Reviews

Curran POV Collection by Gordon Andrews, Ilona Andrews

foreverbeautifulbooks's review

5.0

I was really nice getting Curran's POV. I like getting the raw to the point details of a man's brain. They don't think like women, and Alpha males like to take what the want. I did get some spoilers because these books went further then I had read, but I don't mind, so long as I know they stop being so stubborn! lol

anotherhalima's review

lol he is just as insane as kate

starknits13's review

4.0

I really enjoyed reading the Curran Point of View, even if I wanted more...

eb00kie's review

4.0

An entertaining and free complement to the Kate Daniels series.

ororoboreal's review

4.0

Knowing his feelings is nice.
I am keeping the cat and making him fat!

thinkingbookishthoughts's review

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

vampar's review

3.0

Since these snippets reveal aspects of Curran's pov I found them thrilling. However reading all of these in one sitting - out of context to the storyline it accompanies - was a bit like trying to fit half remembered jigsaw puzzle pieces into place.

darthizzy's review

adventurous fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

curran is so boring ugh 

katkinney's review

4.0

This was a great behind the scenes look at some of the material from the Kate Daniel's books from Curran's point of view. Particularly, I loved their first meeting on Unicorn Lane, and also Curran's reaction to the events at the end of Book 4. Excellent job showing the love Curran feels for Kate.

millie_rose_reads's review

2.0

Anytime we get the same story told from a different perspective—Midnight Sun or Grey for example—there's a heavy burden on the author's part, acknowledged or not, to justify trying to sell the same story twice. Thankfully, that isn't an issue here. Curran's POV Collection is free. And its also just a scatter of moments depicted from the first four novels in the series. Ideally, all point-of-view retellings should be like that. So that alone, starts this collection off on a positive note.

UNICORN LANE and SOUP are short snippets of Curran's perspective on first meeting Kate and, on another occasion, saving her from certain death. Neither offers any surprises but they feel true to character.

Every time I tried to touch her, she made this face, as if she was going to bravely endure. She didn't have to worry. I would never put my "big rough hands" all over her unless I thought she wanted it. She would consent, but she didn't want me, and that killed it for me.

FERNANDO'S gives us a look at Curran's relationship with Myong, and I sort of wish it hadn't. Quotes like the one up above seem to acknowledge the power imbalance in their relationship—only to make it super clear that he doesn't take advantage of it. Which, good. But when you're dating someone who you know doesn't find you sexually attractive but is completely submissive to you, and you continue dating them, what exactly am I suppose to think? What portends the end of their relationship? The fact that he doesn't get violently territorial when another man is checking her out.

Kate short-circuits my brain. In my head we always have these clear coherent exchanges, but once we meet, what comes out is "Kate, do what I say or I'll kill you." Her default reply is "Fuck you!" and we go downhill from there.

MIDNIGHT GAMES, HOT TUB and CONCLAVE are complete filler. KATE'S ORIGIN and NAKED DINNER were welcome insights into Curran's mindset in Magic Bleeds. Again, nothing terribly interesting beyond Curran apparently learning of Kate's secret past before she actually tells him, and more references to the Dali and Jim ship that has yet to sail.

I smelled sweat and fear. There's something about fear. It must be the lion in me. I feel it, I smell it, I taste it. It's almost tangible for me, and when I do catch a whiff of it, the world goes crystal clear.

AWAKE is probably the best of the bunch, conceptually: it touches on Curran's relationship with Mahon, his surrogate father. Unfortunately, it doesn't examine the relationship or go into great detail (most shifter related conflicts are underwhelming might-means-right affairs), and Kate's perspective is unnecessarily pushed into the middle of it—just when I think we might get a conversation between Curran and Mahon.