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Review of Dead Witch Walking
The underground population of witches, vampires, werewolvesâcreatures of dreams and nightmaresâhas lived beside humans for centuries, hiding their powers. But after a genetically engineered virus wipes out a large part of humanity, many of the "Inderlanders" reveal themselves, changing everything.
Rachel Morgan, witch and bounty hunter with the Inderland Runner Services, is one of the best at apprehending supernatural lawbreakers throughout Cincinnati, but when it comes to following the rules, she falls desperately short. Determined to buck the system, she quits and takes off on the run with an I.S. contract on her head and is reluctantly forced to team up with Ivy, Inderland's best runner . . . and a living vampire. But this witch is way out of her league, and to clear her name, Rachel must evade shape-changing assassins, outwit a powerful businessman/crime lord, and survive a vicious underground fight-to-the-death . . . not to mention her own roommate.
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- Posted on 2008-07-04
in this book, legends are true
Like it was real...Detailed world and plot. You actually grow to care about the characters, the heroine is even respectable.And there are so many species in it. I recommend it!
Score: 5
- Posted on 2008-07-02
I'd like you to meet Rachel Morgan
I have to say that this book wasn't what I expected....at all. Which in many cases could be a bad thing, but with regards to "Dead Witch Walking" it is a good thing. This book is the first in Rachel Morgan saga. Oh by the way, Rachel is a witch, but a good witch. Not as good as Glenda from the Wizard of Oz, but good nevertheless. I have heard from others as well as the description on the back of this book that Rachel Morgan is a good mixture of Stephanie Plum and Anita Blake. I haven't read any of the Stephanie Plums novels, yet my mother and girlfriend have. From their descriptions of Stephanie Plum, I don't see any parallels. As for Anita Blake I haven't read anything about the character, nor do I know someone who has, so I can't comment.
As for the plot it is simple and complex, simple where the plot is pretty straight forward and complex where the reader will have to adapt to all new terminology and history in order to understand this novel. I would say I experienced the same thing when I started reading Glen Cook's saga of "The Black Company".
The story takes place in the near future and due to "tainted" tomatoes half of the human race was wiped out (I am paraphrasing a bit). Once this pseudo-genocide happened, it was revealed that Vampires, Werewolves, Witches, Pixies and etc. lived among the human race for generations. The event was known as "The Turn" (see what I mean about terminology?) and now humans and "interlanders" (terminology) are now living side by side in society. Rachel is a runner (bounty hunter) and wants out of agency that she is working for. She steps on the wrong toes and ends up with a bounty on her head. There is a lot more to it, but again I am not going to re-tell the entire story, besides I am sure you would like the book itself much more than my rendition of it.
As I formerly noted, this book wasn't what I expected and I will explain why. I was under the assumption that Rachel Morgan was going to be bounty hunting in this book, since she is a bounty hunter. However, she spends the majority of the book avoiding a price on her head, hence the title "Dead Witch Walking". This didn't take anything away from the quality of the story or Kim Harrison's writing, it just took me for a loop.
Rachel Morgan is a very likeable character as is her partner/roommate Ivy Tamwood, who by the way is a living vampire and her sidekick Jenks who is an urbane pixy. I will not give anything away from the story, but I will say I was happy this book wasn't saturated with unneeded romance and/or sex. Don't get me wrong the former and latter are great, but sometimes not required or seemed oddly placed in many novels. This isn't the case in "Dead Witch Walking".
I liked this book so much that I have already purchased the second and third book in the series. I am eager to see what happens next to Ms. Morgan.
Score: 4
- Posted on 2008-06-23
Great series!
A little confusing for the first third of this book. You are dumped into the storyline without any idea what's going on (unless you've read the reviews here). But by the time your a third into the book, you'll really enjoy it.
I've read all but the last 2 Anita Blake books. I should have stopped at Incubus Dreams. I won't read any further in that series.
This series has what the the later Anita Blake books lack. From the first book to the sixth, the story and characters keep growing. Characters come and some go... some even die. I'm still sad about the loss of one, but without that loss, the story would be over.
Score: 5 - Posted on 2008-06-23
The Witch Detective with the Hot Vampire Partner.
I am a big vampire fan. I read tham all and go to Darkness.com to talk to others. I go to coffee houses and talk to folks. I talk to vamp fans all over and have not found anyone who can list an author over this one for monster everyday life and action.
Score: 5 - Posted on 2008-06-19
1st book of this sort
I usually don't go for the whole dark type of book but my cousin recommended it and actually sent me a copy so I felt I had to read it. It was a little wordy in the very beginning but it quickly turned into one of those books you just can't put down! It's really captivating and keeps you wondering.
Score: 5