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Summary edit
There's no witch in Cincinnati tougher, sexier, or more screwed up than bounty hunter Rachel Morgan, who's already put her love life and her soul in dire jeopardy through her determined efforts to bring criminal night creatures to justice.
Between "runs," she has her hands full fending... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)
Characters edit
- Rachel Morgan: A witch, whom the book is centered on, and a bounty hunter. She made a deal with a demon, and is now trying to come up with a way to outsmart the demon so she won't be dragged into the Ever After to be used as Algaliarept's slave.
- Ivy Tamwood: Rachel's vampire room mate who works with Rachel in their own runner service.
- Jenks: A pixy, who is Rachel and Ivy's other partner.
- Trent Kalamack: Politician whom Rachel continuously tries to get put in jail for selling illegal drugs.
- Algaliarept: The demon Rachel made a deal with to avoid being killed by the master vampire, Piscary.
- Ceridwen "Ceri" Dulciate: A woman that Rachel rescues from Algaliarept.
- David Hue: A werewolf insurance agent.
- Kisten Felps: Piscary's former scion.
- Stanley "Lee" Saladan: Witch that is trying to take over Cincinnati's underground drug market.
- Nicholas "Nick" Sparagmos: Rachel's human boyfriend that left town.
- Jonathan Davaros: One of Trent's "henchmen".
- Erica: Ivy's teen sister
- Newt: An insane demon that even Algaliarept is afraid of.
- Keasley: A nice old man who lives across from Rachel, Ivy, and Jenks.
- Howard: David's old partner
- Maggie: Trent's maid/cook
- Jih: Jenks' eldest daughter.
- Mrs. Aver: David's secretary
Quotes edit
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“Shut up. You try channeling a demon's ley line and see if you even survive. I bet you'd explode in a flash of pixy dust, you little twit.”
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“I can't smell you at all. It's kind of a turn on.”
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“Join us next time for Days of the Undead when Rachel learns her long lost brother is really a crown prince from outer space. My life was so screwed up.”
Rachel Morgan -
“Go ahead elf-boy”
Rachel Morgan
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Mistakes can be fixed, but if you do it more than once, it’s no longer a mistake.”
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“Most people,” he said, “are desperate to be needed. And if they don’t feel good about themselves or think they’re undeserving of love, some will fasten upon the worst possible way to satisfy that need to punish themselves. They’re the addicts, the shadows both claimed and unclaimed, passed like the fawning sheep they make themselves into as they search for a glimmer of worth, knowing it’s false even as they beg for it.
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Was I a fool to trust, or a wiser person finding the capacity to forgive?
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Yes, it is ugly. And yes, we take advantage of those who let us. But which is worse, taking from someone who wants you to, knowing in your soul that you’re a monster, or taking from an unwilling person and proving it?”
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“And then there are the rare ones who know love, who understand it. Who freely give of themselves, demanding only a return of that love, that trust.” His faultless blue eyes never blinked, and I held my breath. “It can be beautiful, Rachel, when there is trust and love. No one is bound. No one loses his or her will. No one becomes less. Both become more than they can be alone. But it is so rare, so beautiful when it happens.”
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“I’ll always be here,” he said softly. “You can never fill my need, never drive me away, no matter how much you give me. The good or the bad. I’ll always be hungry for emotion, always and forever, and I can feel you hurting. I can turn it to joy. If you’ll let me.”
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“You’ll leave,” I breathed. “They all leave. They get what they want, and they leave. Or they find out what I can do, and then they leave.”
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“You need to be needed, Rachel,” he said, inches away as his breath shifted my hair. “You live so brightly, so honestly, that you need to be needed. You’re hurting. I can feel it.”
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cloric. “The only thing between your head and my foot becoming real close and personal right now is my questionable
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Setting & Locations edit
First Sentence edit
I took a deep breath to settle myself, jerking the cuff of my gloves up to cover the bare patch of skin at my wrist.
Table of Contents edit
Chapters 1 - 33
Series & Lists edit
This is book 3 of 17 in The Hollows. (standard series)
Preceded by The Good, the Bad, and the Undead, and followed by A Fistful of Charms.
This is book 4 of 15 in The Hollows: reading order. (community list)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Eos, Harper Collins USA
Country: USA
Publication Date: June 2005
ISBN: 9780060572990
Page Count: 501
Publisher: Eos, Harper Collins USA
Country: USA
Publication Date: June 2005
ISBN: 9780060572990
Page Count: 501
Awards edit
- Nominated for P.E.A.R.L.s (2005: Best Science Fiction)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: CPB Box no. 2379 vol. 7
- Dewey: 813.6
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- Kim Harrison: Author's Website
- Kim Harrison's Drama Box: Author's Blog
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