4.5 Stars 
 The fourth installment of the Kate Daniels series, Magic Bleeds, is by far my favorite of the series. Horrid monsters conjured by Mages are roaming free in Atlanta. When Kate is called into a fight at a bar she discovers a deadly disease spreading to shifters. This is not something that can be cured by medicine though, but a magical attack by a thousand year old warrior-ess who happens to be related to Kate! 
 I absolutely LOVED this book! Ilona Andrews provides readers with immense depth and history to the Kate Daniels' character in Magic Bleeds and I adored delving into her further. Kate is such a kick-ass heroine who yes, you want to shake on occasion, but someone you definitely respect as a main character. If you like Cat from the Night Huntress series and Mira from the Dark Days series then you will love Kate. AND all the back and forth, tension and build-up between Kate and Curran finally reaches a climax and we get SEX! *fist pump* At the beginning of the book this didn't seem possible and the relationship between the two turned heartbreaking but the author(s) masterfully came through for their readers! Curran is the ultimate alpha; arrogant, domineering, protective and possessive, loving and damn sexy. I am so on the Curran love train now, hot damn! There is so much passion between Kate and Curran I was beginning to get hot flashes of my own. So much is packed into Magic Bleeds; death defying fight scenes, edge of your seat suspense, flaring passion, gut wrenching circumstances - the characters and story line explodes from the pages. Hard hitting, emotionally packed Magic Bleeds is finally what I expected coming into this series. I never wanted it to end! 
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