I wish her every success in that endeavor and ill be waiting for the next installment. Magic bites is, glaringly, a book with an introductory function. When the magic is up, rogue mages cast their spells and monsters appear, while guns refuse to fire and cars fail to start. Kate learns that her guardian was killed, and yet we get very little context with which to understand the significance of gregs death. Click download or read online button to get magic bites book now. Magic bites kate daniels, book 1 kindle edition by andrews, ilona. It was released in 2007, and the sequel, magic burns, was released in 2008, and managed to make position 32 in the new york bestseller extended list. Mercenary kate daniels cleans up urban problems of a paranormal kind. Didnt know what this book would be like but kept seeing it advertised in relation to other books ive enjoyed reading recently. I have found a ton, but i have to keep waiting and now i refuse to read them until all books are out. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. We pushed the technological progress too far, and now magic returned with a vengeance. Here you can find handpicked readalike recommendations for more than 4000 contemporary books and 3000 authors. Its definitely a good way to spend a lazy saturday.
Use the alphabetical lists below to look up a favorite book or author and then click see readalikes to discover similar books. It comes in waves, without warning, and vanishes as suddenly as it appears. Magic bites is book one, and you can tell this is the first book from this author, as it wasnt as polished as the new books. But when kates guardian is murdered, her quest for justice draws her into a power struggle between. Ilona andrews kate daniels series give me some animeish vibes when reading them, but only in good the ways. Im realizing just how similar our tastes are in urban fantasy. If you like magic bites you might like similar books magic burns, magic strikes, magic slays, magic bleeds, magic rises. If you like skinwalker, then these similar books, movies, tvshows and anime recommendations might interest you. Magic bites is a typical urban fantasy that ticks most of the boxes, but i just didnt like it. Kate daniels made her debut in the 2007 novel magic bites. Patricia briggs karen chance nalini singh jeaniene frost keri arthur carrie vaughn michelle sagara rachel vincent rachel caine chloe neill. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading magic bites kate daniels, book 1. Since i knew the story, it felt like someone was reading a favorite bedtime story to me.
Jim butcher has crafted a version of chicago that is rife with magic and verisimilitude. But once every seven years, a paranormal flare comes and brings magic like a tidal wave. But her latest prey, a pack of undead warriors, presents her greatest challenge. Dialing jims number resulted in three rings, a click, and a beep of the answering machine without any forewarning message. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. See more ideas about janet evanovich, cozy mysteries, books. The heroine is a strong, mysterious young woman with lifethreatening secrets to protect. Magic bites by ilona andrews pdf download ebookscart. I would also like to receive the early bird books newsletter which features great deals on. And dont miss the prequel story a questionable client, as well as scenes of events in magic bites from currans point of view. Oct 14, 2018 stories like this are my kryptonite magic, snarky female characters that kick ass, shifters or shapechangers, and other paranormal creatures. If you are a genuine, diehard urban fantasy fan, you will like this book. Magic bites read online free by ilona andrews novels22. When her guardian is murdered by a vampire, her path to seeking justice leads her into a power struggle between the two largest magical factions in atlanta.
I also like that the author set her story a long time after those waves first started happening, so its not a postapocalyptic story at all. If you liked magic bites kate daniels series, book 1 by ilona andrews, here are some books like this. Ilona andrews is the pen name of ilona gordon and andrew gordon, an american husbandandwife duo who write urban fantasy and romantic fiction together. The tv flared into life, unnaturally loud in the empty house. Two books may not seem like much of a binge read, but its impossible to read the first eric carter book. Explore kates atlanta like never before with answers to faq and a quiz to find your place there.
New york times bestselling author ilona andrews invites you to experience the first novel in the intriguing world locus of kate daniels with this special edition of magic bites. Apr 27, 2012 explore clivepubliclibs board if you like janet evanovich try these authors. Magic bites establishes ilona andrews as an author whos going to keep honing her craft until she reaches the top of the charts. Magic bites this book begins by portraying the protagonist, kate, as a mercenary who is down on her luck and has to make extra money by cleaning out the problems that magic leaves in its wake. This has very little to do with magic bites but everything to do with my reaction to it. The novels were published starting from 2007 and the latest one was published recently. I have read magic bites many times over the years, but with being new to audible this month, i thought i would try the kd series on audio. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Magic bites this first book of the kate daniels series was a great adventure and a terrific cast of characters. They also write the innkeeper chronicles series, which they.
Mar 27, 2007 magic bites is not one of those books. Magic bites was an impressive entry into the urban fantasy genre. When the magic wave ended, as it inevitably would, the beast would awaken in an explosion of electric light and possibly gunfire. I would be perfectly fine with this if the purpose of being introductory was fulfilled, which, with my greatest disappointment, oh, well. Decided to read the first chapter and from there bought the book. But when kates guardian is murdered, her quest for justice draws her into a power struggle between two. Storm front, mark of the demon, moon called, magic bites, stray, twilight, urban shaman, spiders bite, written in red, bloodfire, guilty pleasures, teen wolf, bitten. I need a book series that is like this to read but that is finished. My wards shivered and died, leaving my home stripped of its defenses. Jun 14, 2012 i also really love mercy thompson though im two books behind, and im listening to the first charley davidson book right now and liking it. There was a lot of world set up in the first book but it was needed to develop all that is going on and will be going on in the books to follow. Like the tides, when the magic is up, modern technology fails guns dont fire, cars don t start. In magic bites we meet mercenary kate daniels who finds out a loved one has died.
