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Magic Bites
- Kate Daniels, Book 1
- Narrated by: Renée Raudman
- Series: Kate Daniels, Book 1
- Length: 9 hrs and 5 mins
- Categories: Literature & Fiction, Action & Adventure
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Publisher's Summary
When magic is up, electricity dies, cars stall, and skyscrapers tumble; when it's down, phones and guns work, and defensive spells can't protect your house from the creatures who stalk the streets. Equally dangerous are the competing factions of The Pack - a highly organized and military clan who governs Atlanta's were-bears, -wolves, and -hyenas - versus the Masters of the Dead, power and knowledge-hungry necromancers whose minds control hordes of blood-crazed vampires.
This is home to Kate Daniels, a mercenary who investigates when things get out of hand. Kate likes her sword a little too much and has a hard time controlling her mouth. But when her guardian is murdered, she must choose between doing nothing and staying safe, or pursuing the dangerous entity who killed him. Kate is way out of her league; but who ever said the right choice was easy?
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- Kjda
- 04-19-18
Great Start to a Paranormal Fantasy Series
I actually read most of the books in this series years ago and wondered how they would hold up later on and in audio format. I was pleased to confirm that this is still a great paranormal series. I particularly liked the world-building because the authors put in more detail regarding the setting (magic vs. tech), characters and their abilities (were-animals, vampires, power words, etc.), and other paranormal elements (weapons, methods of transportation, etc.). There's also a lot of foreshadowing of information and events that don't get revealed or come to pass until much later in the series. The story has substance and keeps you engaged from beginning to end. Kate is a pretty likable female protagonist in that she is a sassy badass who holds her own but isn't infallible. This book begins as she starts to realize there's more to life than just what you do to pay the bills, and it's interesting to witness her character growth as she forms various types of relationships with others and sometimes is successful while other times she utterly fails.
Although this book is still good in audio format, the narration is far from stellar. The narrator is able to do fine with pacing and interpretation, but she's pretty bad with accents and pronunciation at times, which I found pretty distracting. She's also not the best with character differentiation when multiple characters are involved, which is this whole book.
I solid recommendation to fans of paranormal fantasy.
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- Trevor
- 04-25-17
i really enjoyed
both the story and the narrator. Kate is an awesome character who combines sass and intelligence.
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- leo frediani
- 04-19-17
Fun story, questionable pronunciation
I'm a long-time Ilona Andrews fan. This book was just as entertaining as their others, though it seemed like they read several Anita Blake books just before writing it and borrowed heavily from that style. The narrator's accent was inconsistent, but that wasn't the worst part. For the love of god, please make sure your narrator can say the word "wolf" before giving her a book predominately about werewolves, or you'll have a book about "werewoofs" instead.
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- Ingrid
- 07-25-18
Difficult to Get Through
Magic Bites is a typical Urban Fantasy that ticks most of the boxes, but I just didn't like it. The first half is plain boring. Kate learns that her guardian was killed, and yet we get very little context with which to understand the significance of Greg's death. Did he take over legal guardianship when she was 16, but never lived with her? Had he raised her since she was 6? Would have been nice to know! Many scenes dealing with his death lack emotional death and impact -- the conversations with his ex-wife have no emotion at all. That's part of what makes it hard to connect with Kate early on in the story. The next problem is that the book has too many minor characters with small roles and little impact. No other character really becomes important until Kate meats Curran halfway through the book. I get that Kate is a loner, but it would have been nice to have a rival, or a frienemy, or someone for her to play off of during the first half of the book. I forgot a lot of character's names because they were so unimportant. The second half gets more interesting and exciting, as the author actually develops the relationship between Kate and some other characters (Curran, the wolf, and the doctor guy.) The plot also picks up, as the clues start to come together and we actually get some idea as to what is going on. This almost saves the book, but it's too little too late. I was going back and forth on whether or not to abandon the book, and then the little things caught up to me, because I wasn't that attached to Kate. It was the sullen, pessimistic air and the rapey atmosphere that finally pushed me over the edge. What do I mean by "rapey atmosphere?" Well, the author could have had bad werewolves go mad and kill people, but no, they also turn their daughters into sex slaves. Vampires? In this book they are just rotting corpses controlled by a necromancer. And yet, certain types are rape crazed too. A bad guy leaves Kate a severed head and a threatening note. In that note, he feels the need to brag about having sex with "half-breed" women. Does every bad act in this story have to come with a demeaning/violent comment about women and sex? Even the good guys make comments like this when trying to "distract" the bad guys. And The Pack "tests" Kate by calling her a whore, propositioning her, and then trying to grab her. During Kate's dinner date, count how many times she comments on men checking her out, or women checking her date out, or women checking her bodyguard out, or her date checking her bodyguard's date out. The cloying sexual fixation in every situation, good or bad, combat or dinner date, really annoyed me. And it's almost completely negative/unhealthy/creepy. I'm moving on.
