Welcome to our What Kind of Heroine are you Quiz. Please select the option that best describes what you would do in the following situations:You have recently started a business with a friend. Should youA. Work as a team and solve mysteries and crimetogether playing off each other’s strengths.B. Go off on your own rarely telling yourpartner what you are working on and where youare going, with no indication on when you willreturn.C Hedge your bets and have a few other people/beings you are working with on the side for thesame goal as your partner. Clearly the answer is B I can dothis all on my own I don’t need and help. I meanwhat could possibly go wrong and if I do get in abind I guess I could still call someone to comerescue me later.Your boyfriend/significant other leaves town to get a handle on things after something extremely traumatic happens. The first thing you do is?A. Accept a date with a guy you kissed recentlywhile you still had said boyfriend/significant other.B. Accept responsibility for part of the situationthat the two of you are in He did have a seizureand almost die because of you and give him thetime and space he needs to work it out.C. Go kick some bad guy ass and trust that thingswill work out. You don’t need a man to be validatedand you are perfectly capable of entertaining yourselfin the meantime. Well B sounds good but if Nick really lovedme like he said he did he wouldn’t have left town andKistin is pretty hot. I’m sure Ivy won’t mind if Igo out with her Ex at all I mean it isn’t like they aretogether anymore…right? So I think A While out on a ‘Plutonic’ Date *bullshit* no such thing *bullshit* and meeting a handsome stranger in your date’s absence….your gut instinct would tell you that….A. Some stranger has just come to talk to you while you have been singled out. Warnings aboutwhat that person might want and who he really isjump through your head.B. Wow…he is so nice and he has a Demon scar too. I’m so glad I’m not the only one. I should flirt withhim and see if he wants to get me number and♪♫♪Call me maybe♫♫.C. I wonder if he knows anything about this place?I should covertly pump him for information find outwho all the main players in the room are. Huh…he is cute and look we have so much incommon all ready. B because my mom would probably love it if I brought a witch home for dinner. You have just defeated your nemesis in a battle during which he told a loved one you are as good as dead and can never be pulled back from where he is taking you. The first thing you do is….A. Drink some coffee and hope your head feelsbetter soon because you have a big job that night andneed to get a little rest before then.B. Call said person to let them know you are okay andthat you have escaped a fate worse than death, theydon’t need to find a way to save you.C. Hang out with some people and wait for your lovedone to find you since as soon as he knew you were in trouble nothing could keep him from tracking you down. This is easy….A coffee of course. Ican’t do anything until I get rid of this headache.Besides my semi-loved one left town so I bet a demontelling him I’m dead isn’t going to matter much and Ido have a big job to do tonight.You know that using a certain power or magic will be dangerous and could alert your enemies to your location and compromise you. When in trouble do you….A. Do everything in your power to never use that magic/power so that you can’t be found by your enemies,unless it can be masked by other power around you.B. Jump the gun and use that power to intimidate yourenemies and convince them you aren’t worth the trouble.C. Forget in the heat of the moment at every possible instance and use that power accidentally. B Damn it….it only happened twice, whotold you. I was trying not to use it but really myroomie can get a little handsy sometimes it reallywasn’t my fault. Anyone could have made the same mistake. The man you are thinking of starting an intimate relationship with confesses to you that he has killed multiple people and will try not to do it again but really won’t make any promises. Your reasoning for why you can still be together is????A. Is he Jericho Barrons? Because reallyif he is Jericho Fucking Barrons I’m totally okaywith that. He is the best Anti-Hero EVER.B. I’m sure that every time he has killed anyone it isfor the good of his family. He would never do anythinglike that without a reason and for protection of everyonehe loves including me.C. Well it’s not like he wants to kill people and heisn’t a