The Witch with No Name: The Hollows, Book 13

This was the best book of the series. A LOT happens. It’s feels like a finale but it’s not and I love that there is more to read and experience. The best part of this series is that I can completely lose myself in the story. Nothing else matters but what’s happening in Rachel’s world. I’ve read this series from the beginning straight through without reading any other books. I love that most about it. I’m never bored of the storyline or characters because it’s always something new, exciting and unexpected. Thank you so much for showing me over and over why I love to read while giving me something awesome to read and immerse myself in.

This book, as the other’s starts off with a bang.. or a boom as it would be called here..Ivy asked Rachel and Jenks to go with her to do a simple snatch and grab with a client, who is a living vampire. Her lover is also a living vampire. They are from two different ‘families’ and were told separate or die. Yeah Master vampires are dicks and not the good kind either. As they move about the apartment things happen too fast for Rachel to grasp at first. The lady they were helping has a dog but the way it’s acting when it sees her is off. At the last possible second Rachel throws up a protective circle to keep the dog, who is actually the male vampire (since he was made to change to all fours with a spell) and is a ticking time bomb. Literally. He is coated with a spell that will kill the three vampires. It was not meant for Rachel since she wasn't supposed to be there.Rachel manages to salt the spell down and break it, saving their lives. After leaving the vampires, Rachel and Jenks set off to head back home before she has to get ready to go meet Trent. But as usual, things go wrong very fast. Ivy is hit by a car,laying in the street dying. There are vampires, all living of course, it is still daylight after all but they are there to make sure Ivy dies. Well that s*** just isn’t happening. Rachel is determined to get across the park to the leyline and get the hell out of danger’s way… she fights off vampires with her magic and manages to move Al’s line to her. She and Ivy escape to the everafter, only after telling Jinks to get Bis and meet them at the line for the church.Again, as things never go the way they are supposed to, as Rachel waits with a failing Ivy she panics. Ivy would ask her to kill her a second time and she just can’t do it. When Al shows up to see what happened to his line he attacks Rachel. (laughs) It was fitting and so expected. He is jealous of her, in my opinion. He failed where she has strived. Yes she picked Trent over him but he needs to man up and suck it up. I mean, jeez. Anyways, Al finally storms off after making Rachel a nervous wreck, then the surface demons make an appearance. They are brave to approach but all Rachel can do is set a circle to escape them until help comes.Bis, Trent, Nina and Jinks show up in the ever after and with a little effort, as they have to fight off surface demons something ‘odd’ happens. Nina, felix’s little scion of a sort, and Ivy’s lover is attacked by a surface demon… then the same demon protects her from others. The demon becomes… what’s the right word here…clingy, yeah that works. He keeps trying to get to Nina. At first they get the hell out and to Trent’s surgical ward. Ivy is rushed into surgery and they all wait. It takes rachel a little thinking as she talks with Trent to figure out why the surface demon went from angry, ripping at her throat to cowering and clingy. Surface demons are the souls the undead have lost. That explains a lot for me.. I mean I’d be pissed too if I was stuck in that hell all the time. So the surface demon had been Felix’s soul. He was in Nina and his soul recognised him.This one event set off a chain reaction that has them all scrambling to hold onto their knickers. Trent and Rachel have to find a way (a spell) to catch the soul and attach it to Felix. As it is now Cormel wants his soul. Or he thinks he does so they are going to keep coming after Ivy and Rachel until it’s done. Rachel was able to get Felix’s soul and after a very hard, strained time she was able to get Felix his soul… now things get edgy. Cormel starts to put more pressure on her to find a way to get them all their soul, even Felix committing sunicide (walking into the sun because he couldn’t handle the 2000 years of guilt and darkness his soul reminded him of) didn’t stop this.As with any of their ‘conquests’ they are forced into action when things are turned upside down and tossed at them like hot water on. They will have to work as a team. Trent, Rach, Jinks, Bis, hell even the demons get in on the action. Landon, an elf, who has had it out for Trent and Rachel for so long decides to tell the demons he can get their souls and rid them of the demons once and for all. Needlesstosay he manages to get the elves (the dewar) and the Clave alongside the witches council on his side, even though he is full of S***; they meet and decide to ‘break’ the lines. They will be cutting off all magic, sending the demons back to the ever-after to basically die. Landon thinks he knows what he is doing here but alas the little s*** doesn't have a clue.Rachel manages to rescue the demons from being pulled back to the ever-after to be killed. She hasn’t stopped Landon but in the end it is for the best. The Goddess and her mystics, who Rachel can't see or feel anymore but that have been in her this whole time come to a head. Things get bad, fast. Thanks to Newt Rachel is able to create a new ever-after, the demons help to make new ley lines. Rachel is upset and scared that they exchanged one hell for another but… they didn’t. The demons are able to come and go, day or night as they wish. People are broken and bruised but they all made it. The fight was over.The end of the book skips some in time. We go 27 years to the future, our little Ray (Quen & Ceri’s baby girl) is getting married to a Rosewood baby. A demon in plain words. Elf to Demon, least she followed after her dad (Trent) and Rachel. It’s a beautiful day, one to show love, support and how a family can grow together despite the odds against them. It’s Ray’s special day but it’s Trent who gives Rachel a gift that no one will ever be able to surpass… you’ll have to read to see what it is. I assure you you won’t see it coming, I didn’t.

