333 reviews

Format: Kindle Book
Media: Kindle Edition
Pages: 432
Number Of Items: 1

Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
ASIN: B000UMVN0O

Publication Date: April 27, 2004

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Product Description

All the creatures of the night gather in "the Hollows" of Cincinnati, to hide, to prowl, to party ... and to feed.

Vampires rule the darkness in a predator-eat-predator world rife with dangers beyond imagining -- and it's Rachel Morgan'sjob to keep that world civilized.

A bounty hunter and witch with serious sex appeal and an attitude, she'll bring 'em back alive, dead ... or undead.

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Twilight fans may like this, but it wasn't deep enough for me. July 27, 2010
Dave
I got this for free from one of the Free Fridays e-book offers B&N is doing on their e-reader / nook blog, so I'll try to be nice.

Overall, I was sort of underwhelmed by this novel. I'm not much into the whole supernatural realism / urban fantasy trend that has been growing, but this book didn't manage to turn me off immediately, so I guess that's a positive. The characters were introduced pretty well and the back-story of the alternate history was filled in piecemeal in the earlier chapters, though it was a bit shallow in the details and it felt like only a partial recap. Overall the story was well planned out, however many of the plot threads were left unresolved at the conclusion in an obvious attempt for a continuing series. Some of there characters were only sparingly described as I suppose they would be featured more prominently in later novels, but as this was the first book in the series, I was left disappointed with what I got. Between the less than impressive writing style and the plot that did not manage to keep me hooked, I won't be reading any more of the series (unless they pop up for free, but even then it still wouldn't cause to drop whatever book I'd be in the middle of at the time).

I gave it a 3/5 since it was free and I actually read the entire book, but if I had to base my decision on the sample chapters, I wouldn't have bought it. It had a lot of potential that just wasn't filled.

5 out of 5 stars

Great series! July 16, 2010
April Polo (Miami, FL)
I was an avid reader up until I had my first child, but the demands of motherhood slowed me down. I began many books, however, I found myself less than enthralled and couldn't will myself to finish them. I got back on the so-called saddle once I picked up Twilight. My love of reading was rekindled and I have been devouring every book that piques my interest since, especially now that I have a Kindle. I was feeling a loss at the end of the Twilight saga and I was itching for a supernatural story that was exciting, fun, sexy, and full of witty characters. I found that in The Hollows, I absolutely LOVE Kim Harrison's style. Don't listen to the critics, these books are fantastic.

5 out of 5 stars

Great read and great series June 16, 2010
Melinda A. Tripp (Carbondale, IL)
After reading the first Twilight book, I didn't think vampire, witch, "otherworld" books were for me but Kim Harrison proved me wrong. She develops the characters so fully, I felt they were real. I honestly missed them when the book was finished. I read the whole series and can't wait for more.

3 out of 5 stars

Bland and uninspiring June 16, 2010
Alexicon (San Francisco, CA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful

As a fan of urban fantasy with sassy/snarky protagonists, this book was very disappointing. The created world did not seem very original or even believable (tomatoes? really?). The plot plodded along with a bland main character in very predictable ways. As a fan of the Dresden Files, early Anita Blake, and the Cal Leandros series, I found this book sorely lacking.

2 out of 5 stars

Should I give it the sixth chance? June 5, 2010
Vadims Bikovskis (Reseda, CA United States)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful

I started reading this book five times. I really tried. The characters were ok, but the amount of fantasy world explaining that the author has to do to introduce you into this world makes reading laborious and not really fun. After the fifth time I decided that I don't really have to struggle. I just want a fun fantasy read. Maybe if this book was in a movie form and some artists already put all the explanation into the visual, then I could get the story and not be stuck in trying to get the details. I read some review that said that the first chapter is too slow. Maybe I should give it a sixth chance? Start from the second chapter? I don't know. Meanwhile I am looking into the option of deleting it off my Kindle entirely.

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