Rating: 4.75⭐️
I put a reading order for this and the titles of all the collected books below because while there’s a main series list of novels, the side stories factor greatly into this highly elaborate, incredibly detailed character driven narrative.
Think of the books more like one of those detective white boards, with pictures, notes and strings running through them, attaching to each other, like an enormous tapestry of characters , stories and unusual mysteries that will eventually come together in one whole. But you need all the pieces first.
This short story, 4 chapters, featuring Julie and Derek, provides important information and background for the upcoming drama and storytelling for events that will happen in forthcoming novels.
It also contains some emotional moments and new insights into these characters relationship, especially as Julie’s growing up and Derek’s role in her life and that with her adopted parents is changing too.
Julie is 16. Derek 20. Neither is an accurate reflection of what their lives have been like, some of which is recounted here.
Both will be seen again in Blood Heir, another step in their journey together. I can’t wait to see what the authors have in mind for them both.
Fantastic.
Reading Order : Kate Daniels Universe series:
Kate Daniels Series
MAGIC BITES
MAGIC BLEEDS
MAGIC BURNS
MAGIC STRIKES
MAGIC MOURNS
MAGIC BLEEDS
MAGIC DREAMS
MAGIC SLAYS
GUNMETAL MAGIC (Andrea and Raphael)
MAGIC GIFTS
MAGIC RISES
MAGIC BREAKS
MAGIC STEALS
MAGIC SHIFTS
MAGIC STARS (Julie and Derek)
MAGIC BINDS
IRON AND MAGIC #1 (The Iron Covenant /Hugh d’Ambray & Elara Harper) a must before the finale
MAGIC TRIUMPHS – OG finale
Kate Daniels World
BLOOD HEIR (Julie and Derek)
Roman’s Chronicles SANCTUARY Kate Daniels: Wilmington Years MAGIC TIDES
MAGIC CLAIMS
UNTITLED IRON AND MAGIC (The Iron Covenant /Hugh d’Ambray & Elara Harper #2) -NRD
Buy link
Amazon.comhttps://www.amazon.comMagic Stars (Grey Wolf Book 1) eBook : Andrews, Ilona
Blurb
Scarred, solitary Derek Gaunt has separated from his Pack, and is truly a lone wolf. With no family he answers to no one; but is fiercely loyal to a chosen few. So, when several of those close to him are murdered, he’ll stop at nothing to hunt their killer through the magic-drenched streets of Atlanta.
Never one to be left on the sidelines, equally determined—some might say stubborn—Julie Lennart-Olsen soon joins in his pursuit; and what began as revenge turns into a race to save the city. Their search pits them against powers they never imagined and magic so old, it predates history. It may cost Derek his life, but there are things for which even he would risk everything.
- Publisher: NYLA
- Accessibility: Learn more
- Publication date: December 8, 2015
- Language: English
- Print length: 89 pages
- Book 1 of 1: Grey Wolf
Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words 