Ruby Fever (Hidden Legacy, #6)
by Ilona Andrews
“Nevada first trained me in investigative work, she taught me to trust my instincts. If it didn’t look right, it probably wasn’t. If the hair on the back of your neck stood up, you needed to get the hell out of there. She taught Arabella the same thing. My younger sister called it listening to the lizard brain. I trusted my lizard brain. It kept me breathing.“
Classic Ilona Andrews. Things go downhill fast in inventive ways and graphic detail. It all gets going with a gruesome murder and an attack on the Warden‘s house. Oh, and the family moves into a new home that sounds a bit like Disneyland.
Lots of magic, action, weapons, blood, exploding hardware and magic users gone bad.
Catalina still feels and sounds like Nevada. Sadly, the characters in IAs books have become pretty interchangeable and all seem to be the same person. Alessandro is pretty one-dimensional. Mom and Grandma Frieda sadly don’t get a lot of page-time.
I am guessing that the next book will be about Arabella and her love interest. Considering the last chapter and epilogue, that‘s where I am putting my money.
And yes, despite my complaints I will very likely get the next book. I read this fast, it was very entertaining.
I wonder if we will meet Jadwiga again in the next book?
Playlist:
A Fistful of Dollars Theme (Ennio Morricone)
Triumphal March from Aida (Giuseppe Verdi)
And I just saw that I missed a 12-page short story….
The Cool Aunt (Hidden Legacy, #5.1)
by Ilona Andrews
Apparently I should have read this straight after Emerald Blaze. Set directly afterwards, bonus short story from Arabella‘s point of view.
The birth of Nevada‘s and Mad Rogan‘s baby, short and fun.
Free online at the authors’ website: https://ilona-andrews.com/the-cool-aunt/
Cathy's Reading Bonanza 
“Catalina still feels and sounds like Nevada. Sadly, the characters in IAs books have become pretty interchangeable” – yes, totally. I loved Nevada but Catalina I just couldn’t bring myself to care about — probably because of the interchangeability you mentioned.
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The books are still very good entertainment, but it felt a bit same same…
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I’ve wanted to try an Ilona Andrews book, but haven’t picked any of them up yet. Too bad it seems that the distinction between characters doesn’t happen—at least in these later books.
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Oh, this is moaning on a high level. The Kate Daniels series is still my favourite UF series of all time. It is really a lot of fun! And the first three books of this series here, centered around Nevada is really very good as well. I would say start with Kate Daniels, but I am biased. I also like the Edge books.
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Cool, thanks for the tips!
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