Magic Gifts (Kate Daniels, #5.6) in SOS: Serious Overload of Series

Jul 05, 2012 Thenia rated it really liked it

Shelves: reviewed, series, 2018, paranormal, 2025, vampires, shifters, magic, 2015, 2021

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Update: Re-read: 31 Aug 2018:

Kate and Curran are out on a spontaneous dinner date, when a young woman, who happens to be a journeywoman with her vampire chained outside the restaurant, dies after receiving a necklace from her boyfriend. (view spoiler) ...more

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Dec 26, 2011 The Flooze rated it really liked it

Shelves: urban-fantasy-paranormal, vanquished_2017, owned, anthology-shorties, vanquished_2013

Great short with a sweet ending and a comeuppance-filled epilogue.

I'm glad I read this after Gunmetal Magic, contrary to the author's suggestion. There are overlapping scenes between the two and I think one aspect was better experienced from Andrea's POV first, for shock-value. ...more

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Dec 27, 2011 Kalynn rated it it was amazing

This gets five stars for being a wonderfully generous Christmas present of the authors to their fans. It is a long (10 chapter) novella that tells a complete Kate Daniels story. There are a few editing issues, as expected in an ARC type book, but the story is high quality in every respect, and I have so much respect for the authors who are having a tough year and still managed to create such a great gift for their fans.

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Jan 06, 2012 Christal rated it it was amazing

Shelves: female-lead, gods-and-goddesses, magic, vampires, weres-and-shifters, witches-warlocks-and-mages, urban-fantasy, lesser-known-creatures, pi-detective-cop, necromancers

A short story set in the Kate Daniels universe between Magic Slays and Andrea's book, Gunmetal Magic. The Andrews duo is always introducing different mythologies in their books and I liked the inclusion of the Vikings this time around. It was also nice to get a wrap up on the whole mercenary guild situation. I was wondering what was going to happen with them (view spoiler). ...more

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Jan 29, 2023 Kelly (Maybedog) rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: what-modern-fantasy, where-grr-mine, how-series, how-audiobook, what-paranormal-romance, what-shifters, where-in-anthology

Wonderful! This was a great story full of excitement and danger, a little mystery and pathos, and one little boy who isn’t even slightly annoying like so many kids in adult novels are. Kate and Curran work seamlessly together and it’s a beautiful thing. I have only one nitpick (how fast the family arrived at the restaurant.) I literally could not put it down. Not to eat—and I was really hungry—not to relieve myself (and by the end I was desperate)—not even to put a warmer blanket on the bed. I c ...more

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