Magic Binds

Starred review from September 15, 2016

Curran and Kate, having left the Pack and taken over the Mercenary Guild in Magic Shifts, are dealing with some high-stakes stress. Not only are they planning their wedding, but Kate's father, the immensely powerful Roland, seems determined to push Kate into all-out war by kidnapping Saiman, her sometime ally. In his own weird head game with Kate, Roland also apparently wants to have input in her wedding plans. The power that Kate has inherited from Roland is something she's hidden and fought against using, but she'll have to apply her magic to protect those she loves, not to mention the city of Atlanta. VERDICT Series readers will be pleased that some long-anticipated events finally come to pass in this book, while leaving room for further entries. Andrews's "Kate Daniels" urban fantasies are among the very best, combining heart-wrenching, dark story lines leavened with the perfect amount of humor and a romantic couple readers will root for through thick and thin.--MM

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September 15, 2016
In the ninth installment of the Kate Daniels series, Kate must deal with the implications of having claimed Atlanta, learn to control her own power, and confront her father, Rolandall while grudgingly picking a dress, a cake, and a guest list for her much-anticipated wedding to Curran. Roland has kidnapped a demigod called Saiman. Not everyone wants to rescue Saiman, but Kate can't let her father get away with such a violation. Parallel to this, there's a series of prophesies: if she marries Curran, Atlanta burns. Though it wouldn't be the first time, Kate is attached to the city and its people. She comes up with a plan just crazy enough to work and picks up some useful background about her family's magic along the way. There is a high-stakes magical war on the horizon, but Kate and her people intend to win the battle, at the very least. This is a fast-paced story in an interesting and well-established world, and the development of Kate's power and relationship with the people of Atlanta is quite engaging.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2016, American Library Association.)