UF Review: The Undead Pool (Hollows) Hardcover

I've finished "The Undead Pool" the 12th book in her Hollow series by Kim Harrison.

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 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.

About the Author

New York Times bestselling Kim Harrison was born and raised in the upper Midwest, and she has since returned there to better enjoy the snow. When not at work in the Hollows series, she spends her time tending orchids, landscaping her new/old Victorian home, and learning how to golf with her mom. Her current vices include good chocolate, and exquisite sushi. Her bestselling novels include Dead Witch Walking; The Good, The Bad, and The Undead; Every Which Way But Dead; A Fistful of Charms; For a Few Demons More; and Ever After.

Product Details
Series: Hollows (Book 12)
Hardcover: 432 pages
Publisher: Harper Voyager; First Edition edition (February 25, 2014)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0061957933
ISBN-13: 978-0061957932

My Review:

Rachel and Trent get it on finally! 
 
3/5

ARC Review: Ever After [Hardcover]

I've finished "Ever After" the book in her Hollows series by Kim Harrison.

Product Description

New York Times bestselling author Kim Harrison returns to the sexy, supernatural adventures of Rachel Morgan with the eleventh book in the Hollows series

Ever After

The ever-after, the demonic realm that parallels our own, is shrinking, and if it disappears, so does all magic. It's up to witch-turned-daywalking-demon Rachel Morgan to fix the ever-after before the fragile balance between magic users and humans falls apart.

Of course, there's also the small fact that Rachel is the one who caused the ley line to rip in the first place, and her life is forfeit unless she can fix it. Not to mention the most powerful demon in the ever-after — the soul-eater Ku'Sox Sha-Ku'ru — has vowed to destroy her, and has kidnapped her friend and her goddaughter as leverage. If Rachel doesn't give herself up, they will die.

Forced by circumstance, Rachel teams up with elven tycoon Trent Kalamack — a partnership fraught with dangers of the heart as well as betrayal of the soul — to return to the ever-after and rescue those she loves. One world teeters on the brink of interspecies war, the other on the brink of its very demise — and it's up to Rachel to keep them both from being destroyed.

About the Author

New York Times bestselling author Kim Harrison was born and raised in Michigan and has recently returned there to escape the South Carolina heat. Her bestselling Hollows novels include Dead Witch Walking; The Good, the Bad, and the Undead; Every Which Way But Dead; A Fistful of Charms; For a Few Demons More; The Outlaw Demon Wails; White Witch, Black Curse; Black Magic Sanction; Pale Demon; and A Perfect Blood plus the graphic novel Blood Work. She also writes the bestselling Madison Avery series for young adults, including Once Dead, Twice Shy and Early to Death, Early to Rise.

Product Details
Hardcover: 448 pages
Publisher: Harper Voyager (January 22, 2013)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0061957917
ISBN-13: 978-0061957918

My Review:

We don't see much of Ivy until near the end of the book because she is on a trip.

The fey lines aren't working properly because there is a huge leak in one of them.  Rachel is being accused of causing the ever after to shrink since she caused the first tear.  She knows that Ku'Sox is responsible but she doesn't have the proof to back her theory.

Someone has been kidnapping Rosewood Syndrome babies and Rachel finds out Ku'Sox is the one responsible.  We find out if the ever after is destroyed the demons would be free to do whatever with the babies.  Then Ku'Sox kidnaps Trent's daughter Lucy and Ceri and he agrees to let Rachel and Lucy go if Trent helps him with the formula to treat the babies so they will live longer and Rachel unbinds him from the curse she bestowed on him. To ensure she won't double cross him he kidnaps Bis her gargoyle friend so she can't jump fey lines.

There were some sexual tension scenes between Trent and Rachel and they finally understand one another. The relationship between Al and Rachel is more caring and they try to help each other out.  Some funny Jenk moments and an interesting conversion between Rachel and Belle.

4/5

Thanks HarperCollins Canada for sending me this ARC to review, greatly appreciated!

Books in series:

1.  Dead Witch Walking
2.  The Good, The Bad, and the Undead
3.  Every Which Way but Dead
4.  A Fistful of Charm
5.  For a Few Demons More
6.  The Outlaw Demon Wails
7.  White Witch, Black Curse
8.  Black Magic Sanction
9.  Pale Demon
10. A Perfect Blood
11. Ever After

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