February 05, 2011

February contest

In true Chinese New Year do-over fashion I find myself starting my contest back up again in February rather than January but better late than never.

This month I thought I'd turn my attention to Urban Fantasy and one of my favourite series in recent years.

February's contest prize is Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews (who is actually husband and wife team Ilona and Gordon Andrews) who I share a publisher with (as unreal as that still seems).



Magic Bites is the first book in the Kate Daniels series which currently stands at five books, each of which gets better than the one before (and the first one is pretty darn good to begin with). It's set in a magic riddle Atlanta where vampires and werewolves and all sorts of beasties wreak havoc. Kate is a genuine kickass heroine and, even better, one who grows and changes throughout the series. The bad guys are genuinely creepy and bad in this series and Ilona draws in all sorts of interesting mythology. There is a romantic subplot to keep us romance types happy (with a hot hot hero in Curran) and really, this is one of the best true urban fantasy series going around. So if you haven't yet jumped on the Urban Fantasy train and want to start with a good one or haven't jumped on the Kate Daniels train, here's your chance. Simply comment on any blog post this month for your chance to win a copy of Magic Bites.

As usual, my reasons for the contest are here.

1 comment:

Eleni Konstantine said...

I was reading this in my Google Reader and that cover just popped out at me. It's absolutely fantastic.

And Happy Chinese New Year!!