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Gunmetal Magic
by Ilona Andrews
I loved Andrea's debut as the POV character in a full length book. Like Kate, she's tough and kick-ass with a wicked and sarcastic sense of humor. Her relationship with Raphael is on the rocks at the beginning of this story and I simultaneously feel for each of them and want to knock their heads together when they are hurting each other. And although these are firmly UF and not PNR, like Kate & Curran, Andrea & Raphael do work it out.
The plot was pretty typical for this series. It was heavy on mythology and involving myths and Gods from a number of cultures. As usual, there's a good balance between, action, investigation, humor and relationships.
It was great fun to see the characters through a different POV. I loved the scenes where we see Kate & Curran through Andrea's eyes. As always, there are some great secondary characters, Doolittle has a large role, we see more of Jim and Roman gets some expanded screen time and makes the most of it. I certainly hope we see more of him as he was charming, slightly cheesy and completely kick ass.
This series is in my top 3 UF series (with Harry Dresden and Mercy Thompson) and I really enjoyed the change in POV and think that getting Andrea's story expanded the world in new and interesting ways. I'm always torn when new Ilona Andrews book comes out. I'm excited to read it right away but now since I did I have a longer wait until the next one.
The plot was pretty typical for this series. It was heavy on mythology and involving myths and Gods from a number of cultures. As usual, there's a good balance between, action, investigation, humor and relationships.
It was great fun to see the characters through a different POV. I loved the scenes where we see Kate & Curran through Andrea's eyes. As always, there are some great secondary characters, Doolittle has a large role, we see more of Jim and Roman gets some expanded screen time and makes the most of it. I certainly hope we see more of him as he was charming, slightly cheesy and completely kick ass.
This series is in my top 3 UF series (with Harry Dresden and Mercy Thompson) and I really enjoyed the change in POV and think that getting Andrea's story expanded the world in new and interesting ways. I'm always torn when new Ilona Andrews book comes out. I'm excited to read it right away but now since I did I have a longer wait until the next one.