4 stars for Magic Burns (Kate Daniels book 2) by Ilona Andrews |《Reread》.
I still remember vividly the first time I read Magic Burns. I did not like this book. I struggled with the story so much that I almost wanted to give up. It is hard to like this book. Serious. Looking back, I think it is a wonder that I persevere long enough to reach the end of the book and even more so, waited for book 3 to be published and kept a lookout for its availability. The rest as we know it, is history.
Reading Magic Burns a second time now, the feeling is different yet somewhat same. Different because I no longer find it so difficult to read. I actually enjoyed reading it. Same because I have finished reading the entire Kate Daniels series and I know that of all the books, this is still the one that I like the least; no change there, not now nor any time in the future.
This book involves coven and druids but it revolves mostly around Celtic mythology and its rituals. Reading it slowly helps in understanding. And where required, read the same sentence again and again.
Next up is book three Magic Strikes. My all-time favourite.
Publisher: Ace
Publication date: 1 Apr 2008
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Down in Atlanta, tempers – and temperatures – are about to flare…
As a mercenary who cleans up after magic gone wrong, Kate Daniels has seen her share of occupational hazards. Normally, 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. Now Kate’s going to have to deal with problems on a much bigger scale: a divine one.
When Kate sets out to retrieve a set of stolen maps for the Pack, Atlanta’s paramilitary clan of shapeshifters, she quickly realizes much more at stake. During a flare, gods and goddesses can manifest – and battle for power. 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…
*Blurb from Goodreads*
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