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katyanaish's review
5.0
I loved it.
But.
This underscores what I have come to hate about the Pack. This short occurs between [b:Magic Strikes|4345498|Magic Strikes (Kate Daniels, #3)|Ilona Andrews|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1507378423s/4345498.jpg|4393420] and [b:Magic Bleeds|6479550|Magic Bleeds (Kate Daniels, #4)|Ilona Andrews|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1407110429s/6479550.jpg|6670775], and so based on what has occurred only up until that moment, what Jim knows is this: Kate put herself at tremendous risk to help the Pack. To help JIM, specifically, because the entire Midnight Games shitshow was entirely a result of Jim's poor decisions.
But at the Midnight Games - in a mess that was not at all of her making, but instead entirely of Jim and Derek's making - she put herself on the line, and exposed her existence to freaking HUGH. And she knew she was doing it, but chose to not to drop it and leave the Pack hanging. And now they are considering her a risk to the Pack? Are you fucking kidding me? What Pack? The Pack that would have been leaderless if she hadn't ended the Scarlet Star? If she hadn't fought alongside them, despite Hugh being there, because she wasn't going to abandon the people she cares about? In this short, I'm okay with Jim - he's got to inform Curran, and he seems to support Kate despite the concern - but the bit about "Mahon knows and he likes it not at all, he thinks she's a risk to the Pack" pissed me off. And frankly, in the more recent books (8 and 9), I'm pretty done with Jim too. Why can't they take one goddamn second to think? Roland was coming for them ANYWAY. Before he even knew about Kate, he was targeting the Pack because it is led by a First - he probably sent Olathe, but he DEFINITELY sent the rakshasas (and gave them the magic equivalent of a nuke to handle the Pack), and he sent Erra (the human equivalent of a nuke). Having Kate around doesn't risk drawing Roland into a fight with the Pack, assholes. He was already coming! He sent his sister to nuke you, and you think he wouldn't have come himself to sort things out after you managed to put her down? For fuck's sake!
I've come to loathe them. They use Kate. They use Curran too - they didn't even have enough respect for him and everything he sacrificed for the Pack to care for his mate for like three days before they started trying to kill her. The Pack can go fuck themselves. I'd be fine if, in the final book, Curran and Kate leave Atlanta and just let them all die. Assholes.
But.
This underscores what I have come to hate about the Pack. This short occurs between [b:Magic Strikes|4345498|Magic Strikes (Kate Daniels, #3)|Ilona Andrews|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1507378423s/4345498.jpg|4393420] and [b:Magic Bleeds|6479550|Magic Bleeds (Kate Daniels, #4)|Ilona Andrews|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1407110429s/6479550.jpg|6670775], and so based on what has occurred only up until that moment, what Jim knows is this: Kate put herself at tremendous risk to help the Pack. To help JIM, specifically, because the entire Midnight Games shitshow was entirely a result of Jim's poor decisions.
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Does the Pack feel no sense of loyalty, or obligation, to Kate? She has saved them. Literally. Saved them. Firstly, the upir and Olathe seemed to have the Pack well in hand before Kate's involvement, and without Kate, they would never even have gotten the tools they needed to defeat the upir. And that's okay, because she didn't expose herself there. But regardless, she risked herself to help them.But at the Midnight Games - in a mess that was not at all of her making, but instead entirely of Jim and Derek's making - she put herself on the line, and exposed her existence to freaking HUGH. And she knew she was doing it, but chose to not to drop it and leave the Pack hanging. And now they are considering her a risk to the Pack? Are you fucking kidding me? What Pack? The Pack that would have been leaderless if she hadn't ended the Scarlet Star? If she hadn't fought alongside them, despite Hugh being there, because she wasn't going to abandon the people she cares about? In this short, I'm okay with Jim - he's got to inform Curran, and he seems to support Kate despite the concern - but the bit about "Mahon knows and he likes it not at all, he thinks she's a risk to the Pack" pissed me off. And frankly, in the more recent books (8 and 9), I'm pretty done with Jim too. Why can't they take one goddamn second to think? Roland was coming for them ANYWAY. Before he even knew about Kate, he was targeting the Pack because it is led by a First - he probably sent Olathe, but he DEFINITELY sent the rakshasas (and gave them the magic equivalent of a nuke to handle the Pack), and he sent Erra (the human equivalent of a nuke). Having Kate around doesn't risk drawing Roland into a fight with the Pack, assholes. He was already coming! He sent his sister to nuke you, and you think he wouldn't have come himself to sort things out after you managed to put her down? For fuck's sake!