I liked this book! This book is where the series originally ended and I may have looked at it a little differently if I read it thinking that it would really be the last book. Since I waited, I know that the series has continued and I will only be waiting a couple of weeks to read more instead of years. I did think that things were wrapped up well. I found this to be a very entertaining read.Rachel needs to figure out how to help the vampires keep their souls without wanting to walk into the sun. This is no easy feat but Trent, Jenks, Al, and the rest of the gang are there to help her out. I have really enjoyed watching this group of characters grow and change over the course of the series and I think that Trent is a good match for Rachel. The highlight of this for me was Al. I loved the part that he played in this story and I think that he has shown the most growth over the course of the series. This book had all of the action and excitement that I hoped for plus a whole lot of heart.Marguerite Gavin does a phenomenal job with this series. I love the various character voices that she uses which really helps to bring this story to life. I thought that she added a lot of emotion and excitement to her reading which increased my enjoyment of the story. I definitely feel like audio is the way to go with this series, at least for me.I would recommend this series to others. I had a great time watching this group of characters that I have grown to love over the years tackle another impossible situation. I cannot wait to read the next book in the series to see what happens next.

The Witch With No Name is everything I'd hoped it would be, and more. The final Hallows instalment has to be up there, not only as one of my favourite books from the series, but one of my favourite books of all time. It is fast paced, action packed, funny, scary, sad, and above all, incredibly well written. Kim does a fantastic job of tying up the loose ends from the series and giving all the characters an ending that they deserve, and that is one thing that stands out for me, not just in this book but throughout the whole series. Kim stays true to the character from beginning to end. Their motives might change, and their lives might take turns that you're not expecting- but there is always a REASON behind every choice that is made. It all feeds not only into the plot, but into character development. I think that is one of the things that has drawn me to this series, you see each character grow, and learn from each choice they make, for better or for worse, they always get something out of it. Nothing is frivolous or there for the sake of it. That is partly why I love this series so much. The character development is the central focus, added to that a fantastic plot, original setting and an incredibly intricate and detailed world- this makes the Hallows, for me, my all time favourite series.If you've followed along with the series until now, I urge you to pick up this last book. If you haven't, I'd recommend the first in this series (Dead Witch Walking) to anyone.Just incredible.

5 freaking amazing stars!!This was a fantastic conclusion to a long loved series.When I read the first book 8 years ago, I had no idea it would end anything like this. The characters have come so far and the world is forever changed.I'm so happy with the way this book ended. All the loose ends were tied, character arcs completed and Rachel finally gets her well deserved happy ending. There's been a lot of heartache in these books but I'm truly happy with the way things turned out.It has been a fantastic ride and The Hollows is one of my all time favourite series. I'll definitely re-read these again and again.

Love this book series and I'm so sad that it's ended. Throughout the series we've followed the characters ups and downs, their mistakes and their successes. Kim Harrison has written them with faults and insecurities making them seem more and more real and their friendships and romances all the more heartwarming and heartbreaking. This book is no different. Rachel struggles to have faith in her relationship with Trent battling her own insecurities through the book while fighting real battles against those threatening to overthrow the peace that she has worked so hard in the previous books to build. Ivy and Nina struggle to make their relationship work against all odds as Ivy fights for the happiness she has been wanting all along. Rachel's power has grown hugely since the first book and she needs every bit of it to get her through the events of this one but she needs the support of all of her friends to do it.I would recommend this series to anyone. One of my favourites.

Knowing it was the last book was a double edged sword; I wanted to race through it, lapping up every twist and turn, every new idea and I wanted to take it slowly, to savour every last word of it, for it to never end, so there would be something more to look forward to, of the world and characters I'd come to know so well. Taking the whole work en masse, I can find little to criticise, in fact I have already started to re-read it from the beginning, as I wanted to see if the strength of the characters and the world I'd grown to love held up from the start. As I said, I can find little to criticise in the whole thing, the plots sing along nicely, building to a climax at the end of each book. The only thing I would change if I could, would be the demise of Kisten. I liked and missed his character and even if it had been necessary for Rachel not to end up with him, I would have liked his spiky personality around a bit longer. Nevertheless, a brilliant set of books. Thank you Ms Harrison for sharing them with us.

This is the last book in the series. It follows what happens in the aftermath of the previous books, where elves tried to establish ascendancy over other supernatural beings, only to be stopped by Rachel Morgan, who channelled a goddess to save the day.In this book, the elves are up to something, again (this time trying to tie vampires back to their souls as part of their plan), to establish their predominance amongst "fantasy folk."It wasn't a bad read, it's just when a series comes to its' end, it can feel... necessary, and that's how it feels with this series now.If I were to make suggestion, start with the first book in the series. The subsequent books will make more sense that way.