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The Kinsmen Universe by Ilona Andrews
4.0

I was feeling all slumpy and Ilona Andrews helped me through the weekend (again). Each installment was couples in the same universe, sometimes with a little crossover. Sci-fi with a good dollop of romance.

This book is three elements wrapped up in one:

Silent Blade:
This novella would have got a 4 star rating on it's own for me. A quick transportation to a new world, easy to fathom with a couple crafted from Andrews gold. I was sad to leave these two behind and wanted to see them in the next story.

Silver Shark:
I didn't get my wish this was a different couple and a different perspective to these planets, but after 5 minutes of reading and hoping for the previous couple, I was wrapped up in the new guys. This story focused on psychic powers and a scary place called the bionet, less scary that real life on two warring planets though.

A Mere Formality: I was more meh aboout this one, a very short story in the universe but it didn't capture the magic of the previous two.

Find this review at A Take From Two Cities Blog.