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- Sarah (Feeling Fictional)
- 03-16-17
A brilliant start to the series
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
I've been a huge fan of the Kate Daniels series for years now and it honestly gets better and better with every book. There aren't many series that I reread on an annual basis but this one is always top of that list.
Kate is a brilliant main character, she starts out as quite a loner but quickly gains friends and allies as the series continues. I love that she's fierce, determined and incredibly protective of the people she cares about. This series also has some of the best side characters you'll ever come across, they're all so vivid personalities that it's impossible not to care about them.
This series is full of action, Ilona Andrews is constantly finding unusual mythologies to dip into to add depth to her world building, there are plenty of humorous moments to lighten the tone when the story turns darker and the characters are absolutely fantastic.
What does Renée Raudman bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
I'm still fairly new to audiobooks so this was the first time I've listened to this book (even though I've read my print copy 4 times previously!) but I enjoyed Renee Raudman's narration and liked hearing the characters brought to life.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
I tend to get easily distracted when reading audiobooks but this one held my attention from beginning to end. I was making excuses to find activities where I could spend time listening to the story.
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- Nina
- 02-04-17
Fantastic Series
I saw this series on audible and it had so many good reviews I bought the first two books so that I could start at the beginning and I was not disappointed. This series is incredible, Kate is a badass but one you like, you never know what is going to happen. You stay at the edge of your chair or in your mind waiting to see what will happen, you can't guess. It keeps you enthralled. Kates father is several thousand years old, (Spoiler Alert) He killed her mother and tried to kill her at birth. She has in essence in the first book been in hiding so that he can't find her but events come into play that out her. She is friend to the pack, The largest group of shape shifters in the country. The world in in upheaval, it fluctuates between magic and tech and the people never know when it will change. She meets Curran the beast Lord and boom chemistry. But they have alot of animosity towards each other. He gives her Dereck to act as a body guard. He turns into a wolf. But Kate has her own remarkable traits, she can make her blood turn into body armer or a weapon. She has been trained all her life as a warrior so that one day she can go against her father. I loved Kate, Curran, Dereck, Julie, Angela, et.al. they are like a family. You will never know what is going to happen. Read this series, you won't be sorry.
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- Amazon Customer
- 05-12-18
Never gets old
I've read the book several times and I have to say it's still one of my favorites. Being able to listed to the story and hear the narrators interpretation of the voices gives the story that much more life. There are a few times where the pronunciations for certain words don't match how I hear them in my head, but over all I can definitely see myself listening to this multiple times.
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- Kindle Customer
- 02-03-17
Extremely slow to begin
I almost returned this a few times but stuck with it. I did not love this book. It was just ok and hope the second is better.
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- LexiLikesLiterature
- 07-05-20
"Here Kitty Kitty" - Kate Daniels
Even though this series is older, I actually started with The Innkeeper series. I am so in love with it that I decided to try other books by Illona Andrews. Magic Bites drops the reader off in a world where magic has taken over and supernatural creatures are out in the open. Personally, I don't usually like excessive details on world building and magic structures but this one could benefit from just a tad bit of explanation. If you read through then you start to figure it out... and what you dont figure out you just have to roll with it. Magic flashes, Tech going down, phone books, and pagers 🤣 Kate Daniels has me at about 75/25 with her. She isnt a push-over. She can fight. She isnt a goodie-two-shoe and she can make it on her own. There are times when her "snark" comes off like a 15 year old High Schooler rather than a 25 year old confident women. And then there is the Beast Lord. I like this character. I really like him. In no way does he treat Kate differently because she is a women. There is scene where she disobeys him and he snaps 😯. Oooooooh man!!! I knew then that I had to keep going with the series until the love story happens. It has to be him. That was a good fight scene. Did I mention this was a Georgia based book? Being a Georgia Gurl, I was extremely happy to hear the names of my home state cities that weren't Atlanta. I grew up right outside of Macon, so I know that these two authors either live in GA or they really did their research. Everyone else always talks about Atlanta Atlanta as if it is the only city in Georgia. I did find it odd that the pack pressures Kate to confront a potential bad guy, but then gets upset with her that it isn't him. 3 Stars 🌟🌟🌟- Good Book. I like the overall concept and it was delivered well. Most common ranking for a book I enjoyed and look forward to the next.
