Ilona Andrews invites you to experience the first novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling series featuring the intriguing fantasy world of mercenary Kate Daniels…
When the magic is up, rogue mages cast their spells and monsters appear, while guns refuse to fire and cars fail to start. But then technology returns, and the magic recedes as unpredictably as it arose, leaving all kinds of paranormal problems in its wake.
Kate Daniels is a down-on-her-luck mercenary who makes her living cleaning up these magical problems. But when Kate’s guardian is murdered, her quest for justice draws her into a power struggle between two strong factions within Atlanta’s magic circles.
The Masters of the Dead, necromancers who can control vampires, and the Pack, a paramilitary clan of shapechangers, blame each other for a series of bizarre killings—and the death of Kate’s guardian may be part of the same mystery. Pressured by both sides to find the killer, Kate realizes she’s way out of her league—but she wouldn’t have it any other way...
I had a rough start to this one. I found there was too much descriptions for things that didn't matter and not enough for things that did. I was glad that my copy of this book had some extra content in the back because I was lost without it. I thought the world building was lacking quite a bit, mostly because I honestly had no clue what this world was this magic. I was lost and confused until about half way through when the real action distracted me from the lack of world building. The good part was the characters. I found them all really interesting (though again, lack of descriptions where it needed them) but I noticed there was a serious lack of women in this first books, besides our main character of course. It was nice in the way that I was rooting for some romance but it sucked in the way that I would have really liked some more female characters to be badass with Kate. While I'm still a little iffy about this book, I'm still really curious to see where the story goes and I'll probably try to continue on with the series.
