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| Magic Burns | 
 enlarge | Author: Ilona Andrews
Publisher: Ace Books
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 2414
Media: Mass Market Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 272
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 6.6 x 4.2 x 0.7
ISBN: 0441015832
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9780441015832
ASIN: 0441015832
Publication Date: April 1, 2008
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Condition: Brand New Book direct from the publisher. Takes 7 business days to ship from New York. Usually delivered in 2 weeks.
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Absolutely fabulous April 7, 2008
Wow! This book is even better than the first, and it's very difficult to top a good first book. Loved it, loved it, loved it.
Brilliant, leaves others in the shade April 7, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I came across Magic Bites completely by accident as a recommendation from Amazon and loved it, it's one of the few "short" books I've read more than once as it feels much longer than it is. Magic Burns has been on my wish list for as long as it was advertised on here.
What a sequel! Thank goodness it's only part 2, although I am devastated it's going to take a year for the next one to be released. My only wish is that Ilona Andrews would be able to write quicker without compromising the story, but I'm willing to wait if the standard remains this high.
I have a very dry and black sense of humour and some of Kate's lines make me laugh out loud, which is difficult for a book to achieve a lot of the time but her "voice" comes through very clearly in my head, especially when she is thinking about Curran.
I understand why other fans would want the romance between Kate and Curran to come along faster but I think this slow torturous pace is perfect. After all, we have to remember who and what they both are (I think it is becoming clearer who Kate's real father is?) and there are many mountains to climb for it to be remotely realistic. I see the irony of that statement in a review about a fantasy novel, however as Ms Andrews succeeds in making all other areas of this story believable, a mis-step with the romance sub-plot would be awful and turn Kate from a respectable, ball-busting character (like Buffy only harder) who talks a good fight into a swoony, slightly wet M&B type. We had Myong in this book for that!
I am thoroughly impressed with Ilona Andrews and this series and am showing no signs of tiring of it. I have the new Kelley Armstrong to read tonight, she has a lot to live up to now!
simply great March 28, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I really loved this book the world created is wonderfully rich and vivid. The book draws you in quickly and is a satisfying read giving away more information on Kate and her background while still leaving you wondering about her past and indeed her future. Magic Burns is an excellent read on its own but is more satisfying if you have read the first book Magic Bites. I can wait for the next one.
Fantasy at its best March 27, 2008
13 out of 14 found this review helpful
I completely agree with the above review, I was hoping to see the romance progress between Kate and Curran, however there were some great scenes between them and I think this actually lets you focus more on the story but i'm sure in the next book things will speed up!
I couldn't put it down and stayed up until 2am in the morning to finish it, I love the development of the characters and we get to see a different side of Kate, the scene when curran is pumping weights is hilarious, the storytelling is superb and it seemed longer than 272 pages
This is one of the best fantasy books that i've read for a long time and if there's one book you buy this year it should be this, I would definitely recommend Magic Bites aswell,
I read Magic Bites at the end of last year so I only had a few months to wait for Magic Burns but now I have to wait another year, I could have read another 300 pages and it wouldn't be enough,
Ilona Andrews can do no wrong....... March 27, 2008
13 out of 14 found this review helpful
Ilona Andrews has writen a great sequel to Magic Bites.
Magic Burns begins a couple of months after the Red Point stalker murders. Kate gets a late night phone call from Jim to do a Merenary Guild job. While in the process of apprehending Jeremy, a homicidal phromaniac armed with a salamander in sphere of enchanted glass, a third party shots Jeremy with an crossbow bolt killing Jeremy and melting into the darkness. Shortly thereafter Jim gets a pack call and leaves Kate to take Jeremys body and the Salamander into the Guild so that they can collect the bounty. Kate can not carry the heavy body of Jeremy and the Salamander at the same time. Not wanting to leave either Jeremy or the Salamander behind effectively losing some of the bounty she cuts of Jeremy's head as proof of the kill in a typical Kate problem solving fashion.
So begins the new adventure mystery for Kate. Trying to track down the crossbow bolts owner leads Kate to Red a shaman street boy who helped Kate and Derek the werewolf boy wonder in Magic Bites. Red asks Kate to guard Julie a young thirteen year old girl who is looking for her lost mother. Julie's mother is affiliated with a group of Witches who have gone missing.
In this book we find out a bit more about Kates foster father and Kates powers are explained in greater detail. I loved the addition of Andrea a Order Knight who has her own secrets. We also get to explore a little bit of the Witches and the WereHyena sub culture in this world gone crazy with magic and tech warring for dominance. Magic definitely gaining the upper hand.
The only gripe I have about this book is that Curran and Kate's romance is taking so long to heat up. Which is not really a gripe but a personal preference for the romance to move along at a faster pace. In Magic Burns the romance is definately heading in the right direction even if Kate does not realize it yet.
I really hope Ilona Andrews can write faster so that I do not have to wait for a whole year for the next book. She has created a fantastic new world and I have to wonder where she gets her great ideas from. Wait to you read about the trailer park gone crazy. If you like Magic Bites absolutely purchase the second in the series it will not disappoint you.
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