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- Farnham_red
- 04-24-17
Hard work to begin with but well worth the effort
Ilona Andrews is a new author for me but I will certainly be listening to more of her work
This book is the first of the Kate Daniels series and has a few problems to begin with - its almost as if you had missed a book and started with book 2 and I found it hard to follow - in fact had to go back and re-listen to the first couple of hours before I really got it and still feel like I missed some bits, but then the book gets going and its hard to put down.
Our heroine is a great character who really grew on me. Starting as a loner but she gradually bonds with a few others who will doubtless feature in future books. I have high hopes for the series being a good one.
Similarities to Jane Yellowrock or Mercy Thompson are definitely there
I liked the narration which seemed well suited to the book and I loved the story, it wasn't at all clear how this was going to pan out until well into the book but was gripping once the action really started.
Different take on Vampires in this book - definitely they are different creatures to the normal ones in this genre.
The book itself is a complete story but obviously there are more books in the series and I will be downloading book two shortly to see where this this takes Kate and hope I have found a new series to keep me going for a while
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- Somy
- 12-13-20
My fav book UNSUITABLE VOICE
I returned to listen to my fav series fot first time instead of reading them again. imagine my disappointment in hearing the voice chosen for the lead character.
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- Jessica Wolfe
- 07-06-20
Okay story but the NARRATION - ug.
The narration of this book is terrible. The narrator has chosen a kind of childish, bad Betty boo/Marilyn Monroe impersonator type voice which does not fit the tough, no nonsense heroine at all. She also mispronounces words which is distracting. The story is decent so I persevered, but ended up losing interest as the mysteries end up being revealed in a unsatisfactory way.
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- Brook10033
- 06-04-20
Excellent book
Love the writer of this book. Such an imagination. It's brilliant, the tale weaves its way, throwing out hints and false trails. The dialogue is highly entertaining. Kate is my kind of hero.
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- MISS D FONTERNEL
- 01-22-20
Disappointed after Hidden Legacy
Having just read the Hidden Legacy series, I found this a little slow going with lots of long winded explanation needed. Even with lots of explanation I still feel a bit lost. Also it lacked Romance for me... Hoping the next instalment is better Renee Raudman is excellent as always though.
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- Roobarb
- 11-27-19
Gripping!
This book grabs you, drags you along, ties you in knots and spits you out at the end feeling like you've been through a full workout. This was gripping, not at all what I thought. Recommended!
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- Mrs. C. Hunt
- 04-28-19
Magic Bites
This book starts off slow then gets going and stays fast moving. Great plot with weard creachers, large rang of emotions too. Read well by Renee Raudman.
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- Anonymous User
- 11-29-19
Brilliant Authors!
Love these guys, though this book is more grungy and serious than my fav's I still enjoyed it. Narration is very even so easy to hear in a noisier environment or on road trips (less whispering etc)
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- Kelly
- 09-01-20
This series is a Fav.
I enjoyed Magic Bites even more in audio - I wish the whole series was available in AU (currently only the first 4 are - hopefully that changes in the future). I enjoyed the performance of the narrator more throughout the story - she grew on me.
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- Amazon Customer
- 12-10-18
Disappointing voice
So sad that one of my favourite books was made boring and bland by a bad actor.
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- David Fitzsimmons
- 12-07-18
Not for me
While I love this genre I just couldn't get into this particular book. While the premise of the world was interesting, there was no narrative on how our world became the one depicted. There were a lot of characters and they cluttered the storyline. The constant and pervasive theme of sexual violence was... odd. Finally I wasn't in love with the narration either. Thinking it was me I stopped half way through and started the entire story again hoping I missed something. While I built enough momentum to finish, I finished it feeling underwhelmed and unconnected to the characters. I am sure this series gets better, but I'm unwilling to commit to more. Not a bad book, just not a great one.