Magic Bleeds

I've really liked this series of urban fantasy, it's the fourth one I think. The world is set in a future where the earth's slipping into a part of the galaxy where magic begins to work again. There are waves where magic is on, and technology doesn't work, and then it flips off again. This created enough havoc that it's sorta Apocalypse Lite, but makes for an interesting backdrop to the story (you're fighting, then wham, the magic wave hits and your car dies and your ammo doesn't work).

Female character kicks serious ass... sort of a boon time for ass kicking females, and I'm not complaining. Strolling the scifi ailse most covers show ladies toting big swords or guns... or both. What I like about this story is the incredible tension she's got with the male interest. He's so arrogant he'll say things like "You'll beg me to sleep with you and you'll say thank you when I'm done." (flashbacks to college... why didn't I have a sword?!)

Her first person writing is nice, too, and has a kind of mental shorthand and commentary that's spot on and entertaining. So, I categorize it somewhere in the controlled substance area of my reading preference... meaning, I'm checking the date of the next book months in advance, but I'm not smuggling it into restaurants to read before my food comes out.