It was a worthy way of putting the series to bed, good enough that I was only minorly annoyed by the decision to withhold Chapter 31 - ostensibly an epilogue - from reviewers, in order to "prevent an enthusiastic reader from blurting it out over the internet two months before the book is commercially available." I think it's a poor and slightly baffling decision - it simultaneously suggests a shocking twist ending while promising there isn't one - but it didn't sour the book for me. The last two paragraphs of Chapter 30 made me tear up with how succinctly they wrapped up the whole endeavor. Harrison has concluded her series in the spirit she began it, drawing home to the things I'd always considered most important: friendship, empathy, and integrity. Some things - character decisions, motivations, developments - feel slapdash as the book hurtles towards its conclusion, but ultimately I was satisfied. but for now I'm left contemplating my contentment with the Hollows, and raising a large latte - light on the froth, heavy on the cinnamon, with a shot of raspberry syrup, of course. In this last installment, Rachel turns to solving a problem that's dogged her for several books: how to prevent Ivy, the living vampire who's also her best friend, from losing her soul after death and becoming the kind of abusive vampiric monster she hates. But she plows on anyway, determined to do her best for those she loves and even those she hates, unfailingly supported by her dearest friends and family.
Throughout the series, Rachel has been the catalyst for sweeping amounts of social change: Her passionate, well-intentioned, often fumbling attempts at doing right by supernatural groups with deeply conflicting interests usually result in a net gain of social good in exchange for a net loss of stability and well-being for herself.
In The Witch With No Name, Rachel Morgan, Ivy Tamwood and Jenks the pixy have their last string of adventures together in a modern-day Cincinnati riddled with elves, witches, vampires living and undead, werewolves, fairies and demons, in a rollercoaster ride of interlocking shenanigans that left me a little breathless.
Kim Harrison has concluded her long-running Hollows series, the 10-year-anniversary of which I marked back in April, and I am bereft. It's a bright cool day in September and the books now number 13. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title The Witch With No Name Author Kim Harrison
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