Helpful Score: 3
Audrey Callahan comes from a family of grifters (conmen) and made the mistake of doing one final grift with them. Unfortunately, the item they stole has military uses and caught the attention of the Hand, the Mirror and the Claw (vicious Egyptian mercenaries). Luckily for Audrey, Kaldar Mar finds her first (thanks to her worthless brother who sold her out for a few drugs, f'ing dirtbag!). Kaldar works for the Mirror and since the Hand killed over half of his family, has it in for them and their leader. Audrey joins Kaldar on the quest to find the stolen item (which her father immediately hocked) before the Hand gets its hands on this potentially lethal weapon. And God help them if the Claw gets involved. Audrey, Kaldar, Jack and George (Rose's brothers) hop round the country from Washington to Louisiana and back to California in search of clues. Always one step ahead of the Hand. We not always exactly cause what would be the fun in that?
This is a great story with really cool characters. I particularly liked Kaldar but then again, I do have a soft spot for bad boys. George and Jack's involvement really helped seal the deal, as Audrey and Kaldar surely could not have prevailed without their assistance.
This is a great story with really cool characters. I particularly liked Kaldar but then again, I do have a soft spot for bad boys. George and Jack's involvement really helped seal the deal, as Audrey and Kaldar surely could not have prevailed without their assistance.
Helpful Score: 2
This is the third book in the Edge series by Andrews. I really enjoyed this book it was full of action, thieving, crazy magic, and some romance. A strong installment in this series I really loved reading it.
Audrey is from an Edge family of grifters and is trying to leave her family and their life of crime behind by working a legit job in the Broken. Of course just when things are looking up for her her dad begs her to help them on a job to save her brother. Audrey agrees as long as her dad agrees to break ties with her after the job. So Audrey steals something very important. Kaldar Mar is told by the Mirror to find the stole item and return it; only he finds that he is going to need Audrey's help. Now Audrey is helping to hunt down the very item she initially stole.
This was a wonderful story and tied in some of the characters that we know and love form the previous books in this series. George and Jack play a fairly large role in the book and it was wonderful to see the two brothers coping with their magic powers and growing into more responsible characters. I can see the brothers being the feature in a future book.
Audrey is an excellent character. She has a very specific type of magic; she can open doors. It seems like a small magic, but it is very useful for a thief. Audrey is tough and capable, but really wants to make an honest living. She struggles with being able to use her powers and do what she is good at or doing something that is legit.
Kaldar was a wonderful character too, he changes personalities like cloths and is excellent at what he does. It was fun to see him grow to respect Audrey and to watch him fall in love with her. As a couple Audrey and Kaldar dance around each other a lot, but it is a wonderful dance full of tension and it was fun to read about.
I am still absolutely loving this world of the Broken, Edge, and the Weird. We get to learn a lot more about the balance of power in the Weird and both the Mirror and the Hand groups play a large role in the story. There was action in here, humor, politics, romance...just a little bit of everything. Everything was well balanced and the book was hard to put down.
Overall I just loved this book. I love the characters and the wonderfully creative world. I loved the twisting plot and the fast-paced action. Highly recommended for fans of urban fantasy. It has a bit more romance than the Kate Daniels series but not a ton. I can't wait to see what the Andrews come up with next in the Edge series.
Audrey is from an Edge family of grifters and is trying to leave her family and their life of crime behind by working a legit job in the Broken. Of course just when things are looking up for her her dad begs her to help them on a job to save her brother. Audrey agrees as long as her dad agrees to break ties with her after the job. So Audrey steals something very important. Kaldar Mar is told by the Mirror to find the stole item and return it; only he finds that he is going to need Audrey's help. Now Audrey is helping to hunt down the very item she initially stole.
This was a wonderful story and tied in some of the characters that we know and love form the previous books in this series. George and Jack play a fairly large role in the book and it was wonderful to see the two brothers coping with their magic powers and growing into more responsible characters. I can see the brothers being the feature in a future book.
Audrey is an excellent character. She has a very specific type of magic; she can open doors. It seems like a small magic, but it is very useful for a thief. Audrey is tough and capable, but really wants to make an honest living. She struggles with being able to use her powers and do what she is good at or doing something that is legit.
