{"id":4399,"date":"2014-02-16T10:17:07","date_gmt":"2014-02-16T15:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=4399"},"modified":"2021-05-31T08:15:50","modified_gmt":"2021-05-31T12:15:50","slug":"magic-bites-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/4399","title":{"rendered":"Magic Bites"},"content":{"rendered":"

Magic Bites<\/a><\/em> (2008) Ilona Andrews<\/a><\/p>\n

\"magic-bites\"<\/a>After finishing off the Inspector Salvo Montalbano series<\/a>, I’ve been picking up books, trying to figure out what I was in the mood to read. There were several new releases that I quite liked, but they didn’t help me fall into what I wanted to read after.<\/p>\n

At a loss, I decided to re-read Magic Bites<\/em>. Yup. This was what I wanted to read.<\/p>\n

When I read a book the first time, I have a terrible habit of speeding through, wanting to know what happens, and this skimming a LOT of details. The positive side of this is that upon re-reading the story, in many ways it’s like reading it for the first time, since there was so much I missed the first time around, so this was a pleasant surprise.<\/p>\n

This first time I read this, I remember having a hard time with the world building, mostly because I’d glossed over a lot of details, and so didn’t have a clear idea in my mind as to what this world was like. This time, I picked up all the details I missed before, and it was lovely.<\/p>\n

Kate lives in an Atlanta devastated by magic–magic reappeared in the world and when magic is in ascension, technology fails, so skyscrapers tumbled to the ground, leaving a ruin of all big cities, and leaving technology unreliable.<\/p>\n

Magic could not be measured and explained in scientific terms, for magic grew through destroying the very natural principles that made science as people knew it possible.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

If enough people believed something to be true, sometimes the magic obliged and made it true.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The theory is that since so many people are ignorant of the basic mechanical principles involved in making the phone work, to them it might just as well be magic.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It was all there the first time, I just missed it.<\/p>\n

And I loved being reintroduced to the characters I’ve come to love, especially Saiman.<\/p>\n

“(J)ust the basics. I can’t afford the fancy stuff.”
\n“Cheap client?”
\n“I’m working pro bono.”
\nHe grimaced. “Kate, that’s a horrible habit.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I really love Saiman, and love it when Kate works with him (which makes some of the later books difficult, since Curran pretty much hates Saiman.)<\/p>\n

But of course, the big introduction was Curran.<\/p>\n

Diplomacy was never my strong suit and my patience had run dry. I crouched and called out, “Here, kitty, kitty, kitty.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Ah, Kate.<\/p>\n

I’d also like to point out how much I LOVE this cover. I really disliked the original cover–the lion bothered me, and Kate just didn’t look right. But this? This is marvelous.<\/p>\n

So, this was a lovely re-read and hit the spot and I’ll be re-reading the rest of the series.
\nRating: 8\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n