Early Chapters: Magic Rises

The Sneak Peak for "Magic Rises"

Kate Daniels Series

Urban Fantasy

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Initial Thoughts:

Looks like Kate is still being called Consort, and still be annoyed by that term.
Pretty decent chapter length.
I kept my voice calm. “Take me to your children.” For some reason this brought to mind the old cliche, "Take me to your leader."
The scene with the mother Meredith was extremely sad.
No matter what the deal is with Curran, he's still as incredible as ever.
Most likely, Kate will begin the second chapter by going after Curran to ask what is up.
This is by far the saddest beginning chapter of the Magic series so far.
Julie's in this chapter a lot, and I have a feel with the ending of the last book and her staying around the Keep that she'll be in the book a decent amount.

Questions Raised:

What's up with Curran's attitude and why didn't he even look at Kate at any time?
What else is obviously seriously wrong?
Why haven't we heard of this salve before?