L Rigodon October 1, 2012

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This book was recommended to be by a friend. Although it was quite outside my usual genre, I found myself embroiled in the tale and trying to figure out this new version of Atlanta, GA.

Ms. Andrews has an excellent command of words and drew us pictures as well as scenes as the pages fluttered by. The dialog was snappy and lively and also gave great momentum to the tale. The characters were believable, even though this was urban fantasy. The murder mysteries were solid and held all the components plus more of a good traditional murder.

I found myself liking Curran and Derek and, not least, Kate herself.

I would have liked to have more history on Kate but perhaps that will come in future books. I wanted to understand Kate's relationship to Greg in a more full manner. I also was a bit confused on what is Tech vs Magic times? And, why they happen? Of course, if I had my way the novel would have been 700 pages and that is just too heavy for one sitting, as this book had me reading it in one sitting. I look forward to future episodes of Kate Daniels.

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One of my Favorite Series.

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I'm glad Kate didn't spend the whole time trying to prove she was super strong and didn't need help. That would have made me give this book less stars. I love the world building.Read more

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Zero to Minus 60 in 3.5 Seconds.... Run for cover!!!!!

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I really enjoyed this book. Kate Daniels is an enjoyable character. She is smart and sassy and doesn't back down. This is a series I am really looking forward to reading.Read more

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I love the entire series

I really love this book, the beginning of the journey of Kate Daniels. I own the entire series and it is one of the series that I read again and again.

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