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3.8 AVERAGE
3.8 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
dark
funny
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
dark
funny
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
funny
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Rating - 2.5 stars.
Kate is great. I wish she'd shoot her mouth off a little less, but I like her.
The mystery was decent. It's hard to gauge since I was learning the world and its rules along the way, but it was reasonably logical.
Writing is ok, though humor seems forced and too much setting description. But points for occasional snark.
Curran is a right bastard. I hope he dies or improves in the next book.
Kate is great. I wish she'd shoot her mouth off a little less, but I like her.
The mystery was decent. It's hard to gauge since I was learning the world and its rules along the way, but it was reasonably logical.
Writing is ok, though humor seems forced and too much setting description. But points for occasional snark.
Curran is a right bastard. I hope he dies or improves in the next book.
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I wasn't a fan of the main character and the beginning of the romance seems forced.
Magic Bites is a step outside my standard tastes in speculative fiction, a southern urban fantasy set in the magitech ruins of Atlanta. Kate Daniels is a saber-sling merc who winds up pulled into a investigation when her mentor is assassinated. Her style is pretty straight forward: Start asking questions until someone tries to kill her, and that's the suspect. What she finds is a plot to set the vampires and lycanthropes of the city at war, and then pick up the pieces.
On the upside, any scene where Kate stares down some high level supernatural being is ace, and well worth it for that alone. On the other hand, I don't much care for this version of a magical setting, or how ordinary humans get along in it. Kate has a Mysterious Bloodline that's hinted at repeatedly, but for people without a magic sword and uncanny reflexes, life seems pretty grim. Magical elements are included because this is a genre book, and they have to be there, but they don't really fuse into a cohesive setting.
On the upside, any scene where Kate stares down some high level supernatural being is ace, and well worth it for that alone. On the other hand, I don't much care for this version of a magical setting, or how ordinary humans get along in it. Kate has a Mysterious Bloodline that's hinted at repeatedly, but for people without a magic sword and uncanny reflexes, life seems pretty grim. Magical elements are included because this is a genre book, and they have to be there, but they don't really fuse into a cohesive setting.
I can't do it. Her attitude of "I'm so fucking bad ass and everyone wants me so bad 😏😏" is so fucking insufferable and she's like 25
