A review by onthesamepage
Magic Shifts by Ilona Andrews

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

“I will kill anything that tries to hurt you,” he said, his voice quiet. 
“I know. I will kill anything that tries to hurt you,” I told him. 
Curran looked at me. “I just can’t figure out what to do when you hurt yourself. Who am I mad at?”

This is one of my favourite installments in the series because I live for hurt/comfort, and this book has so, so much of that. There's not as much overarching plot development here, but there is a lot of quality Curran/Kate content. I have so much love for their relationship and for the people they are, and how they have managed to find a way to compromise without fundamentally changing who they are as people.

“Whoever kills a soul unless for a soul or for corruption in the land—it is as if he had slain mankind entirely,” Luther said quietly. 
“Yes.” Bahir nodded. The Qur’an had many different verses, some pointing to war, some pointing to peace, but the fifth chapter of it was clear on the subject of murder. Human life was precious.

I was also surprised (in a good way) by the Muslim representation. There are mentions of specific verses from the Quran, as well as a specific prayer Muslims say, and it makes me think that the authors did some research into Islam, which is nice to see.
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