ICYMI: A Witch With No Name by Kim Harrison @BurningBunnies ‏@HarperVoyagerUS ‏@JULIEYMANDKAC

Posted October 26, 2019 by Anne - Books of My Heart in Book Review / 4 Comments

Review copy was received from Edelweiss. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.


ICYMI: A Witch With No Name by Kim Harrison @BurningBunnies ‏@HarperVoyagerUS ‏@JULIEYMANDKACA Witch With No Name by Kim Harrison
Series: The Hollows #13
Published by Harper Voyager on September 9, 2014
Genres: Urban Fantasy
Pages: 433
Format: eARC
Source: Edelweiss
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Rachel Morgan's come a long way from the clutzy runner of Dead Witch Walking. She's faced vampires and werewolves, banshees, witches, and soul-eating demons. She's crossed worlds, channeled gods, and accepted her place as a day-walking demon. She's lost friends and lovers and family, and an old enemy has become something much more.

But power demands responsibility, and world-changers must always pay a price. That time is now.

To save Ivy's soul and the rest of the living vampires, to keep the demonic ever after and our own world from destruction, Rachel Morgan will risk everything.

ICYMI is a post from my early days of blogging at Yummy Men & KickAss Chicks.   You can see the original review here.  I did a Read-along of this series at Yummy Men & KickAss Chicks.

Yummy Man – Trent Kalamack
Kick Ass Chick – Rachel Morgan


The Witch with No Name is the thirteenth and final book in The Hollows series by Kim Harrison. Since many of my friends have told me I had to read these books and I knew this last book was coming, I read all twelve previous books and did so while hosting a read along on the blog.

*There are some sort of spoilers ahead.*

It was easy to read the books and enjoyable. This review will be somewhat reviewing the series as well as this book, since it is the final book.

The characters felt right and were important to me. I cared about them. I found the world building interesting. We learned as Rachel did, which at times was a little vexing. But it wasn’t boring or overwhelming. I’d still like to know more about the gargoyles.

There were things which would have made the series better for me. I would have liked more humor. Most of the humor was provided by Jenks and Al, making them favorites of mine. I also would have liked more romance. And by romance, I don’t mean sex. I’m all for sex, but I find the intimacy of conversation and time together equally important. I wanted Rachel to have more intimate dialog within her relationships and even her friendships. I would have liked more sharing, perhaps planning or dreaming together. I realize there was always some crisis but this could have been woven into the stories.

In the final adventure, the “bad” elves are back, wanting to rule the world. They want to kill the demons and the undead. They aren’t listening to Trent because he spends lots of time with a demon. Ellasbeth is back, trying to have Trent and the girls. Haven’t we been there, done that already?

Rachel also gets pushed into trying to find a way to save the souls of the dead to save Ivy and the world by the undead. So too much is going on, with more troubles, when I would have liked to see more resolutions and less new problems.

I really feel like Rachel’s role and purpose in this series, with all her own species issues, is to liaison and bring more positive relationships between all the species. So I like the adventures in all the books where Rachel is working together with Jenks, Ivy, Al, Trent and others to reach the solution.

In this book, I do NOT like how Rachel seems to do everything herself, or tries to do everything herself. And she doesn’t seem willing to work so much with others. She also seems to think she is the only one who can be right and make decisions. I found this annoying when it’s felt like her whole deal has always been the working together.

I was also PISSED since Rachel and Trent seemed to be back to thinking and posturing that it would be better if he was with Ellasbeth and the girls. He would have less problems politically and money-wise. Trent just let it go that way through most of the book. After the last book, I was sure they were going to have their relationship and be open about it. This was a major setback to me and meant there weren’t the sorts of intimate discussions I wanted. Trent grew back his balls at the end and went back to Rachel but I thought that happened at the end of the last book.

I wanted to know more about both Rachel and Trent’s parents, and what their goals were. I hoped we would learn about the past situation with the demons and the elves, how they became such enemies and created the ever after, along with the breeding issues. Instead we learn about how the undead came to be and lose their souls. Which is interesting but wasn’t exactly on my radar.

Things with David were mostly resolved in the last book. The undead losing their souls is pretty well resolved. Newt really stands up in this book and helps solve the problems. I thought we might learn more about the Rosewood babies.

I’m not sure if Nick is dead; I hope so. I wonder about Jenks’ children, especially Jax. Since demons and elves and even witches are all closely related I have wondered whether Rachel could have Trent’s child, especially since he is involved in various scientific programs. I’m wondering what happened with the faeries in Trent’s garden since we didn’t really hear about them since they moved there. What about Lee? And Alice and Takata?

And what about the men-who-don’t-belong? Who are they? What are their goals? Are they for getting rid of species or do they want them all to get along? I’m not sure why they were ever in the books now.

But even with all the unresolved questions, we learn about the how all our favorite people go forward in their lives and progress. That is satisfying. Rachel and Trent are finally together, but I still wish we got to see more of their relationship and conversations. I’d have preferred more of that and less of Rachel saving the world for the umpteenth time.

I think I must be dense. The Witch with No Name. I don’t understand the title of this book and its meaning.

The Hollows is a great series overall but I found The Witch with No Name was a bit frustrating. I did enjoy the story. Mostly, I hoped all of my questions would be answers, but they weren’t.

 

Giggle worthy quote:

“Trent’s grip tightened at the sudden sound of pixy wings. Hands clasped, we turned as Jenks slipped in through the crack under the door. His dust was a dull silver, and he stopped in shock when he saw us looking at him.
‘You’re up!’ he said, a thread of brighter gold slipping from him.  ‘And dressed. Tink’s titties, you were sleeping? Seriously?’”

 

“’Plan,’ I said, rocking into motion when Trent’s shoes scuffed. How about, let’s go in.’
Jenks’s dust flashed an irate red. ‘Tink’s titties, that’s her plan? Go in?’
Trent shrugged, relaxed on the surface as he pulled the door open. ‘Works for me.’
‘Just like old times,’ Jenks said, cracking his knuckles as he darted in over my head.”

 

About Kim Harrison

Kim Harrison, author of the New York Times #1 best selling Hollows series, was born in Detroit and lived most her her life within an easy drive. After gaining her bachelors in the sciences, she moved to South Carolina, where she remained until recently returning to Michigan because she missed the snow. She’s currently working on the Peri Reed Chronicles, and when not at her desk, Kim is most likely to be found landscaping her new/old Victorian home, in the garden, or out on the links.

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Posted October 26, 2019 by Anne - Books of My Heart in Book Review / 4 Comments


4 responses to “ICYMI: A Witch With No Name by Kim Harrison

  1. Glad you are enjoying this series even though this installment was a little frustrating. Those are definitely giggle worthy quotes you shared. Nice review!