A review by majca
Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

All my life I was taught to stay out

of the way of the powerful. Don't draw attention to yourself. Don't show off. Guard your blood, because it will betray you. If you bleed, wipe it clean and burn the rag. Burn the bandages. If someone manages to obtain some of your blood, kill him and destroy the sample.

⇧ Kate: drawing attention to herself and bleeding a lot.

Reread

You know what? Still fun. Yes, it's urban fantasy formulaic (and having read the authors others books it's them formulaic as well), but it was and continues to be the best UF series out there. The world is fantastic and the characters likeable and flawed. I might feel ancient now, being older than the main characters, but it was a great nostalgic trip. A really, really bloody, brutal and gruesome one, which somehow I did not remember to be like that at all... fun!