Review: Fun Filler for between Books 3 and 4 of the Kate Daniels Series
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 23, 2013
3.5 StarsMagic Mourns is set in the middle of the six week waiting period after the final showdown of Magic Strikes and Kate is off recuperating.  Andrea is trying to fill in for her, but Kate's shoes are hard to fill.  Raphael needs a little help with a certain situation involving a dead body, a three headed dog and the gates of the underworld.--  I stared at the phone."Forgot the number?" Raphael asked."No. Thinking of how to phrase this. If I say the wrong thing, she'll be dashing down to the ley line in minutes." Kate had never met a person she didn't want to protect, preferably by hacking at the hostile parties with her sword. But Kate was also human and needed to rest.I love Kate and Curran's building love story but Raphael and Andreas courtship is a little more fun.  That is just because Raphael gets to be much more playful than the Beast Lord of Atlanta.  He has relentlessly pursued her for the last six months and she has been able to avoid him for the most part but spending this much time close to him might just break down any resistance to his intense charm she has left.--  The sinful smile was back. "I always dreamt of being naked with you. Couldn't pass up the chance."I started the Jeep. "Could you get any more full of yourself?""I'm mostly interested in getting you full of me."This is a quick read and while not totally necessary to the Kate Daniels storyline it was really fun and Teddy Jo was a surprise.  He does give a smidgen of insight into the power of Kate Daniels and the Beast Lord towards the end that I found particularly interesting.