Gunmetal Magic (Kate Daniels #5.5) by Ilona Andrews

 Gunmetal Magic (Ilona Andrews)

SUMMARY

 

After eviction from the Knights of Merciful Aid, Andrea is a wreck. She starts work for best pal PI Kate Daniels. Shapeshifters under Raphael Medrano — Clan Bouda male alpha, Andrea’s ex-lover — die suddenly at a dig site. With Raphael, she seeks killer in deep dark Atlanta. Her feelings for him may take a back seat to saving the world…

MY REVIEW

Major events happen in this book and they are life changing for Andrea :

1. Her position in the Shifters’ clan in general and in Bouda’s clan in particular is shorted out. She finally belongs somewhere (“We take care of our own”)
2. She successfully deals with Aunt B, Bouda clan’s Alpha who is also apparently her future mother in law.
3. It is about time to stop the games and decide if Raphael is the man (or maybe better the hyena) of her life and mate with him.
4. She accepts her past (her painful childhood, the rejection from the Order) and somehow she is making peace with it.
5. She will accept the fact she is Beastkin. She will wear her skin proudly.

During these personal matters, moreover she
• has to analyze and investigate the death of 4 shifters,
• meets some scary mythological creatures (a. huge wingless monster wasps, b. huge creatures with feline jaws and twin rows of tiny eyes and long segmented tails with a scorpion stinger, c. snake people with snake fangs in their heads etc.)
• is blackmailed by a true God (the God of the Dead)
• saves a child
• saves the world

I really like Andrea. She has her own personality. She is not an imitation of “Kate with lipstick”.

Andrea and Raphael are awesome together . They were behaving like the leading stars of a Latin America soap opera. Lots of drama, lots of tears. I also enjoyed the games Andrea and Raphael were playing before mating – especially Raphael’s pranks were excellent!

It was good for Raphael to have a bit of a competition. Volhv Roman has a great sense of humor, he is a wizard, he can do magic, he is a gentleman and he can make Raphael foam every time he looks and talks to Andrea.

Note: You MUST also read the book “Magic gifts”!
“Gunmetal Magic” (Andrea’s POV) and “Magic gifts” (Kate’s POV) complement each other and they present events that happen the same time period.