I ran out of books to read, and finally got around to trying Ilona Andrew's Kate Daniels series. It keeps coming up in my recommended reading lists, but I just wasn't sure I was up for another Vampire + Werewolf series where the lead is a kickass woman with undocumented super powers... I have post traumatic LKH syndrome. If you don't know, LKH is Laurel K Hamilton, and she writes the Anita Blake series. I read her books in high school, some of them were very good, but most of them had poor character development, random but frequent sex scenes, and very little plot development. But features Vampre + Werewolf + kickass woman with undocumented super powers.
Lucky for me, Kate Daniels was nothing like that. First, vampires are not sexy in this series at all. They are ravenous zombies that can be controlled by necromancers. Second, Were Lion. Third, her super powers are documented, she just has to acknowledge the truth of her power and the current limits to her power... so it's not like Anita Blake who just inexplicably becomes more powerful with each book.
I ended up loving this series. Powered right through the first to most recent one. Super entertaining, with good character development and plot. I like it when long series have individual plot within the novel and then an overarching plot that spans the series of books. It gives you something to look forward to, and you're rewarded for reading all the books in a series. Sherrilyn Kenyon also does that really well.
The relationship between Kate and Curran is very truthful. I was initially afraid that their sexual tension would go on forever without any resolution, but thankfully, the authors were kind and brought them together in the fourth book. I love that they did that, because you get to see more of a partnership dynamic where they must suffer and rely on each other. I feel that's more true to life, and certainly what you hope a good marriage would be like.
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