Sophia Rose reviews: Magic Claims by Ilona Andrews

Today Sophia Rose is sharing her review of Magic Claims by one of her favorite writing teams, Ilona Andrews.
Enjoy!

Magic Claims by Ilona Andrews

#3 Kate Daniels- Wilmington Years

Urban Fantasy

Publisher:  NYLA

Published: 6.13.23

Pages:  240

Rating: 5 stars

Format: ebook

Source:  purchased

Sellers:  Amazon

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GoodReads Blurb:

A new town, new friends, new challenges…. And a new heart-stopping adventure from #1 New York Times bestselling author, Ilona Andrews. Kate, Curran, and Conlan may have left Atlanta for Wilmington, but the usual magic mayhem has also hitched a ride!

Kate and Curran have just settled into their new home and their 'low prolife,' when a local businessman approaches them with an offer they can’t refuse. A mysterious evil has spawned in the nearby forest and is holding a defenseless town hostage. The ‘due date’ is rapidly approaching.

It’s exactly the kind of fight the Lennarts can’t resist, not for the prize the town offers, but for the people who will surely die if they ignore it. If they succeed, they’ll be rescuing an entire community and can build a strong new base for their family and the Wilmington Pack. If they fail...well, fail is a four-letter word.

Nothing comes without a price. Now Kate must decide if she has what it takes to pay it.

 

Sophia Rose's Review:

The days of quiet and domesticity are at an end.  Kate and Curran can’t say no to a town beleaguered by a deadly encroaching forest danger.  Magic Claims continues the Kate Daniels story in this latest breath-stealing, heart-thumping cover to cover installment.

 

Magic Claims is the second in a follow up series to the original Kate Daniels books.  Those coming to this as newbies really do need to start back at the very beginning and make your way through them all (don’t worry, it is so worth it).

 

Kate and Curran are approached by a wealthy businessman with a proposition.  He’ll give them a large slice of virgin forest land if they rescue his whole home town just north of there from a mysterious magical power come out of that same forest.  Kate had already been coming to the realization with the help of her goddess-like aunt that she can’t sustain the domestic life-style the Lennarts have had for the last few years.  She needs to face who and what they are and that means getting back into the game they were both born to play- saving people- starting with this town.

 

I loved the buildup of Kate knowing she was on a harrowing journey to figure out what her future would be and, more importantly to her, Conlan and Curran’s future, but this journey involved facing off with something wicked and dark in the woods.  Kate is the primary narrator, but Curran gets some significant page time as well.  I love seeing their romantic and working partnership where they are strong individuals, but phenomenal together.  Their core group continues to grow and it’s neat seeing Conlan growing up through these stories.  And wasn’t it the height of fun to discover what was menacing the town and presented a worthy adversary.  The future ought to be interesting after the way things finished with this one.

 

Magic Claims built to a sensational climax with fabulous fight scenes and great character build moments along the way.  There was no reading this book slowly.  I devoured it and was left wanting more and equally tempted to merely click back to page one and read it right on through again.  If you’ve not had the pleasure, Urban Fantasy fans, you really must go for the gusto and not bat an eye at how many books are in the original and new series.

 

Author Bio:

“Ilona Andrews” is the pseudonym for a husband-and-wife writing team. Ilona is a native-born Russian and Gordon is a former communications sergeant in the U.S. Army. Contrary to popular belief, Gordon was never an intelligence officer with a license to kill, and Ilona was never the mysterious Russian spy who seduced him. They met in college, in English Composition 101, where Ilona got a better grade. (Gordon is still sore about that.)

Gordon and Ilona currently reside in Texas with their two children and many dogs and cats.

They have co-authored several bestselling series, including the #1 NYT bestselling urban fantasy of Kate Daniels, rustic fantasy of the Edge, paranormal romance of Hidden Legacy, and Innkeeper Chronicles, which they post as a free weekly serial. For complete list of their books, fun extras, and Innkeeper installments, please visit their website at Ilona-andrews.com.

Sophia’s Bio:

Sophia is a quiet though curious gal who dabbles in cooking, book reviewing, piano-playing, and gardening. Road trips and campouts, museums and monuments, restaurants and theaters are her jam. Encouraged and supported by an incredible man and loving family. A Northern Californian transplant to the Great Lakes Region of the US. Lover of Jane Austen, Baseball, Cats, Scooby Doo, and Chocolate.

As a lifelong reader, it was inevitable that Sophia would discover book blogs and the joy of blog reviewing. Sophia is a prolific reader and audiobook listener which allows her to experience so many wonderful books, authors, and narrators. Few genres are outside her reading tastes, but her true love is fiction particularly history, mystery, sci-fi, and romance. Though, sorry, no horror or she will run like Shaggy and Scooby.

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