The run was full of action and adventure and was classic Rachel fun. She and Jenks travel to northern Michigan to find Jax and Nick and land in a heap of trouble with some were packs. She has to defend her alpha status as part of David’s pack, wrestle with her conscious over the means she uses to obtain a desired end and, oh yes… rescue Jenks’ son Jax and her ex-boyfriend, Nick.

Rachel was bad-assery incarnate in this book with her newfound skills at cooking up ‘charms’. Every situation was a new experience for him and he went from not liking being big to stating near the end of the book that “Being big is good!” Really, really loved it! With that side plot alone, Harrison explored a wealth of ‘new’ material as Jenks learned to navigate this unfamiliar, smaller world. Suddenly, more than Rachel’s soul is at stake.īe prepared for those aforementioned spoilers!ĭespite enjoying much about this book, there were parts of it that I really didn’t care for. For the pack is gathering for the first time in millennia to ravage and to rule. And there are those who covet what Nick possesses – savage beasts willing to destroy the Hollows and everyone in it if necessary.įorced to keep a low profile or eternally suffer the wrath of a vengeful demon, Rachel must nevertheless act quickly. Now a mortal lover who abandoned Rachel has returned, haunted by his secret past. Her new reputation for the dark arts is turning human and undead heads alike with the intent to possess, bed, and kill her – not necessarily in that order. The evil night things that prowl Cincinnati despise witch and bounty-hunter Rachel Morgan.

As mentioned in previous posts, beware of spoilers if you haven’t read this book/series. In my ongoing re-read of Kim Harrison’s Hollows series, I’ve just finished book #4, A Fistful of Charms.

A fistful of charms hardcover