scion right now so the chances of him killingme on purpose aren’t that big. Kistin is really hot…and he is here. Nick sureisn’t here right now. Sure he wants to be a scion againto the guy that wants me dead but he is soooo hot and hemakes my scar tingle. That totally makes it okay I think.Definitely CWould you say that your relationship with your father was…A. Really Good, my dad is the best.B. A Bit Complicated, My dad pushes me to be the best.C. Somewhat neglected…He missed a lot since he wasn’taround. Well I’m sure that my dad would have beenthere for me if he could have been. It’s not like hewanted to die or anything and really he was a good Dad. Sure the answer is C but that is only because our time was cut short since he was involved with something big.I’m gonna find out what really happened to my father.Based on your responses we have accessed you to be Rachel Marianna Morgan - You often fly off on your own without thinking about the others around you who care for you. You rarely take personal responsibility for things that are your fault, but often take responsibility for things that really had nothing to do with you. You make horrible decisions, even knowing at the time they are really the worst possible decisions you could make. In relationships you either choose the wrong guy or completely forget to communicate with your partner in any way letting them know what is going on in your life. You are very prone to hasty and rash decisions that usually leave you off worse than where you started.The other possible solutions to the quiz were Kate Daniels or Makala Lane both more likable and savvy than you in this writer’s opinion. Our suggestion is that you slow down, quit fawning over every cute guy you run across. Stop making deals with demons. seriously though we thought this one was obvious. Maybe sever one relationship before starting another. Quit keeping secrets from your business partners and lovers. Decide what kind of witch you really are and then learn something so you quit making stupid mistakes because you didn’t have any information.That said the world in this is what I’m sticking with the series for right now. I have been told it gets better by book 5 and I’m counting on that. The world building and secondary characters are the main draw for me at this time. The final battle was interesting and almost made me like Rachel again until she did that stupid thing so she is now in more trouble than she was before. Ceri was actually my favorite character in this book and I hope to see her again in future books. Holding on until book 5 to make final judgements.
This, third, book of Kim Harrison's Rachel Morgan series has the weakest plot so far. On the other hand, the character driven scenes kept me reading, and when the plot finally got rolling in the last 30% of the book, I was frothing.The book starts out with two problems presented to Rachel: A demon that she owes favors to has come to collect, and a new crime boss in town is making life difficult for everyone. After that, we get a lot of character development and the plot fades away, showing up now and again to remind the reader it exists. When it returns for good, it was intense, and I stayed up late into the night turning pages.From about the 10% to the 70% mark the book is mostly character driven. As a guy, it edged on getting a bit too soap operaish and girlish. However, even the one scene that should of had me nodding off, a date scene with lots of clothes talk, was so well written I kept right on going. Without spoiling anything, I will say Rachel's love life gets a lot more complicated in this book.I do like a strong plot, and I can a problem with this protagonist. She's throws herself into situations without a plan, and reacts. So unless the antagonist is in her face, scene after scene, she looses focus, and Harrison fills up the pages with side issues. I like a little of that, it makes it feel more real, but I'm hoping for stronger plots in the rest of the series.One theme that this book addresses is "Who are the Monsters?" Trent, the very evil antagonist from the first book is back, but is he really on the side of darkness? And what about what Rachel and Ivy are doing for a living? Are they crossing over to the dark side? Many shades of grey in this book.Anyway, a fun read, with a bit too much soap opera in the middle. I would not recommend this as a stand alone book, you'll want to start with Dead Which Walking.
What do You think about Every Which Way But Dead (2005)?
