Supernatural superhero Rachel Morgan must counter a strange magic that could spell civil war for the Hollows in this sexy and bewitching urban fantasy adventure in acclaimed New York Times bestselling author Kim Harrison’s Hollows series.Witch and day-walking demon Rachel Morgan has managed to save the demonic ever after from shrinking, but at a high cost. Now, strange magic is attacking … attacking Cincinnati and the Hollows, causing spells to backfire or go horribly wrong, and the truce between the races, between Inderlander and human, is shattering. Rachel must stop this dark necromancy before the undead vampire masters who keep the rest of the undead under control are lost and all-out supernatural war breaks out.
Rachel knows of only weapon to ensure the peace: ancient elven wild magic, which carries its own perils. And no one know better than Rachel that no good deed goes unpunished . . .
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I love the Rachel Morgan series. Rachel and the other characters in her world are witty, sometimes snarky, and often funny but always entertaining. This is one series that started great, stayed great throughout and came to a great conclusion. Truly enjoyable.
Love the Hollows books can’t wait to read more
Rachel never seems to catch a break. As if saving the Ever After wasn’t enough, now pandemonium is breaking out across Cincinnati. Living vampires are inciting riots, their undead masters nowhere to be found, and spells are backfiring. The death toll is rising and the precarious peace between humans and inderlanders is about to break. War is brewing in the distance if things don’t settle down. Rachel must rely on elven magic and a possibly insane Goddess to solve her latest slew of problems. Just another day in the life of Rachel Morgan right?
Every Hollows book is a fast-paced ride. This time around Rachel is dealing in elven magic, and drawing closer to the world Trent has been politically maneuvering around all his life. The elves have no hesitation in showing their contempt for Rachel now that she has been labeled a demon. While she knew they were arrogant people, she won’t understand the depth of their hatred until she faces it head on.
Kim Harrison has a talent for taking characters you loathe and transforming them into characters you love. And she does it in a subtle way across books, so you feel the full effect of their transformation. Each little act takes them a step farther towards becoming a favorite. I think back to the actions they took originally and can’t believe I am now rooting for them to succeed.
This book was a bit steamier than the previous novels, though I can’t say it entirely bothered me this time. The relationship was slow to build, taking the space of several novels, so it just felt right to finally see Rachel be with someone again. I’m one of those readers who enjoy the slow burn because it feels more realistic. Instant romances are not my cup of tea.
As always, the characters were a delight to read about and the magic slinging action kept me engaged. I love seeing the creative ways Rachel has to puzzle out her newest problem, and all the pitfalls she has to avoid as she works towards a solution. The Hollows is Urban Fantasy at its finest!
One of my favorite series. I love the Hollows series.
I loved the entire series. This book wasn’t as humorous as books before it. It did have my interest on the plot of the unwaking vampire master’s and who was behind it. It reminded me of a twisted merging of James Bond, Agatha Christi and a couple of cups of Stephanie Plum. Enjoy.
Terrific read and series is fantastic, each book gets better when immediately following the last. I have read numerous times since purchase,and always seem to notice something I missed the time before
I love the whole Rachel Morgan series. These books need to be read in order. It’s amazing how the series ends as you look back on the beginning! This is one of my favorite supernatural series!
A book in a favorite series I followed to the end.
Yay! and Finally!
Yall can probably guess what I’m talking about. 🙂
Pretty good book overall, but the mystics thing was just…weird. I mean, it was fine, and I loved the whole all-the-masters-are-sleeping twist thrown into the story, but it was a little out there for me (but vampires and witches and werewolves, etc aren’t lol).
I absolutely loved how all of Rachel’s friends rally around her to help out. There’s just something attractive in people sacrificing everything for someone else. It’s one reason I love Quen and, yes, Jonathan. The latter is a jerk, but his absolute, unwavering loyalty to Trent is pretty awesome.
So. There’s one book left in the series. I’ve mentioned this before, but some of the books feel very episodic, meaning that they don’t further the overall plot of the series. A lot of these latter books have been like that. Because Rachel’s relationship develops, it’s not too episodic, but I still would rather have had this book building up to a series-long plot resolution. Like, say, fixing the Ever After.
That’s going to happen in the next book, right? I mean, it seems like the logical way to end the series. And a great way, too! I’ve been looking for clues in these last few books about how Rachel will do that, but I’m not seeing any. So maybe it’ll all be brought up and resolved in the last book.
Or, maybe I’m completely wrong and the Ever After never gets fixed. 🙂
I like this series
Kim Harrison is always good!!
loved it, and its not a 200 page book, it has over 300 pages and worth the read! tytyy
Very well written and I love all her works. I have them all in hardback and trust me one was very difficult to get in hardback.
Kim Harrison has a way of drawing you into a book, a story, a series, and not letting go until the very end when you turn the last page. I held off reading this one for as long as I could because I knew the last book in the Hollows series was next, but it was finally time to read it and I loved it. I love the development between Rachel and Trent, it feels like I’ve been waiting forever for it, and it definitely didn’t disappoint. Highly recommend this series if you haven’t read it.
This is my favorite books series ever written.
Loved this whole series of books, I want more!!! would have loved to see this on the big or small screen. Great characters and story line.
Fabulous read
What’s not to love. Kim Harrison is a fantastic writer. Rachael Morgan is a great character that I could root for, cheer for, and now and then say, “ Dang Girl!” Maybe not that politely.
Fun quick read
Great series