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Magic Burns (Kate Daniels, Book 2) | 
 enlarge | Author: Ilona Andrews
Publisher: Ace
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 963
Media: Mass Market Paperback
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Pages: 272
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 6.6 x 4.2 x 1
ISBN: 0441015832
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9780441015832
ASIN: 0441015832
Publication Date: April 1, 2008
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Product Description
As a mercenary who cleans up after magic gone wrong, Kate Daniels knows how waves of paranormal energy ebb and flow across Atlanta like a tide. But once every seven years, a flare comes, a time when magic runs rampant. When Kate sets out to retrieve a set of stolen maps for the Pack, Atlanta's paramilitary clan of shape shifters, she quickly realizes much more is at stake. The stolen maps are only the opening gambit in an epic tug of war between two gods hoping for rebirth, and if Kate can't stop the cataclysmic showdown, the city may not survive.
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 Dark Adventure-Style Urban Fantasy May 12, 2008
A huge leap in the amount of characterization between this and the first book. I feel like I know Kate Daniels better on an emotional level after finishing 'Magic Burns.' From a mythological standpoint, monsters inside the book are on the creatively unique side, which definitely gives style points. (Stymphalian Birds, Celtic cauldrons in full allegory, and vampires that are actually undead.)
The missing piece of the puzzle is now Kate's past in the larger world. In both book one and two, we've gotten only hints, and I don't think I'll be able to appreciate this universe without knowing about this big conspiracy wrapped up in Kate's origins. I guess that's book three (or later). Based on how the first book concluded, I had hoped for more in book two.
Good pacing, believable plot, and moments of humor. The recurring theme of Kate being in lust with Curran, who she finds infuriating, did get tiresome. Book three needs romantic resolution.
Super Reader May 6, 2008
This is an improvement on the last entry.
The first book, was, well, a first book, and pretty rough and ragged in places, as far as the writing goes, I think.
This is considerably more polished. As far as I know, 'Ilona Andrews' is a actually a name for a literal pair of writers, at least if the copyright to Ilona and Andrew on the inside page is anything to go by, let alone the story by them from Andromeda Spaceways Infilght Magazine.
I'd be guessing from this book, let alone the blog, that the female of the species is doing most of the heavy lifting as far as the ideas and writing goes, and perhaps the male half is doing more of the cutting and polishing. Hard to say which part improved, perhaps both.
You also begin to find out that Kate Daniels is a bit more than a competent low-rent fighter with good knowledge and a high resistance to intimidation score. Along with the third rate Stormbringer she carries around (although third-rate is probably ok if you don't fancy slaying hundreds of people and sucking down souls to activate your superpowers) It appears she may have a hidden magical superpower or two, plus a more complicated origin story than just a kid with average parents.
Here she gets involved in a plot with witches and werewolves, and has a kid to protect, and a mother to find.
This leads her to clash with a beast man, vampires, and others, before it gets really weird.
Everything gets all Celtic mythology with cauldrons and crows, whether real, humans named after, or goddesses of. Plus demons.
If you want to see a 'warp spasm' illustrated, you could check out some 2000AD that has Slaine the berserker in it, as well.
I'd read the next one.
3.5 out of 5
 tease May 5, 2008
2 out of 6 found this review helpful
This book/series is essentially a fantasy book with urban window dressing, and not an urban fantasy. This is important because it creates the expectation of fantasy trimmings, which do differ from urban/contemporary fantasy works.
In an UF we will generally see how the fantastic side of things fits into the life of the character. In UF we also see some of the urban _life_.
This book barely gives lip service to its urban environment, and tells us nothing about the hows and whys.
That's not the biggest problem.
Kate Daniels is really just a tease of a character. She walks around with an enchanted sword. She's dressed in leather armor quite often. She's also an uber-powerful magic slinger. We never see her practice with the sword. We never see her practice magic. When she does cast a spell its always a world beater. Her sword fights all sound like Anakin carving down the initiates in Episode Three, and the climax of the movie is about as satisfying as the one in the Fantastic Four movie.
In short, the book was an excuse for the main character to pretend she wasn't lusting after someone she publicly claims annoys her greatly. How fourth grade.
 magic burns May 5, 2008
it was fasr delivet=y,,,,and it was a good book,,,wonder when the third book w/be ou...lol
A really great book! April 30, 2008
Ok so, I really loved this book! It is just as good if not better then Magic Bites. My only complaint...I wish it was longer!
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