Hello fellow reviewers! Minor spoilers ahead. In this installment of the Hollows series, we meet lots of new characters, say interesting goodbyes and even better hellos, and we go in deep with new plots. You may have noticed my four star rating and that may confuse you considering this is my favorite series. That being said, I enjoyed this book but it's not one of my favorites. I'll explain later. I always start with my good feelings on it.Soooo, I love the budding new alliance between Trent and Rachel. I've always loved Trent - even in the first one because I thought he was such a manipulative, evil genius. (view spoiler)[ The fact that he's an elf really helps because I have very strong feelings towards elves. (hide spoiler)]
—Tara Day
I'm currently on book three and I really don't know what to say. This series doesn't really do it for me but I feel deeply compelled to continue on hoping that it gets better. So far I find Rachel to be judgemental, a bit of a victim, and too stupid to live, yet she's suppose to be the baddest b^%$!. I don't see it. She's constantly getting her butt kicked and getting lucky in the end with the help of others. She can't stand Trent for his business dealings, drugs and biomedical research, which is illegal. Even after he finally confesses to her the reason behind his activity she feels no sympathy for his plight. Yet she forgives Kisten, her vampire lover, for "accidently" killing 16 people on a rivals boat. His excuse "I warned my enemy and I thought he would get the people off the boat". That would not be a good enough excuse for me. That's like saying "Yeah, I pulled the trigger but they were suppose to get out the way. I wasn't aiming for them." I figured as an ex I.S. agent she would feel compelled to turn him in considering the right and wrong of the situation, but no. She decides it wasn't his fault because his rival should have gotten the people off the boat. WHAT? What keeps me coming back are the supportive character, Trent, Jenks and fam, Glenn & Edden, and even Ivy, when she not creeping me out. This series has so many flaws I'm constantly reading in disbelief but I will definitely finish the series because even a bad book can in someway's be good. It's like reading a Jackie Collins book, you know it stupid but you just can't stop.
—La La
First read May 19, 2009.Third in The Hollows urban fantasy series set in an alternate Cincinnati revolving around Rachel Morgan, a witch in partnership with a living vampire and a pixie all of whom live in a church.The StoryDesperately seeking a way to strictly enforce the bargain she made with Algaliarept in The Good, the Bad, and the Undead, Rachel frees Ceri and exchanges auras with Big Al only to be at a loss with what to do with Ceri now and deal with her partners' discovery of her bargain. When this is followed up with Nick's avoidance…well, Rachel is just not a happy camper.With Piscary in jail, Ivy is tormented by his entering her head pushing at her to deal with Rachel and take up the reins as his visible scion. There's a Were following her and, well, after that incident with the fish, Rachel's not too sure what the Howlers are thinkin'.Then just for the cherry on top, Jonathan and Quen stop by to insist upon Rachel accompanying Trent as security to a riverboat benefit…a bit of a duel between drug lords which turns into a real blast after which Rachel "meets" Trent's fiancée. Of course, this creates a lovely opening for getting Saladan, legally, but it all goes belly-up when Lee drags her into the everafter…and Big Al. Poor Lee, baby didn't know what hit him…*snicker* The CharactersRachel Morgan is a witch who manages to live on the edge without really meaning to. Ivy Tamwood is a living vampire and Piscary's scion. A role she so totally does not want. A role Piscary is determined she will take on. Erica Randal is Ivy's younger sister; Rachel figures Erica is why Ivy tolerates Jenks' chattering kids so very well. Dorothy "Skimmer" Claymore is a lawyer and Ivy's old girlfriend. She's returned from the West Coast to join Piscary's camarilla if she can win his appeal.Jenks and his family are living in the church this winter. Well, they are until Jenks quits the partnership and moves out.Stanley "Lee" Saladan is an old, old friend of Trent's having met through camp. With an ego the size of Mt. Everest, he is intent on taking over Trent's illegal activities in Cincinnati and will stop at nothing, do anything to achieve his goal.David Hue is the Were insurance adjuster we met in The Good, the Bad, and the Undead over the Howler fish incident. Rachel intends to make use of him to snag Saladan. It certainly ends up as a money-saving opportunity…Nick is a weasley shit who, in spite of all the demon-summoning he so blithely undertakes, doesn't like it when he's on the other side. Nor is he man enough with Rachel. Algaliarept is the demon with whom Rachel made the bargain: testify against Piscary and Rachel will become his familiar—with her soul intact. Ceri is an elf whom Rachel frees from Algaliarept and places into her neighbor's care. A move that turns out to be quite therapeutic for Ceri and Keasley. My TakeI do so enjoy this series. Tons of action from the great to the small, family to deadly enemy, friendship and love. You can't help but get involved with the characters.There is a great love scene a little over halfway through the book which is so beautifully written. And very implicit. Nice work.The CoverThe cover is so Rachel. It looks like the mini-skirted and cloaked (with a red lining no less!) Rachel in her over-the-knee, high-heeled black boots is in her church graveyard in front of the surrendering angel.
—Kathy Davie