I've come to loathe them. They use Kate. They use Curran too - they didn't even have enough respect for him and everything he sacrificed for the Pack to care for his mate for like three days before they started trying to kill her. The Pack can go fuck themselves. I'd be fine if, in the final book, Curran and Kate leave Atlanta and just let them all die. Assholes.
mellhay's review
5.0
Jim goes to Curran with information he has collected since the fight at the arena. Jim feels Curran should know more about Kate, her past, and her father, before he makes his choice on picking her as a mate.
First, this short read falls in line AFTER Magic Strikes.
Oh, this was a lovely quick read! I love getting Curran's POV with finding out about Kates biological father and the man that she calls dad. I liked getting the unbiased information from Jim, which he is very good at finding. It was neat to see the pictures of the life Kate hinted at in Magic Strikes.
There is a strong hint to who Jim might have a "crush" on and the diversion Jim uses is humor that makes me chuckle. But the hint of Jim's attracted affections I think, I think, is grown in the anthology of Hexed. So, nice tie in here!
I like Curran and Jim putting the facts about Kate together, but I still want Kate to tell Curran. That would be the ultimate trust for her. And I'm now more ready to dive into Magic Bleeds.
This is a free read on Ilona Andrews' blog, if you would like to read it as well...
First, this short read falls in line AFTER Magic Strikes.
Oh, this was a lovely quick read! I love getting Curran's POV with finding out about Kates biological father and the man that she calls dad. I liked getting the unbiased information from Jim, which he is very good at finding. It was neat to see the pictures of the life Kate hinted at in Magic Strikes.
There is a strong hint to who Jim might have a "crush" on and the diversion Jim uses is humor that makes me chuckle. But the hint of Jim's attracted affections I think, I think, is grown in the anthology of Hexed. So, nice tie in here!
I like Curran and Jim putting the facts about Kate together, but I still want Kate to tell Curran. That would be the ultimate trust for her. And I'm now more ready to dive into Magic Bleeds.
This is a free read on Ilona Andrews' blog, if you would like to read it as well...
smuttea_matcha's review
3.0
It was a cute side-story to the Kate Daniels series. However, it really brings up questions like how Jim and Dahlia found all this out. Kate emphasized how Voron and Greg made sure she knew that her secret could never get out. She emphasized how imperative that no one knew. And suddenly everyone knows. I'm a little skeptical. But it's good to read from Curran's POV.
ameretet's review
5.0
Is Curran the ONLY person on the planet who really likes Kate? Maybe Julie, Derek & Andrea.....
blodeuedd's review
4.0
Ohh I really liked this one. Jim is telling the story of who Kate really is, and who her father is. Exciting stuff. Sure I know it already but Curran sure has a few things to think about.
Yup I need more Ilona Andrews :=D
Yup I need more Ilona Andrews :=D
bookwormneedsbooks's review
funny
informative
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
lynseyisreading's review
5.0
I love these Curran POV's. It's so good to get his side of scenes we've already experienced from Kate's POV, and in a way, this was even more of a treat because this was actually a conversation we had never been privy to.
Nice to see how much conviction Curran had with regards to Kate being his mate. There's no changing that man's mind where she is concerned!
Nice to see how much conviction Curran had with regards to Kate being his mate. There's no changing that man's mind where she is concerned!
lizzy_22's review
4.0
I love reading Curran's POV and this excerpt was very insightful. He loves her, she's his and he'll protect her no matter what..end of story! LOVE!! <3
cr6zym0nkeyiz's review
5.0
I love reading anything in Curran's point of view, no surprise there. And there are tons of scenes I look back on after I read the Kate Daniel's series thinking I really wanted that scene in Curran's point of view or that one in his point of view. Basically I have tons I want and I was really excited to get this one after I remembered Kate making a comment about if Curran had a talk with Jim in MAGIC SLAYS.
And it was a scene I really wanted! And was happy to get it. I am so happy that Team Ilona writes these Curran point of view scenes because we love getting scene from the hero's point of view as well. To sum everything up I loved it as well as devoured it and it only made me realize again that the next Kate Daniels book comes out 2013. Fuck.
And it was a scene I really wanted! And was happy to get it. I am so happy that Team Ilona writes these Curran point of view scenes because we love getting scene from the hero's point of view as well. To sum everything up I loved it as well as devoured it and it only made me realize again that the next Kate Daniels book comes out 2013. Fuck.
pickett22's review
4.0
"Here kitty, kitty, kitty."
Oh my god. She was an imbecile, and I was going to kill Jim.
Oh my god. She was an imbecile, and I was going to kill Jim.