Reviews

La magia quema by Ilona Andrews

astrodish's review against another edition

4.0

Geez it just gets better

I want to just sit down for a full weekend and devour the whole series.

Love 😍

Thanks for reading
SJ

subparcupcake's review against another edition

4.0

This was fun! I liked it a lot better than the first in the series, but I don't know if that's because it actually was better, or if it's because Urban Fantasy as a whole has grown on me since reading the first one. Either way, I can now fully appreciate this series, and that pleases me. Not much more to say... Other than to state that I want to make hot, sweaty, kinky lion love to Curran. Just saying, don't judge me.

breannamm's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

bhookjunkhie's review against another edition

5.0

Loved it! Reading the next right now!!

mkoehn's review against another edition

tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

caitybell's review against another edition

5.0

The world building and mythology and supernatural and fantasy elements of this series are so great. It’s all my favorite things wrapped up into a savage and bloody box and I love it. The characters are great, the mystery and villains devious and enthralling... the action is nonstop—I love this series and hope it doesn’t let up on its awesome factor anytime soon.

leschroniques_delea's review against another edition

4.0

J’ai plus aimé ce tome que le premier car l’intrigue m’a plus intéressé étant donné que la mythologie fait partie du mystère.

Notre héroïne Kate se dévoile un peu plus et on découvre quelques réponses à nos questions. Je me suis plus attachée à l’héroïne étant donné qu’elle nous montre un peu plus ses sentiments et qu’elle se dévoile dans ce tome-ci.

Ses face à face avec Curran sont toujours autant sarcastiques et piquants ce qui rajoute une touche d’humour que j’ai adoré. Entre ces deux-là ça promet. D’ailleurs on a un chapitre bonus du point de vue de Curran à la fin du roman qui est sympathique et j’ai hâte d’en apprendre plus sur lui également.

Ce tome promet une suite de saga encore plus intéressante et pleine d’action.

vidyasur's review against another edition

medium-paced

4.5

being_b's review against another edition

3.0

Holy discontinuity Batman! A subplot-character from Book 1 suddenly develops a first name, some acquaintances in Kate's world, and more emotional resonance... all introduced totally without explanation near the beginning of Book 2. It had me wondering if I'd somehow ended up with an out-of-date version of Book 1.

That aside, this was good fun! It's really interesting to see the seeds of the Hidden Legacy series

Spoiler

in the interactions between Kate and Curran, and in Kate's development in general

. I'm curious to see how it plays out differently over 10+ books rather than just three.

is_book_loring's review against another edition

3.0

Well, that's not bad at all. In fact, it was a big improvement from the first book. The problem with the first book was, it crammed with jumble of things that didn't amount to anything but instead felt like missing pages. In the second book though, it was rolled slowly and focused on the storyline so it flowed cohesively. The writing was also felt more natural this time around. And I have to say, the male characters were brushed up better. In Magic Bites, the impression I got was that the writer tried to stress Kate's female badassness too much and how she had to be challenged by every man and had to prove herself again and again to the point that she just made every male characters acted like a bunch of irrational assholes. In Magic Burns though, it was a much more realistic portray of diverse male characters. Kate was still awesome, and even developed a bit. We also got more information about her background and the way the world in this book worked.

My favorite part was the Celtic mythology element and Kate relationship with Julie and Andrea, and also Derek.
What I didn't like much? Sexual angle in this series. I guessed I got why it appealed to the market, but it was a bit much and it didn't compliment Kate in any way at all.

All in all, I quite enjoyed it and the potential of this world was clear. If just after one book it was considerably improved, I am hopeful for the next books.