The progress to that point and the struggle forward from that point is riveting. Ilona andrews is the author of this fantastic novel. And dont miss the prequel story a questionable client as well as scenes of events in magic bites from currans point of view. Atlanta would be a nice place to live, if it werent for the magic.
Magic burnsas a mercenary who cleans up after magic. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read magic bites. I loved this world where magic and technology come in alternating waves. She is the bestselling author in the new york times. The voice in magic bites is completely different, and the worldbuilding thoroughly its own, but this postcatastrophe, ten minutes into the future aspect is something i love about both books.
The magic has caused life in atlanta very miserable. In the middle of this book the heroine crosses the line and for a moment becomes evil. Really though, nothing compares to the dresden files, and you said you read butcher already. Magic bites kate daniels series, book 1 ilona andrews. Stories like this are my kryptonite magic, snarky female characters that kick ass, shifters or shapechangers, and other paranormal creatures. If you like jane yellowrock by faith hunter, then you. Books similar to a kate daniels magic series collection kate. Mercenary kate daniels cleans up urban problems of a paranormal kind, but her latest prey, a pack of undead warriors, presents her greatest challenge. Book recommendations for people who like magic bites kate daniels series, book 1 by ilona andrews. Normally, waves of paranormal energy ebb and flow across atlanta like a tide.
Join our community of taste explorers to save your discoveries, create inspiring lists, get personalized recommendations, and follow interesting people. Magic bites book series like this showing 145 of 45 goodreads. The series is set in atlanta but in a time when magic and technology compete with each other to be in charge, resulting in a world where nothing is guaranteed to work in 5 minutes time even if. What i like about magic bites the heroine is strong, imperfect, and likeable. It was like having a new book with the audible experience. A mercenary in magic torn atlanta who cleans up after magic gone wrong, kate daniels has seen it all and some things she couldnt even have imagined. Did you like to hate him in the kate daniels series. Now kates going to have to deal with problems on a much bigger scale. The characters are interesting, the heroine is both likable and complicated, and the story is simply engrossing. Magic bites is jampacked with all the things i love in urban fantasy. Kate daniels is a downonherluck mercenary who makes her living cleaning up magical problems. Normally, waves of paranormal energy ebb and flow like an ocean current.
I also own magic bites, though i havent started it yet. Ilona andrews kate daniels is a downonherluck mercenary who makes her living cleaning up magical problems. The first book is magic bites, and while its good the other books are much better simply due to having everything more fleshed out. The author has created an internal logic to her fictional world, one in which magic alternates in at unpredictable wave with technology. Magic bites 9780441014897 by ilona andrews and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices.
From magic bitesmercenary kate daniels cleans up urban problems of a paranormal kind. While investigating the death of her mentor, the independent mercenary, kate daniels, has to contend with shapeshifters and some truly inhuman and. But when kates guardian is murdered, her quest for justice draws her into a power struggle between two strong factions within. Mar 09, 2020 description of magic bites by ilona andrews pdf. Books by ilona andrews authors like ilona andrews what. Book 1 in the kate daniels series in the urban fantasy genre. Read magic bites the new free vampire books read online. Oct 08, 2015 the world has suffered a magic apocalypse. Magic bites is the 1st book in the kate daniels series by the husband and wife writing team known as ilona andrews who have also written the edge series. Magic bites 0 likes october 2019 like the recommendations for magic bites. Magic bites ebook king county library system bibliocommons. In this first novel of a new urban fantasy series, mercenary kate daniels cleans up problems of a paranormal kind. So you can say that magic bites was a feast for sore eyes.
As a mercenary who cleans up after magic gone wrong, kate daniels has seen her share of occupational hazards. When the magic dominates, everything comes to a standstill. Magic bites kate daniels, book 1 kindle edition by. Magic bites kate daniels, book 1 kindle edition by andrews. If youre an urban fantasy fan, like women who can kick booty, or even want to delve into urban fantasy, i highly recommend magic bites. This is hard to do though, while seeking revenge on whoever, or whatever murdered her mentor leaving her alone in the world. But once every seven years, a flare comes, a time when magic runs rampant. Magic bites is the paranormal, literature, fiction, thriller and redemption novel that tells the story of a young girl whose life takes a dramatic change after the death of her guardian. Magic bites by ilona andrews, now you can read online. First and second novels in the kate daniels series summary. I also really liked the mystery surrounding the kate, and the subtle threads that were woven into the larger story. But then technology returns, and the magic recedes as unpredictably as it arose, leaving all kinds of paranormal problems in its wake. They currently reside in texas with their two children and numerous dogs and cats. However, theres a lot of information, adventure, description, and incredibly good writing in that relatively small amount of pages.
Books by ilona andrews writers similar to ilona andrews. Since the books are relatively short, that might come later in the series. Like the tides, when the magic is up, modern technology fails guns dont fire, cars dont start. The first novel magic bites describes a place called atlanta which is dominated by a magic. Below is a list of ilona andrews kate daniels books in order of when they were originally released and in chronological order. Magic bites ebook by ilona andrews 9781101041970 rakuten kobo. I sat at a table in my shadowy kitchen, staring down a bottle of boones farm hard lemonade, when a magic fluctuation hit. This couple met in western carolina university, where ilona was studying biochemistry. Jul 22, 2011 since the books are relatively short, that might come later in the series. The series is set in atlanta but in a time when magic and technology compete with each other to be in charge, resulting in a world where nothing is guaranteed to work in 5 minutes time even if it it working now. May 01, 2016 beyond the bars, the city slept like some hulking beast of legend, dark and deceptively peaceful.