Comments on: REVIEW: Must Love Hellhounds by Andrews, Brook, Harris, and Singh

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By: FD

FD — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 19:00:13 +0000

As per author’s website, On The Edge is the first in a new series, not related to the Kate Daniels series, not set in the same world even. Hope that helps.

By: Sybil

Sybil — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 08:14:13 +0000

arani,
I am thinking it is a stand alone or the start of a new series… IIRC it was listed by itself under a heading of Edge Novels. I would assume there are more to come BUT don’t know either way.
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Above it there was a listing for Kate Daniel Novels and it wasn’t apart of that – of course it could be a spin off or something. So I am pretty much no help sorry.

By: arani

arani — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 04:43:39 +0000

I have a copy of this book in my TBR, so I’m skipping the review.
I’ve read On the Edge, and I love it.
I also have all 3 Kate Daniels books in my TBR, hopefully
it will be as good as On the Edge.
Does anyone know if On the Edge is part of a series or is it a stand alone?

By: Sybil

Sybil — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 22:58:19 +0000

You guys are so going to make sandys want to read every book in a series before reviewing anything worse.
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I have the book IIRC sandy had an ARC. Honestly I haven’t read Ilona Andrews and prolly would have skipped it but now am some what interested. I think they were questioning the ‘grew up’ part and if that came across in the novella. As people who have read the series are saying they didn’t grow up together. err… if I am understanding them.. ::shrug::
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aren’t you glad I kept annoying you to review this sandy, amazing how I can be offline and STILL be a pain in the arse
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On the Edge is on the way to Gwen for review Malin E hope she enjoys it as much as you did.

By: Sandy M

Sandy M — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 23:57:19 +0000

Thanks, Malin, for confirming my thought. And I will definitely move these books to the top of the TBR pile!

By: Malin E

Malin E — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 21:37:59 +0000

Raphael is most certainly like a brother to Andrea, in any way shape or form. He has fancied her since the first time they met, though. Advice to the reviewer – move the Ilona Andrews books to the top of your TBR pile – you won’t regret it. The first one is good, the third is so excellent it is sheer torture having to wait until June 2010 for the fourth one to be released. Ilona Andrews’ non-Kate Daniels book, On the Edge, is also excellent.

By: Sandy M

Sandy M — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 21:35:45 +0000

Sorry for the confusion – I recall now reading the synopsis before I began the review and had Kate on my mind, obviously, but I’ve now corrected that.

And I seem to recall that Andrea and Raphael had a history — he and his mother, I think, helped her through a bad time to do with her were-self. So perhaps I could have used something other than “grew up together” for that history. They did not just meet in this story. But “the reviewer” stands by her interpretation that Andrea didn’t think of him as more than a brother, or something equivalent, until late in this novella. She’d been putting off his interest for quite sometime, is my memory of the whole thing. Have no idea if anything is mentioned in any previous books since I haven’t read them.

By: FD

FD — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:37:07 +0000

I thought it was clear in the copy I read. I’d say it was just a note taking fail maybe, except that I have no idea where the reviewer got the: ‘They grew up together, he’s like a brother to her, or so he thinks,’ bit from as it applies to neither Kate or Andrea and I’m pretty sure that’s not in the story either.

By: jmc

jmc — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 12:08:59 +0000

I’m confused by the review of the Andrews novella. Kate Daniels is the protagonist of the Magic books so far, but Andrea is the heroine of Magic Mourns. She and Raphael did not grow up together, and he’s been openly courting her since they met in the last book. Maybe that wasn’t clear from the novella alone?