Pale Demon (The Hollows, Book 9) [Hardcover]

I've finished "Pale Demon" the 9th book in her Hollows series by Kim Harrison.

Product Description

Condemned and shunned for black magic, Rachel Morgan has three days to get to the annual witches’ conference and clear her name, or be trapped in the demonic ever-after . . . forever after.

But a witch, an elf, a living vampire, and a pixy in one car going across the country? Talk about a recipe for certain disaster, even without being the targets for assassination.

For after centuries of torment, a fearsome demon walks in the sunlight — freed at last to slay the innocent and devour their souls. But his ultimate goal is Rachel Morgan, and in the fight for survival that follows, even embracing her own demonic nature may not be enough to save her.

Product Details
Hardcover: 448 pages
Publisher: Harper Voyager; First Edition edition (February 22, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0061138061
ISBN-13: 978-0061138065

My Review:

Rachel is preparing for her brother's wedding while thinking about her pardon from the Witch's Coven.  Trent says he wants to take her there himself for personal reasons - he won't reveal why until we find out what it is at the end of the book.  He needs to retrieve something from his ex-wife and needs Rachel as his protector.

While on their road trip they have to battle a tribe of pixies, hostile witches and Ku'Sox a daywalking demon.  Rachel is the only one who can stop him with the help her friends Jenks and Ivy.  They are later assisted by Pierce and a Coven member while a few assassins try to stop Rachel and Trent from achieving their goals.  Ku'Sox must eat living souls to live and he's very dangerous so the demons sealed him away.

This book is more character development between Rachel, Trent, Ivy and Jenks.  I really love the bickering between Rachel and Trent because you can see they are really attracted to each other but don't quite trust each other yet.

I'm wondering am I the only one who thought Trent wasn't acting like himself in this book?

3/5