There's an italicised section which Dali talk to her mother in Indonesian about the situation that Jim interrupted them with 'Mengapa' that I had a bit fun reading the whole scene in sinetron style - in my head, of course. I had trouble remembering Dali when I started the novella but some days ago, I had a Legend of Korra marathon and remembered Dali in one of the Kate Daniels' book when I watched the pro-bender arena scene. In this book, he came to Dali's house for help and was cursed by something when he investigate their pack's house. Jim the feline alpha is the character that is most prominent in Kate Daniels series.

One thing that bugs me, the story told a great lengthy detail on how she had to hide herself since she's a rare magical creature that everyone wanted a piece of her literally but ironically her last name is Harimau (Tiger), which is really an off kilter. Frankly, mixing cultures in this book is giving me a headache. The novella was featured in an anthology Hexed which I haven't read yet, luckily.ĭali Harimau is a Hindu Indonesian white weretiger who is fluent in japanese (or chinese since usually they use kanji) calligraphy and mostly familiar with Japanese yokai. The story is however about Dali and Jim, not Curran and Kate so somehow I can be a bit lost since there have been many novellas in between the novels. Magic Dreams is an urban fantasy novella for the Kate Daniels' Series which I had gotten into last year.

Magic Dreams by Ilona Andrews