In my review of The Good, The Bad and The Undead, I stated that I was on a mission to listen to all of the audio books in the Rachel Morgan series… Well, that mission has come to an abrupt and screeching halt. I was listening to these books the old fashioned way, CD’s I checked out from the library, when right in the middle of a good fight scene the darn thing started skipping like a school girl on a playground! Do you know how maddening that is? I took the CD out and cleaned it several times to no avail. So it was off to the book store where I picked up the book so I could read the rest of the story. Now that I have one, I must purchase them all! I can read faster than listening to the audio version so my new mission is to hurry up and read all of the books preceding White Witch Black Curse, because I am dying to read it and I am having the darndest time avoiding all of the reviews out there.
In Every which way but dead, Rachel Morgan finds herself bound to Algaliarept as his familiar and her boyfriend Nick is still bound to her as her familiar. Which is really bad. Familiars are usually animals and human familiars are frowned upon. Nick can’t take it anymore as everytime Rachel uses Ley line magic it is drawn through him and can be very painful. So he makes himself scarce for a while.
It is solstice in the Hollows and amid the holiday shopping and celebrating Rachel is challenged by Kisten to go on a date with him (which turns into a run), hired by the rock star, Takata to work security at his Solstice concert, hired by Quen to protect Trent at a meeting with on of the inderland crime lords, and she is still running from Algaliarept to keep him from pulling her into the Everafter to serve as his familiar. And I thought the holidays were stressful for me!
We meet some new characters in this book, David __ the Were insurance adjuster, Ivy’s dad, her little sister __ and an old friend named Skimmer. We also meet Ceri, Algaliarept’s former familiar.
What I liked
There is a lot going on in this book. Poor Rachel just jumps from one problem to the next. I am never bored nor do I find myself waiting to get to the good parts, because every part of this book holds my attention.
What I didn’t like
That darn skipping CD. Well, I was going to have to invest in these books sooner or later. Might as well be sooner.
Previously, I mentioned that the vamps in these books aren’t my favorite characters, and they still aren’t, mostly… I am not saying that I don’t like them, I am just saying that I find the witches and pixies and elves more interesting in these particular books. So, I have to amend my previous statement. I don’t love MOST of the vamps in these books. There is one vamp in particular that I really do like! A LOT. And because I am so late reading this series, and have been spoiled, I know that I am going to be crushed sooner or later.
Last Word
So now that the mission has changed, I am ready to read the next book, Fist Full of Charms. I love these books and they have quickly jumped into my top 5 favorite series’. Hopefully I can power through them and get to White Witch Black Curse quickly.
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