Magic Bites (Dramatized Adaptation)

Kate Daniels, Book 1

De: Ilona Andrews

Narrado por: full cast, Nora Sofyan, Michael Glenn, Steven Carpenter, Christopher Walker, Bradley Foster Smith, Robb Moreira, Mort Shelby, Rose Elizabeth Supan, Henry W. Kramer, Ken Jackson, Chris Davenport

Ilona Andrews invites you to experience the first dramatized audiobook 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.

This edition also includes A Questionable Client and Curran POV!

Performed by Nora Sofyan, Michael Glenn, Steven Carpenter, Christopher Walker, Bradley Foster Smith, Robb Moreira, Mort Shelby, Rose Elizabeth Supan, Henry W. Kramer, Ken Jackson, Chris Davenport, Matthew Pauli, Torian Brackett, Kenyatta Rogers, James Konicek, Nickolette Kong, Christopher Williams, Debi Tinsley, Julienne Irons, Cody Roberts, Shawn K. Jain, Wyn Delano, Rob McFadyen, Nick J. Russo, Julie-Ann Elliott, Drew Kopas, Megan Poppy, Nick DePinto, Nicole Perez, Tyler Hyrchuk, Elena Anderson, Lydia Kraniotis, David Cui Cui, Marni Penning, Jonathan Lee Taylor, K'lai Rivera, Yasmin Tuazon, Dawn Ursula, Karen Novack, JW Rone, Andrew James Spooner, and Eric Messner.

©2007 Andrew Gordon and Ilona Gordon (P)2023 Graphic Audio LLC

Fun BUT.......

I enjoy this version, wish they didn't have odd music at odd times! The original version by Renee Raudman is great I love that I can have the book verbatim. They didn't seem to edit much out of this like they do with the Lupi series by Eileen Wilks (I had to stop listening because it made me confused with all they skipped.) The voices are all well done sometimes it seemed like there wasn't really any feeling behind the words which is odd like when Kate thinks she's going to die at the cave in. The Raudman version brought tears to my eyes this didn't seem to a big thing here. And as I said they'd play music that really didn't work or even make sense to what was happening like after the phone call and she goes to find the punching bag it just pulled my attention. Could be I'll enjoy the next book better, we'll see. And if not I can always go play the Raid man version if I don't. However I did enjoy the whole different people playing the roles so we'll see love anything House Andrews does so this is a fun stop until more Innkeepers lol!

It’s GREAT, but so was Renee Raudman

The performance actually deserves a higher rating, probably a 5⭐️—HOWEVER, this a new release with so a kagillion voice actors, so I bought it expecting something WAAAYY amazing.
Then I felt dumb for buying it. Why? Because Renee Raudman already did such a ridiculously fantastical job of first release, it barely changed anything. Of course, Raudman is in a stratosphere of her own, so I don’t even get the point of this.
The special effects didn’t really add that much for me either which was also a bummer. I don’t know why. Sometimes there was music at odd times? Maybe my imagination filled in the groans and oofs of fight scenes?
Both versions are great, and so is the series- it’s a wild world and story but somehow it draws you in and it works.
But I’d just pick one.

Loved the full cast.

I already own this entire series in the unabridged version, this is my first Graphic Audio book. I love the dual narration of Kate and Curran I honestly think that was the biggest draw for me. The full cast was amazing but these two characters were perfection.
This being my first Graphic Novel the background music was throwing me off because I felt that the music didn’t always match the scene. Yet I was able to move past it and it was a more fully realized experience! I will be looking for more of these.

Can't wait for more!

Love the dramatized adaptation! Phenomenal performances from all the cast. I hope all the books in the series gets this adaptation too.

Graphic Audio made this great story better!!

I am a fan of Ilona Andrews and originally read this book many years ago. Several years ago I switched from reading paper books to digital to almost entirely audiobooks. I am not a fan of the previous narrator - everyone likes different voices, I tried listening several times, but ended up not reading the most recent books. The Graphic Audio productions really are "a movie in your mind." I like the different narrators for different characters and the sounds add to the story for me.

A good fantasy book needs good world building, good character development, and an interesting story. This book has all of these! Kate has a lot of secrets and is a loner because of them. The story starts with the dead of her former guardian. Kate finds out he was murdered and decides to investigate in the hopes of finding out who did it. She discovers all kinds of answers, but even more questions. A variety of characters are introduced: vampires, shapeshifters, magic users, and several people whose power is not revealed. I was hooked from the first chapter! Kate is a likeable character with so many quirks, special skills and powers, and a mysterious past.

By the end of the book, the original question is answered. No cliffhanger here. However, I want to know more about Kate and many of the interesting characters she met and interacted with. I was satisfied with the ending, but eager to read more about Kate and her adventures.

The story is amazing, just as amazing as the first time I read it. The Graphic Audio multicast narration somehow made it even better. If I could give it more than five stars, I would. Highly recommend!!

Kate was worth the wait

I really enjoyed this version. I think I am now sold on graphic audio. I liked all the characters but Kate was wonderful.

Very enjoyable

I really enjoyed this version of magic bites. I always liked the original audiobook, but hearing every character in their own voice was great. There seemed to be a problem in chapter 3 with audio overlapping.

Wonderful cast, great story, voices makes it better

I have this book on kindle, paperback and now on audio book- with the Graphic Audio version because I like the different voices of the characters and the very dramatic and active role they tell the story. When I read alone, that is how I read the story, now I get to just listen, chill, and laugh right along to the perfect voices of Kate, Curran, and all the wonderful cast that makes this story stand out in audio form. It’s perfect! I can’t wait for the next graphic audio version so I can get that one and the rest of the Kate Daniels world!

Love this series!!

I was very excited when I saw this adaptation, and it was very good. The only issues I have is 1) a couple of characters do not sound like they should, most of these characters are from the south and that is not what they sound like, in particular Dr. Doolittle is from the deep south and I'm not sure where that voice was from, it kept changing and 2) changing the pronunciation of names. Other than that a really good listen. Love Iona Andrews!!

Fabulous!!

I would happily listen to the rest of the story in the dramatized adaptation. Just say when and where!