Magic in the Air

Magic Rises is the sixth book in Ilona Andrews' Kate Daniels series.  Ilons Andrews is the pseudonym for a husband and wife writing team, and this a team that works really well together.  The main character, Kate, is a badass swordswoman who happens to be able to wield some hefty magic.  The world is a fantastic world in which magic has once again begun to rise.  The world goes through waves of magic and tech.  Oh, and Kate's boyfriend, Curran, just happens to be the Beast Lord of all the shapeshifters in Atlanta.

In this book, the Atlanta pack is having a huge problem, more and more of their children are going loup and there is nothing they can do about it but kill the ones that go loup.  There is a solution to this problem, panacea, but the Europeans have it and are not willing to share. So when three European packs offer it in change for Curran being an impartial guard and judge in a dispute over a pregnant shifter, it is something they can't refuse even if they know it is a trap.

The pregnant shifter, Desandra, just happens to be pregnant with twins from two different fathers, plus her own father is possibly the worlds biggest prick.  At first, Desandra plays quite the ditz, but as time goes on she proves herself to be intelligent and cunning. Oh, and when they arrive, they find a couple of surprises including a girl from Curran's past making a play for him, giant flying cats with scales, and the host of the event is an unpleasant surprise.

I loved this book.  I really liked the development of Kate in this book.  She struggles with her heritage, and she is confronted with it in this book, and I feel that she comes out stronger.  The way she cares for Curran, Julie, and the pack shows that she is more than her father.  One more than one occasion, she saves complete strangers because it is the right thing to do, which is the end helps her.  I do find it interesting the way she reacts when she because of Curran.

At the end, we get a glimpse of a possible future for Kate, and a wise shepherd telling Kate that one day she will have to chose and that she has the potential to be great or be horrible.  It will definitely be interesting to see where the series goes from here, and what paths Kate chooses to her future.

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