Publisher: Ace

Review: Magic Binds – Ilona Andrews

Review: Magic Binds – Ilona Andrews

Magic Binds has action at break-neck speed, and still managed to be one of the most romantic and sweet installment in the series at the same time! As always, Kate Daniels is epic! Magic Binds moves forward very nicely, and some loose ends are tied up, while new ones are being made. I loved that Kate was doubting things because of her connection with the land. Feeling the magic get stronger, and how it was sometimes difficult to stay human with all that power, and how Curran was able to anchor her when she could have gone completely mad with it. Magic Binds includes Kate and other characters’ trademark humor, some serious hotness, epic battles, a lot of deceit, secrets […]

Posted 7 October, 2016 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 17 Comments
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Review: Fire Touched – Patricia Briggs

Review: Fire Touched – Patricia Briggs

A visit with Mercy Thompson usually leaves me satisfied and happy, and Fire Touched is no different. This story had a little bit of everything that makes the series amazing. There is a lot going on in Fire Touched! There is a troll going amok on a bridge, Baba Yaga shows up saying she might be able to help Mercy, and Adam takes a stand when it comes to the pack – after Mercy takes a stand when it comes to her city and what the fey think will happen in the future. It’s fast-paced, and Mercy has to use her wits as much as her other skills in order to not only survive, but to keep the people she […]

Posted 17 May, 2016 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 21 Comments
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Review: Magic Shifts – Ilona Andrews

Review: Magic Shifts – Ilona Andrews

Magic Shifts shows how life is for Curran and Kate after they leave the pack, and if you thought things would slow down for them, you were very wrong. My Magic Shifts review: The Kate Daniels series continues to be among the very best there is when it comes to Urban Fantasy, and in my opinion. Kate and Curran are a big part of why I love this so much! From the first book and up until now, the changes they have both gone through, the growth, the maturing – it’s pretty amazing, let me tell you! Curran became the alpha of a pack when he was very young, so he has never really been an adult who didn’t have […]

Posted 27 November, 2015 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 16 Comments
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Review: The Iron Hunt – Marjorie M. Liu

Review: The Iron Hunt – Marjorie M. Liu

Quite different from what I expected based on the summary, The Iron Hunt is a story in which all kinds of secrets are being kept very close to the vest by most characters, and thus, the whole storyline and plot became a little dis-jointed to me. My The Iron Hunt review: I expected a fast-paced kind of crazy story when I picked up The Iron Hunt, because the summary mentions demon-hunting and tattoos coming to life. However, apart from Maxine’s tattoos coming to life, there isn’t really much hunting going on at all. And Maxine has been left without all the information she needed in order to make the right decisions moving forward. Also, I felt that for a full […]

Posted 6 October, 2015 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 6 Comments
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Review: Magic Breaks – Ilona Andrews

Review: Magic Breaks – Ilona Andrews

Magic Breaks brings a lot of loose ends together, while also opening up a few new cans of worms. Fast-paced and action-filled, but also having that special bond Kate has with the characters she cares for, it was an amazing read. My Magic Breaks review: It’s not exactly a secret that I fell in love with Kate Daniels when I finally started reading these books about a year ago. I had been holding out on Magic Breaks, though, so I could read it back to back with Magic Shifts this summer. And I’m very happy I waited a while, because it was well worth the wait! Both Kate and Curran continue to be one of my favorite paranormal couples! They […]

Posted 25 August, 2015 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 10 Comments
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Review: Magic Bleeds – Ilona Andrews

Review: Magic Bleeds – Ilona Andrews

Magic Bleeds features many fights and plenty of heartache and I completely and utterly loved it all! My Magic Bleeds review: Kate Daniels is one of the best kick-ass heroines I’ve had the pleasure to read, and she confirmed this in Magic Bleeds! She is strong, dedicated, loyal and fierce. She is also a woman who would love to be a part of something bigger, have someone to love, and someone who loves her – just for her. Of course Saiman is making life difficult for Kate, just because he wants to make life difficult for Curran, but Kate outsmarts Saiman this time, and the hotness that ensues made my kindle fume, at least I think so, because my glasses […]

Posted 20 May, 2015 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 13 Comments
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Review: Night Broken – Patricia Briggs

Review: Night Broken – Patricia Briggs

Night Broken is fast-paced and filled with action, fights and romance, on top of that, there’s a little drama because Adam’s ex comes to stay with them – for once seeking help and comfort from the pack. My Night Broken review: Night Broken was pretty intense, and there was a new creature introduced in the Mercy Thompson universe here. I have to admit I was rolling my eyes at Adam’s ex acting all innocent and needy, and even more so because of all she had made the pack go through when she had decided living with shifters wasn’t for her, then left both Adam and her daughter behind. Once danger came knocking on Christy’s door, though, she definitely didn’t have […]

Posted 16 April, 2015 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 14 Comments
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Review: Dead Heat – Patricia Briggs

Review: Dead Heat – Patricia Briggs

Dead Heat showed a different side to Charles that was very welcome, seeing how he interacted with a human friend who had grown old and was dying made Charles seem more human as well. My Dead Heat review: I really enjoyed this other side to Charles, it made it easier to see exactly what Anna has seen in him from the very beginning as well. Dead Heat had quite a bit of excitement, but the pacing was still pretty slow, because the moments between Charles and Joseph kind of had to be – reminiscing of the past, and having known Joseph in all the different stages of his life made the story a little melancholy as well. And it certainly […]

Posted 18 March, 2015 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 7 Comments
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Review: Fair Game – Patricia Briggs

Review: Fair Game – Patricia Briggs

Fair game is a fast-paced mystery in which Charles has to fight on several fronts at the same time, and Anna needs all of her diplomacy in order to make sure there is good PR for the wolves… My Fair Game review: I had almost forgotten how much I loved Charles and Anna before I finally picked up Fair Game! Anna is an omega wolf, one who can temper an alpha, and she is very, very good at it. Charles has been Bran’s enforcer for a very long time, and at the beginning of the story, it shows that it is really wearing him down to have to go out for a kill the local alphas aren’t capable of taking […]

Posted 10 March, 2015 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 7 Comments
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Review: Magic Strikes – Ilona Andrews

Review: Magic Strikes – Ilona Andrews

With her trademark humor and magical skills, Kate Daniels made Magic Strikes yet another winner! My Magic Strikes review: Kate Daniels continues her amazing adventures, her services are almost always needed in several places at once and she will do her best to help save the day. Magic Strikes is fast-paced and brings Kate into some pretty tough situations. The Midnight Games are the ultimate place for shifters and magical beings to fight for a prize, and somehow, Kate gets herself onto a team with some of her shifter friends in order to save a girl for Derek. Saiman plays quite a big part in Magic Strikes, and it was quite nice to get to know him better, strange that […]

Posted 12 December, 2014 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 12 Comments
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