Kaldar was a wonderful character too, he changes personalities like cloths and is excellent at what he does. It was fun to see him grow to respect Audrey and to watch him fall in love with her. As a couple Audrey and Kaldar dance around each other a lot, but it is a wonderful dance full of tension and it was fun to read about.
I am still absolutely loving this world of the Broken, Edge, and the Weird. We get to learn a lot more about the balance of power in the Weird and both the Mirror and the Hand groups play a large role in the story. There was action in here, humor, politics, romance...just a little bit of everything. Everything was well balanced and the book was hard to put down.
Overall I just loved this book. I love the characters and the wonderfully creative world. I loved the twisting plot and the fast-paced action. Highly recommended for fans of urban fantasy. It has a bit more romance than the Kate Daniels series but not a ton. I can't wait to see what the Andrews come up with next in the Edge series.
Helpful Score: 1
This is book three in Ilona Andrews' Edge series. While each book can almost stand alone, you will miss a lot of character development if you don't read them in order.
In this book, we meet Audrey Callahan, and Edger with an interesting talent; her magic unlocks doors. And not just doors, any lock; safes, bars, Fort Knox, anything. She has distanced herself from her family due to a horrible instance that happened in her past, and now she wants nothing to do with them.
Audrey is just finally getting her life together, she has a legitimate job, her own house, Ling the Merciless, her pet raccoon that she loves, when her world crashes around her and her father shows up asking for her help on a job. The job is huge, and she knows it won't end well, but she trades her skills for her family's absence in her life.
After the heist takes place, we meet Kaldar Mar, whom we met in the last book. He is an operative of the Mirror, one of the Weird's secret op organizations. He is offered the job to find the item that Audrey stole, and in the process, give a little bit of pain to the Hand, the rival organization that wiped out two-thirds of the adult population of his family.
Kaldar and Audrey were really fun to read in this book. It was a lot of tension, and they bickered all the time, but where most author's leave me feeling annoyed at all the bickering, this was just fun. It was awesome "watching" them dance around each other, waiting for them to take the fall.
I also loved the fact that Jack and George, from book one, were really brought into play in this book. Although the Edge series only has four books, Ms. Andrews left it open that if she chooses in the future, she could do a spin-off series on Jack and George.
This series is a little heavier on the romance than Ilona Andrews' Kate Daniels series, but I like it still. This book does leave you wanting more, and it's a good thing that there's another book in the series. I can't wait to read the next book, and if you haven't picked up this series yet, do so! You won't be sorry.
In this book, we meet Audrey Callahan, and Edger with an interesting talent; her magic unlocks doors. And not just doors, any lock; safes, bars, Fort Knox, anything. She has distanced herself from her family due to a horrible instance that happened in her past, and now she wants nothing to do with them.
Audrey is just finally getting her life together, she has a legitimate job, her own house, Ling the Merciless, her pet raccoon that she loves, when her world crashes around her and her father shows up asking for her help on a job. The job is huge, and she knows it won't end well, but she trades her skills for her family's absence in her life.
After the heist takes place, we meet Kaldar Mar, whom we met in the last book. He is an operative of the Mirror, one of the Weird's secret op organizations. He is offered the job to find the item that Audrey stole, and in the process, give a little bit of pain to the Hand, the rival organization that wiped out two-thirds of the adult population of his family.
Kaldar and Audrey were really fun to read in this book. It was a lot of tension, and they bickered all the time, but where most author's leave me feeling annoyed at all the bickering, this was just fun. It was awesome "watching" them dance around each other, waiting for them to take the fall.
I also loved the fact that Jack and George, from book one, were really brought into play in this book. Although the Edge series only has four books, Ms. Andrews left it open that if she chooses in the future, she could do a spin-off series on Jack and George.
This series is a little heavier on the romance than Ilona Andrews' Kate Daniels series, but I like it still. This book does leave you wanting more, and it's a good thing that there's another book in the series. I can't wait to read the next book, and if you haven't picked up this series yet, do so! You won't be sorry.
