December 4, 2011 Every Which Way But Dead
- ISBN13: 9780060572990
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
Rachel Morgan’s back! Bestselling author Kim Harrison returns with a new supernatural adventure that fans of Laurell K. Hamilton and Charlaine Harris won’t want to miss. Some days, you just can’t win. Witch and former bounty hunter Rachel Morgan’s managed to escape her corrupt company, survive living with a vampire, start her own runner service, and face down a vampire master. But her vampire roommate Ivy is off the wagon, her human boyfriend Nick is out of town indefinitely and doesn’t sound like he’s coming back while the far-too-seductive vampire Kisten is looking way too tempting, and there’s a turf war erupting in Cincinnati’s underworld. And there’s a greater evil still. To put the vampire master behind … More >>
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R. Coale
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I have been reading all the Stookie Stackhouse books and can’t wait to read the next delivery. Sookie is a good ole southern girl who has no claim to fame except real honesty. Great read and one’s I’ll hang on to.
Rating: 1 / 5
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M. Geudeke
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One star for the style of writing but that’s all. Strange worlds have always been one of my favourite topics. This book does not contribute anything new or special to the rich tradition.
Rating: 1 / 5
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Michael Barnett
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Rather than provide a synopsis of the book, an exercise already more than adequately covered by the editorial reviewers, as well as each previous customer review, I prefer to provide just my opinion.
Though not unpleasant, the series is so totally derivative of Laurell K. Hamilton’s work as to suggest that Ms. Harrison has read the Cliff’s Notes of both the Anita Blake and Merry Gentry series and has plotted the Hollows series as a merger of both of Hamilton’s fantasy worlds.
The parallels between Anita Blake (a magic-using adjunct to law enforcement, whose love-life is complicated by vampires and werewolves) and Rachel Morgan (a magic-using adjunct to law enforcement, whose love-life is complicated by vampires and werewolves) are far too obvious. The steady progression from straightforward good vs. evil tales to soft-core porn is inevitable. With Hamilton’s Anita Blake, the infusion of moral relativism is due to the protagonist being “marked” by a vampire triggering the near-virgin zombie queen to turn into a group-sex loving orgy queen, unable to resist almost any sexual impulse. The Harrison stories have begun this progression with the near-virgin witch having been infected with vampire saliva making her unable to resist vampiric sexual overtures. The orgies (and gender bending) are soon to follow as hinted at by Morgan’s demon familiar’s penchant for providing the “entertainment” at parties in the form of a compliant sexual slave. Morgan having just accepted the job as Demon Familiar, the parties are soon to follow.
The addition in the current volume of a new character (Cerridwen, or Ceri, pronounced with a hard “C”) who is an elf-princess only recently returned to availability as a breeder and whose DNA is necessary to save the genetically declining Elvin race is certainly similar to Hamilton’s Meredith (Merry) Gentry, a fairy princess only recently returned to availability as a breeder and whose DNA is necessary to save the Fairy. It is déjà vu all over again. Their names (Ceri/Merry) even rhyme.
If you are looking for something new, original, or innovative, you will not find it here. But if you are tired of waiting for the next Anita Blake novel and just want some eye candy…go for it. I do suggest that Ms. Harrison should pay royalties to Laurell Hamilton. It is only fair.
Rating: 2 / 5
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Babae
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Okay. i’ve become a Kim Harrison fan, after a less than stellar review for the first book of the series(which i first reviewed before reading the book in its entiry). Having read it since, i’ve become really hooked on the fun, mysterious, action-packed adventure of the central characters. I was glad to see that in this book the word “oriental” to describe a person was used once and that later in the book the non-offensive term “asian” was used to describe an individual’s looks. After reading the stories and the context of progressivenss in character, scence, etc. it struck me that it must be an oversight or editing error of the publisher because Ms. Harrison’s writing is really “way cool.” Overll, the series is a 4.5-4.75 in my book. It just keeps getting better.
Rating: 5 / 5
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Christopher
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Was a little slow to get going; seemed to waste pages on intercourse; very nice action when Ms. Harrison finally got back to the story. Fairly good book.
Rating: 4 / 5