Dead Witch Walking by Kim Harrison
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Bottom Line: This story is slowwww to develop. On it's own, it wasn't great for me, but I'll give this series a second chance.
The Hollows
1. Dead Witch Walking
2. The Good, the Bad, and the Undead
3. Every Witch Way but Dead
4. A Fistful of Charms
5. For a Few Demons More
6. Outlaw Demon Wails
7. White Witch, Black Curse
8. Black Magic Sanction
9. Pale Demon
10. A Perfect Blood
11. Ever After
12. The Undead Pool
13. The Witch With No Name (September 9, 2014)
Synopsis (Amazon):
All the creatures of the night gather in "the Hollows" of Cincinnati, to hide, to prowl, to party ... and to feed.
Vampires rule the darkness in a predator-eat-predator world rife with dangers beyond imagining -- and it’s Rachel Morgan's job to keep that world civilized.
A bounty hunter and witch with serious sex appeal and an attitude, she'll bring 'em back alive, dead ... or undead.
My Thoughts:
I started reading this book after I saw The Undead Pool on display at the book store. I figured "wow, a book with a fun cover on the main display? Must be an extraordinary series!" Yeah, I didn't get that from this first book. This book is supposed to be about a badass witch kicking some supernatural booty. It seemed more like a mediocre witch getting herself into situations she couldn't get out of...for the first 300 pages.
Rachel Morgan is a "good" witch who quits her job at Inderland Security...basically she's a supernatural bounty hunter. Problem is, people don't quit the I.S. and get away with it. She immediately is put under a death threat, and has to fight to survive with only the help of her horny vampire roommate, Ivy, and her pixy friend, Jenks. Now I liked Jenks in this book. I think of him as the comic relief. Ivy, I suppose, would be the drama side of the book, since she's in a constant struggle not to attack her roommate. In this book, we meet Trent Kalamack: an attractive, rich supernatural of some unknown sort who has a HUGE mean streak. Ok, this guy is borderline evil...but I am really looking forward to seeing how he interacts with Rachel in the rest of the books. The scenes with Rachel and Trent were among the only parts I enjoyed in this book. As for romance? There is none...I was disappointed, but I suppose the book never really promised me romance, so I can't be too upset. Perhaps something will develop in a later book? Please?
Alright, so why didn't I enjoy this book? It took a good three quarters of this book to get to something exciting. Rachel is weak...I know not every heroine has to be a warrior princess, but I really wish Rachel had some sort of useful power. Half the book was her doing something incredibly stupid, then sitting there thinking about it until someone saved her.
Will I continue on with the series? Yes, I will give the second book a shot, at least. The Hollows series has 12 books right now. I feel like in order to support a series of that magnitude, a lot needs to be introduced in the first book. So I'm going to continue on in hopes that the next book will contain a few more exciting magical adventures...and a bit less sitting around getting to know each other.
Find it on: Amazon | Goodreads | Kim Harrison
I started reading this book after I saw The Undead Pool on display at the book store. I figured "wow, a book with a fun cover on the main display? Must be an extraordinary series!" Yeah, I didn't get that from this first book. This book is supposed to be about a badass witch kicking some supernatural booty. It seemed more like a mediocre witch getting herself into situations she couldn't get out of...for the first 300 pages.
Rachel Morgan is a "good" witch who quits her job at Inderland Security...basically she's a supernatural bounty hunter. Problem is, people don't quit the I.S. and get away with it. She immediately is put under a death threat, and has to fight to survive with only the help of her horny vampire roommate, Ivy, and her pixy friend, Jenks. Now I liked Jenks in this book. I think of him as the comic relief. Ivy, I suppose, would be the drama side of the book, since she's in a constant struggle not to attack her roommate. In this book, we meet Trent Kalamack: an attractive, rich supernatural of some unknown sort who has a HUGE mean streak. Ok, this guy is borderline evil...but I am really looking forward to seeing how he interacts with Rachel in the rest of the books. The scenes with Rachel and Trent were among the only parts I enjoyed in this book. As for romance? There is none...I was disappointed, but I suppose the book never really promised me romance, so I can't be too upset. Perhaps something will develop in a later book? Please?
Alright, so why didn't I enjoy this book? It took a good three quarters of this book to get to something exciting. Rachel is weak...I know not every heroine has to be a warrior princess, but I really wish Rachel had some sort of useful power. Half the book was her doing something incredibly stupid, then sitting there thinking about it until someone saved her.
Will I continue on with the series? Yes, I will give the second book a shot, at least. The Hollows series has 12 books right now. I feel like in order to support a series of that magnitude, a lot needs to be introduced in the first book. So I'm going to continue on in hopes that the next book will contain a few more exciting magical adventures...and a bit less sitting around getting to know each other.
Find it on: Amazon | Goodreads | Kim Harrison
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