The romance has had a slow build, and I like how it's progressed.

I was shaking with rage after the beating Derek took in this book and that's when I realized just how invested in these characters I'd become. The supporting characters are great, especially the members of the Pack. It's written in a way that the reader absorbs it without really noticing how much is being absorbed. It's like weather, and the world that is built around the tech waves and magic waves is original, fun and established without pages and pages of info dumping.

I've never seen magic treated quite this way before. She rescues and she gets rescued, and it makes sense with the kind of life she lives. Kate can handle herself in a fight, but she isn't invincible or infallible, and she realizes that. After reading 3 books in the series, I rank her right up there with Mercy Thompson and Harry Dresden. She may share many of the same qualities with a myriad of urban fantasy heroes/heroines, but she's not stereotypical. She's funny, brave, willing to admit her mistakes (without too much wallowing-just a little wallowing here and there) and change her mind when she needs to, and as much as she tries to be a loner, she can't quite make that happen. It took about half a book (the first one) for her to grow on me, but now I'm 100% on board. So, what do I like about it? I figure if I give something 5 stars, I'd better back that up with a few words. Result? That man knows my tastes pretty well. This is another one, like Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series (totally different genre-no one have a cow-I'm getting to the connection), that my husband got to first and has been trying for years to get me to read. Ha! I'm so glad I was right about how much I would love this series.

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