White Witch, Black Curse by Kim Harrison (Hollows #7)

Description:

Some wounds take time to heal...and some scars never fade.

Rachel Morgan, kick-ass witch and bounty hunter, has taken her fair share of hits, and has broken lines she swore she would never cross. But when her lover was murdered, it left a deeper wound than Rachel ever imagined, and now she won't rest until his death is solved...and avenged. Whatever the cost.

Yet the road to hell is paved with good intentions, and when a new predator moves to the apex of the Inderlander food chain, Rachel's past comes back to haunt her.

Literally.

Review:

I'm still a bit tired of writing reviews for this series. Since it worked so well last time, let's let someone else have a stab at it. This is a good one from SF Site, it's by Jennifer McCann and I mostly agree with what she has to say, especially about the unveiling of Kiston's killer. What a let down.

With more angst and upheaval than a junior high school dance, Rachel is a taste treat. Still trying to get over the loss of Kisten, coming to terms with the wants of Ivy, taking the first steps toward a relationship with Graham and discovering that an old boy friend haunts their church, Rachel is one big walking supernatural soap opera. Move over Dark Shadows. Not to mention, she is now the student of the charming and totally untrustworthy demon Al, which makes her persona non grata with the local witch covens.

Kim Harrison has returned to her roots. With all the drama of Rachel's love life aside, Harrison comes back to what has made this an enduring series, which is Rachel, Ivy and Jenks working together to solve the mystery and capture the bad guys.

One drawback is the constant dwelling upon the imminent death of Jenks' wife, Magdalena. It is much like living with a geriatric pet. You know that they are going to die but you don't face it every moment of the day. Unfortunately, Harrison tends to hit upon the subject a great deal.

The reveal of Kisten's murderer is a bit anticlimactic. The build up with all the possible candidates and the vampire politics involved really could have been a storyline unto itself, but it comes across as just an afterthought. But overall, this book ends with the feeling of a new beginning. Old storylines are tied up, not a neatly as one would want, but extraneous characters are pruned away and new personalities are introduced. It will be interesting to see what Rachel will get herself into next.

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