This is the thirteenth and final book in the Hollows series, and as such, a really very stupid place to start reading. Start at the beginning with Dead Witch Walking. I also shouldn’t have to tell you that this book will most likely contain spoilers for previous books in the series. You have been warned. Proceed at your own risk.
Rachel Morgan’s life hasn’t exactly been peaceful since she decided to become an independent runner and start her own business with her vampire friend Ivy and the pixy Jenks. There’s been a lot of water under the bridge, extensive property damage, loved ones lost, secrets uncovered, truths discovered, villains vanquished and new alliances made. Rachel is an entirely different person, much more skilled in her magical abilities. She’s found happiness with the man she once considered her worst enemy and while she fears that happiness is temporary, even though he’s pretty much sacrificed much of his wealth and reputation in order to be with her, she is willing to take what she can get for as long as she can get it.
Of course, she’s not going to live much longer if she doesn’t figure out a way to save the souls of the vampires in Cincinnati. Rynn Cormel, leader of the vampire faction, is sick of waiting for Rachel to find a magical solution and threatens not just her life, but that of her best friend, Ivy, if she doesn’t come up with a fix. The demons who she could once have counted on helping her are shunning her, and Al, her former mentor has threatened to kill her because he feels she has betrayed him by choosing Trent. To make matters worse, Ellasbeth wants custody and is willing to ally with Landon, weaselliest of all the elves to achieve her goals. In order to gain control over the elven council and wrest power away from the vampires for good, Landon may do something drastic enough to destroy all magic. Sorting all of this out is all in a day’s work for Rachel Morgan.
I’ve been reading this series since 2005. It’s one of the first paranormal series I can remember really being hooked on. It was such a lovely surprise to discover that while book 12, The Undead Pool, was released on schedule in February, I didn’t actually have to wait a whole year to read the conclusion of the series. Of course, I also dreaded the ending, because these characters have been part of my world for such a long time. More on my blog.
Hoooray!!! Double Cannonball!!! You are a magnificent force.
Thank you. I’m slowly but surely working my way through the backlog of reviews I have to do. I finished this book almost two weeks ago, just didn’t get round to reviewing it before now.
I can’t read this, because of spoilers, but congrats on your Double Cannonball!
Thank you. I considered picking another book for my double Cannonball review, but I’m a bit OCD in that I have to review the books in the order I read them. Since this was book 104, it had to become review 104. You can come back and read the review when you’ve caught up with the series! :)
Boom goes the dynamite! Congratulations on a second cannonball, which is an amazing feat and doubly so as your reviews are so consistently great :)
Quick book question – I love Kate Daniels but have generally given up on urban fantasy as most are just so blech. Is this a series I should be checking out?
Thank you. This one is not as consistently great in quality as say the Kate Daniels books or the Dresden Files (once you get past the first four to five not so great ones). There are absolutely more ups and downs in terms of quality, but I really have liked it a lot overall.
CANNONBALL! CANNONBALL!
Thank you! Thank you!
Congratulations, congratulations!
Thank you.
Yay, congrats! You going for the triple this year?
Thank you. Doing the triple last year nearly killed me. It certainly made both reading and reviewing a lot less fun (and let’s face it, the reviewing is NOT the best part of CBR). I’m going to keep reviewing, because I’m still doing about a bazillion reading challenges, and I want to keep reviewing for those. But we’ll see how far I get.
Major congratulations! I’m in awe!
Thank you. I’m not good at that many things, but competitive reading appears to be one of them. :)
Double congratulations to you!
Thank you.
Happy Double Cannonball!
Thank you!
Belated congratulations from Kanadahar! I am still only about half way through the series so I couldn’t actually read the review …
The only reading time I seem to have now is Harry Potter audiobooks while working out and some school reading (which I am also way behind on). At least I made it to the Cannonball before getting out here!