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Gunmetal Magic
by Ilona Andrews
First read: 26/11/2020
Reread: 11/03/2021
Reread review:
This is a novel in the Kate Daniels world, but not from Kate’s perspective. In it we follow Andrea, Kate’s best friend/former coworker/current employee and a shapeshifter, struggling to find her place in the world after everything went to shit in Magic Bleeds (book 4). Investigating the murder of several shapeshifters at a site owned by her ex-boyfriend, life gets a whole lot more interesting for Andrea in this book.
I prefer reading from Kate’s perspective, but I still really enjoyed this. Andrea is one of my favourite secondary characters in this series, as is Raphael, and this book has a whole lot of both of them. The progression of their romance was fun to read, as were their antics as Andrea tries to investigate the murder. Also, shapeshifter mating antics are hilarious. I think the boudas might be my favourite of the Clans, they’re so uninhibited and they just don’t care. There’s a scene where Ascanio dumps sugar on someone and I was just cackling the whole was through.
Kate doesn’t feature much in this, but when she does it’s a wonderful display of supportive female friendship - they both have their own issues, but they don’t hold it against each other. This wasn’t just an indulgent read in a world I love, there was a progression of the overarching plot and a deepening of the world building. I’m looking forward to getting back into Kate’s POV, but this was still an absolute delight.
Reread: 11/03/2021
Reread review:
This is a novel in the Kate Daniels world, but not from Kate’s perspective. In it we follow Andrea, Kate’s best friend/former coworker/current employee and a shapeshifter, struggling to find her place in the world after everything went to shit in Magic Bleeds (book 4). Investigating the murder of several shapeshifters at a site owned by her ex-boyfriend, life gets a whole lot more interesting for Andrea in this book.
I prefer reading from Kate’s perspective, but I still really enjoyed this. Andrea is one of my favourite secondary characters in this series, as is Raphael, and this book has a whole lot of both of them. The progression of their romance was fun to read, as were their antics as Andrea tries to investigate the murder. Also, shapeshifter mating antics are hilarious. I think the boudas might be my favourite of the Clans, they’re so uninhibited and they just don’t care. There’s a scene where Ascanio dumps sugar on someone and I was just cackling the whole was through.
Kate doesn’t feature much in this, but when she does it’s a wonderful display of supportive female friendship - they both have their own issues, but they don’t hold it against each other. This wasn’t just an indulgent read in a world I love, there was a progression of the overarching plot and a deepening of the world building. I’m looking forward to getting back into Kate’s POV, but this was still an absolute delight.