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Medieval Mayhem Aligns with Modern Politics

Fifth Ward Friendly Fire by Dale Lucas

August 10, 2019 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

Bingo 14 (Reading the TBR) Fifth Ward: Friendly Fire has been on my shelf for a while, long enough for me to have gotten it not too long after it came out and have a sequel already out by the time I got to it. In a way, it’s a good thing that I waited as long as I did, because it seemed really timely for the political here and now in spite of not being set anywhere close. The Fifth Ward series is set in a quasi-medieval fantasy world inhabited by dwarves, humans, elves, etc., and takes place in […]

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8/10/2019 | CoffeeShopReader's CBR11 Review No:63 |

A Road Trip from Hell

Pale Demon by Kim Harrison

March 11, 2018 by teresaelectro Leave a Comment

I’ve been slowly working my way through Kim Harrison’s urban fantasy series, The Hollows. For CBR10, I’m finally reviewing the ninth book in the series, Pale Demon. The book kicks off with the powerful witch, Rachel, and her supernatural business partners and BFFs, Jinx the pixie and Ivy the living vampire, on their way to the national witches convention in San Francisco. Rachel also needs to attend her brother’s wedding. She’s excited to see her mom at least. Of course, supernatural troubles won’t make the 2,300+ mile trek across the country easy. If you haven’t read the previous books beware of mild spoilers below […]

3/11/2018 teresaelectro's CBR10 Review No:7 |

Finishing my The Hollows re-read

Black Magic Sanction, Pale Demon, Ever After, The Undead Pool and The Witch with No Name by Kim Harrison

October 26, 2017 by Malin Leave a Comment

So I’ve been doing a re-read of all of Kim Harrison’s The Hollows books in audio since March this year. This is my review for the latter part of the series (with the exception of book 10, A Perfect Blood, which seems impossible to get in audio book format, either on Audible or in any library I’ve got access to. So with that one, I skim-read the relevant Rachel and Trent parts and moved quickly on to the next in the series. I have reviewed all of these books before, so if you want plot summaries, you can find my original reviews by […]

10/26/2017 Malin's CBR9 Review No:97 |

In which Rachel discovers some truths about her family she wishes had remained buried

The Outlaw Demon Wails by Kim Harrison

May 1, 2017 by Malin Leave a Comment

This is book six in a series, it’s very much not the place to start reading. In fact, there’s a whole bunch of stuff revealed in this book that really requires prior knowledge to the books, so go start at the beginning with Dead Witch Walking. Rachel still has absolutely no idea who killed her boyfriend, and because of the memory potion she drank, her memories of the event are still very fuzzy. Someone is summoning Algaliarept, the demon whom she owes favours to out of the Ever After every evening, and he’s determined to cause trouble for Rachel until […]

5/1/2017 Malin's CBR9 Review No:37 |

Rachel really makes for the most hilariously inappropriate bridesmaid ever

For a Few Demons More by Kim Harrison

April 10, 2017 by Malin Leave a Comment

4.5 stars This is book five in a series, and most definitely not the best place to start. Begin with Dead Witch Walking, and possibly skip this review if you don’t want spoilers for earlier books in the series. There are dead werewolf women turning up in the morgue, apparently having committed suicide. Someone else appears to be murdering werewolves after keeping them tied up, and after some investigation, independent runner and calamity-prone witch Rachel Morgan is pretty sure she knows what the connection between all the deaths is. During her last adventure, she retrieved an ancient and very powerful […]

4/10/2017 Malin's CBR9 Review No:31 |

Double-crossing demons is dangerous

Every Which Way But Dead by Kim Harrison

March 25, 2017 by Malin Leave a Comment

4.5 stars This is book three in a series. This review will contain spoilers for previous books in the series, so if you mind that sort of thing, skip this, and start at the beginning, with Dead Witch Walking. Never one to live a quiet life, Rachel Morgan, independent witch for hire is in trouble. She successfully took down the master vampire who was summoning demons to murder leyline witches and lived to tell the tale. She had to bargain with a demon in order to do so, and he now wants to make her his familiar. She tricks Algaliarept, […]

3/25/2017 Malin's CBR9 Review No:27 |

Don’t expect a happy ending to this one

The Turn: The Hollows Begins with Death by Kim Harrison

March 12, 2017 by Malin Leave a Comment

Spoiler warning! I found it impossible to review this book without revealing plot details that would probably be considered spoilery, so if you like to start a book without knowing much, probably skip this review. Also, this book is a PREQUEL, best read after you finish the full thirteen book series by Kim Harrison. As of me writing this, the first book is on sale for $2.99. In a world where humans are the dominant species, they are fully unaware that there are a number of supernatural races living among them, trying to stay firmly under the radar, doing their […]

3/12/2017 Malin's CBR9 Review No:22 |

Will the real good guy please stand up? Or not.

Righteous Fury by Markus Heitz

April 11, 2016 by CoffeeShopReader 2 Comments

Righteous Fury is a prequel to a series I have not read (a 4 book series Dwarves). In some ways this is classic fantasy. The cast includes a variety of magical beings, including some elves, dwarves, but mostly the alfar. Humans also come into the story, but are mostly slaves. This race is “cruel and surpassingly beautiful artist-warriors”. Two alfar in particular command the majority of the story: Calphalor and Sinthoras. At the beginning they hate each other and belong to opposing political parties. Calphalor is more moderate and wants to focus on protecting the borders, while Sinthoras want to […]

4/11/2016 CoffeeShopReader's CBR8 Review No:13 |

GetoffMyLawnn on I am determined to leave town all caught up on reviewsYour review makes me want to read the Josh and Hazel book!
Ellesfena on A Study in SpoilersSomehow I missed seeing this comment until now, but I agree with you that the stories themselves are still good. I actually don’t remember anything...
emmalita on Not Steve Rogers, but dammit I liked him anywayIn this age of terrible people, I need my fictional men to be amazingly excellent. And yet!!! I was mad at John, but I didn’t...
badkittyuno on Stay with me – what if the library was evil?This sounds good! Adding to the tbr
narfna on Not Steve Rogers, but dammit I liked him anywayNo man will ever live up to Steve Rogers, and I think we all just have to accept it, even though it's terrible.

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