loved it loved it LOVED IT!

Rachel, Jenx and Ivy are such compelling complicated characters that they burrow into your heart before you realise it. You don't think Rachel's life could get more dangerous and complicated but each book takes her deeper and deeper into trouble.
Brilliant entertainment!
superb narration.

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annoying narrator

I've always loved the hollows series, I decided to listen to this one as an audiobook on a long drive.
The narrative is annoying and the way "Ceri" is pronounced sets my teeth on edge. It's pronounced the same as "Kerry".

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loved it

read the book years ago but lost my copy so got on audio book as dont have time to just sit and read the narration is excellent and gives each character personality. I'm now on book 5 and started 4 days ago loveing it

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Jinks takes this one

The reviews of this book have been mixed but I really liked it. It's very different to the other books in the series though it still continues the story well. Jinks is the star of the book!

Kim Harrison has rather suddenly turned Nick into the devil incarnate without much warning but I don't mind that as I thought he was a weak character all along.

I didn't miss Ivy not being in a lot of the book and it was a relieve to not have to continue to go through the - will she, won't she bite Rachel! that does become tiresome. At last towards the end of the book we get a little movement on that side of the story.

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Not the best Hollows novel

Generally a fun novel, but has a LOT of repetition.

And Nick has suddenly had a complete personality transformation. From subtle hints that he might have been a bit naughty in the past but now left those days behind, he has now been re-interpreted as a complete ****.

And why will someone not tell the narrator to correct her pronunciation of "Ceri"? There has been plenty of opportunity for someone to inform her. Why is she still getting it wrong? It's a hard "C", not soft. ("K", not "S"). I wince every time. Especially when the full name is said, which makes it 100% obvious the name is of Welsh origin and therefore should be pronounced with a "K" sound.

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3.5 stars - not my favourite in the series

There were too many times that I was rolling my eyes at Rachel’s thoughts and actions, but I still mostly enjoyed this book. It’s an enjoyable series, but this one wasn’t as good for me.

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Brilliant author knows how to take you into the world she write about

I could read her books to the end of time she is a writer who knows how to take you not the World of the supernatural and she write about the characters so you want to get to know them! She also is able to write in such a way as to make you feel the emotions. The story line as many off shoots in it that makes it readable by people who want a good love story, horror mystery and so much more to the point it makes her a master story teller and the narration adds depth to it i am looking forward to reading and listening more to her books

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Not my Favourite Hollows

I had some trouble with this one and it took me months to actually settle down and read it. I think I found the narrative not as compelling as the previous books in the series. The second half went faster than the first, partially because I picked up the audio-book version and let it read the story to me. However, I think I simply don't like Nick and I do like Ivy, and the latter is missing for a large portion of the first half.



The plot line is fairly interesting, a mysterious item which must be obtained and kept from the bad guys. Complicate that by moving most of the action out of Cincinnati, add in some werewolves, demon curses, a six-foot fairy...



The relationship between Rachel and Ivy progresses in this book, and then it takes two steps back. We learn far more about Jinks, and the werewolves of the Hollows setting. I kind of think one of my problems with this book is that it enters that phase where my only conclusion is that the author decided she hates her characters. I used to see it in role-playing in MMOs where the drama queens would claim they really liked their characters and the way they liked them was do do as many utterly horrible things to them as they could manage. Rachel and Ivy are definitely falling foul of this in this book. It's not that characters should not suffer, of course they should, that's the basis of drama. However, when every single tiny thing they do turns around and bites them, usually in a fairly horrific manner, you start to wonder whether maybe it's because it's the best way the author had to pad out the word count...



Anyway, not my favourite Hollows book. On to the next one, which someone suggested is better.

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