{"id":168,"date":"2009-04-27T20:04:12","date_gmt":"2009-04-27T20:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/ubalblog\/2009\/04\/27\/maic-burns-a-quick-review\/"},"modified":"2012-10-19T04:46:59","modified_gmt":"2012-10-19T04:46:59","slug":"maic-burns-a-quick-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/ubalblog\/2009\/04\/27\/maic-burns-a-quick-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Maic Burns &#8211; A Quick Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>[<\/strong>&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/bb\/images\/weblogs\/mood_happy.gif\" alt=\"Happy\" style=\"vertical-align: middle\" border=\"0\" \/> <strong>Mood:<\/strong> Happy&nbsp;<strong>]<\/strong><br \/>Urban fantasy has exploded in recent years with everybody and their mother (literally) writing books full of magic in the modern world.   Some, like Jim Butcher, Kim Harrison and Rachel Caine do a very good job  of it.  Others botch it big time.<\/p>\n<p>Into this world enters Ilona Andrews with the Kate Daniels series.  <span style=\"font-style: italic\">Magic Burns<\/span> is the second in the series, and it finds Kate settling into her new role as the liaison between  The Order of Merciful Aid  and the Mercenary Guild.  In addition, she has been hired by the Pack to find a missing set of maps.  Kate also ends up looking for a missing witch who seems to be connected in some way to missing maps.  This leads Kate into a much bigger mess than she anticipated or wants.<\/p>\n<p>This is an exciting, quick paced story with a very likable female main character.  The world Kate inhabits is well thought our and in many ways original.  This is one of the urban fantasies worth picking up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[&nbsp; Mood: Happy&nbsp;]Urban fantasy has exploded in recent years with everybody and their mother (literally) writing books full of magic in the modern world. 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