Dresden Files! All caught up and then some!
So I’ve been marathoning the Dresden files for the past few months which explains while I’ve been keeping it light on reviews. As soon as I finished Cold Days (which was completely awesome and I certainly understand why it won Goodreads Choice Awards last year), I came home to this on my doorstep:
So I’ve had to push just a bit more! It’s also a tree book which I haven’t read in I don’t know how long! I’m so attached to my kindle but it’s actually been a little refreshing. It helps that it’s been a good book so far. I’m about halfway through it so if you’d like to see how my progress is going then check it out on goodreads:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/925145896
I’ll keep it spoiler free, but you know I loves me some teasers :P. Soooo far this is shaping up to be one of my favorites, if not my #1 favorite. I’ll be forever a Hollows faithful and that will have my vote regardless (especially with it being the last book to compete), but with how things are going this book could maybe give the series a Goodreads Choice repeat.
Dresden Progress!
Alright! So I am really tackling my 2014 TO-DO goals. I’ve started several series listed so far, but at this point I’m making the most progress with the Dresden files! Lucky me that my library has all of the ebooks available! So far I’ve read through the first four and have started the 5th one. I think I’m making really good progress. It’s the first series of the 2014 bunch where I’m motivated to read them back to back. As soon as I’m done I can tackle a few ARCs that I’ve been neglecting. If I’m reading something else that means I’m making less Dresden progress! See my dilemma? So yeah, I think the only cure will be to read them all. I hear the books only get better. So far I’ve given the first four books four stars each! Maybe book 5 will be the first five-star! So far it’s on its way. Harry on a talk show is pretty hilarious! I likely will not post full reviews of each novel. I’ll probably just do one for Cold Days. But I’m looking forward to anxiously awaiting Skin Game like the rest of you :P. In the meantime, feel free to track my reading progress on Goodreads!
Oh by the way, does anyone know how many Dresden books he’s planning? We’re already at 15. I feel like I might have heard 20 somewhere, but you can never be too sure.
Magic Breaks (Kate Daniels #7) Cover Reveal! Ilona Andrews is Breaking into Hardcover Territory!
I was a bit shocked to see the hardcover ready and raring to go this early (it’s not due out until August 5th of 2014), but you’ll hear no complaints from me! I’m super excited to see a cover, but I’m even MORE excited that the series is now in hardcover! What a wonderful achievement for the Ilona Andrews team! I’m getting much more used to this new model now.
Magic Rises (Kate Daniels #6) by Ilona Andrews - This series rises!
Synopsis: Mercenary Kate Daniels and her mate, Curran, the Beast Lord, are struggling to solve a heartbreaking crisis. Unable to control their beasts, many of the Pack’s shapeshifting children fail to survive to adulthood. While there is a medicine that can help, the secret to its making is closely guarded by the European packs, and there’s little available in Atlanta.
Kate can’t bear to watch innocents suffer, but the solution she and Curran have found threatens to be even more painful. The European shapeshifters who once outmaneuvered the Beast Lord have asked him to arbitrate a dispute—and they’ll pay him in medicine. With the young people’s survival and the Pack’s future at stake, Kate and Curran know they must accept the offer—but they have little doubt that they’re heading straight into a trap…
Review: Oh boy, what a ride! While this book wasn’t as quotable with the usual hilarious quips that make me love this series so much, it is definitely one of my favorite books of the series, if not my favorite. I usually love books when the characters go on road trips or end up out of their usual element. It usually gives a series a fresh perspective, revealing new aspects about my favorite characters and ultimately showing what they are made of when the going gets tough. Ilona Andrews really brought their A-game from start to finish. Kate and Curran, how can you not love them? As solid as they are, or at least as solid as we assume they are, their relationship and feelings for one another are put to the ultimate test.
I must say that bringing just about every essential character along for the quest set off my alarm bells early that nothing was going to be the same from here on out. I feared that not everybody would make it back or make it back in one piece. And they do take a hell of a beating in that department I’m sad to say. But I believe everything that happened happened for the sake of pushing the story forward to the best conclusion possible.
There were definitely frustrating moments making me feel for both characters as individuals as well. I will always be a Kate and Curran girl, but I thought they handled the chemistry between Kate and Hugh D’Ambry (her father’s right hand) surprisingly well. I was genuinely looking forward to their scenes together and the outcomes weren’t always predictable. I was really engrossed in the back story involving Kate’s heritage and felt satisfied with what was revealed. It felt integral to the story and to what we can expect of the series here on out. So often I run into series where the overarching plot is merely peppered throughout the book instead of being the meat of it, making it very obvious that the author plans to drag the story out as much as possible. I am so happy that wasn’t the case here, though I honestly haven’t read a disappointing Kate Daniels book.
If we thought things were complicated before, this book proved to me that we haven’t seen anything yet. I heard the series was going to end at 7, but then they decided to extend it to 10. At this point I think 10 books is definitely the sweet spot.
If you want a true page turner, this is one of the best you are going to find this year, guaranteed.
Poll: Release Day! Magic Rises (Kate Daniels #6) Are you reading it?
Hi everyone! In case you didn’t know, the new Kate Daniels novel is out! I can’t believe it’s been almost two years since the last one, though I thoroughly enjoyed Gunmetal Magic. Unfortunately I can’t crack it open right away like I want to. I have a couple more titles that I’ve agreed to read and review first, but the book is firmly #3 in my TBR pile. Hopefully I will be able to read it by next week! Though I’m not reading it yet, what about you guys? Have you started it?
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