#37:Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews. Kate Daniels is mostly human mercenary on an earth where magic and tech take turns in prominence and necromancers and shapeshifters fight for dominance, while Knights try to maintain order and justice. Kate prefers to rely on her weaponry and guile, but is armed with spells, and of course, an attitude. In this first book with many sequels, Kate’s guardian/tutor is murdered, and she seeks the killer, a rogue vampire who is experimenting with breeding new kinds of monsters using women with magical abilities. I’ll put this series aside unless I’m bored and out of other options: the writing is fine, but the characters are just familiar rehashes of a million other fantasy series. It’s okay, semi-tasty junk food, but it’s definitely junk food.
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