I like their personalities and character development. You don’t get your average cookie-cutter, kick-arse heroine four times in four different books-it is a different person every time, as is the hero. One of things I like about Andrews’ writing is that their (Ilona Andrews is a husband and wife team) characters are always distinct.
She was more than a match for Kalder-their banter is entertaining and smile-inducing. While Audrey isn’t my favourite heroine in this series, I also liked her-she was ballsy without being over the top and she could admit when she was wrong, why she was wrong, and face her demons without drama and fanfare. He reminded me very much of Silk from the Belgariad, one of my favourite fantasy series from childhood. I loved Kalder and his wise-cracking, devil-may-care-but-actually-I-have-depth personality. It’s filled with rich world building and engaging characters, and I devoured this book in one night despite drinking codeine-laced cough medication. This is book three.įate’s Edge reminded me why I love Ilona Andrews. I then promptly called Galaxy Books and made them ship me the rest of the series while I lay in bed languishing from illness. Tasked with retrieving the item that Audrey’s family stole, Kalder and Audrey cross paths and find themselves working together to make things right, with all the adventures that come with it.ĭespite my rave review for book one in the series, book two languished on my TBR for two and a half years before I picked it up. Her father persuades her to do one last con, and if she does, he’ll stay out of her life forever. Bitter and battered by the life her family taught her to live, she’s tried to keep on the straight and narrow, getting a real job in the Broken and taking care of herself.
He’s a liar, thief and sometime spy who is really, really good with a sword and has an uncanny (magical) ability to make things happen if you bet him they can’t.Īudrey Callahan is the daughter of a con artist.
Kalder Mar grew up in the Mire, a swamp in just about the dodgiest part of the Edge, a land between the Broken (that would be our world) and the Weird (that would be a magic world, part-Faerie, part Renaissance-y steampunk fantasy). Although there are familiar elements, there is something quite distinct about this series.
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