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Rachel wants to join the Interland Security IS as she doesn't think she is cut out to live a normal life flipping burgers or working in a shop—she's tried both and they didn't impress her one bit, so she sees the IS as a way out, but her mother and brother see a different kind of future for her where she can become more than just a woman out catching felons for a living.

Her brother can't understand why Rachel wants to be so active with martial arts instead of being a top notch witch in her field, but her mother does. This story gives the reader a good idea of what kind of girl Rachel is in the face of danger.

She feels weak and strives to become strong, and it is this that defines the character. We get a little peek in this short story. Ivy has been a Homicide Investigator at the I. She is living with Kisten and they are in a relationship. This is before her blood-fast… she is still giving and taking blood. But she is very confused about what it means to her. She tries not to equate a blood exchange with anything emotionally meaningful, unless it involves sexual intimacy. And her boss, Art , wants both from her.

It shows us the events that lead to Ivy abstaining from blood and gives us a better insight into her struggle with what her vampiric needs mean for her. And it introduces Art. In Harrison's work her vampires are split into two types, living and undead. It is an original take on the myth, and one that works well in this story.

There are ones like Ivy who are born with the vampire virus embedded into their genome, so she has the vampire strengths and none of the hatred of sunlight, crosses or garlic etc. This is more of a vampire evolution tale than the canon idea of vampires from Bram Stoker's Dracula. She was the one who helped Ivy realize should could change her life.

She gave it to Mia. The banshee has since gone on to marry and have a banshee baby named Holly. And now, she is having an affair with a human named Tom. She is soaking up his love like a sponge, but in the process she is killing him. Can her wish give her the lasting relationship no banshee has ever been able to maintain?

She is thinking about her life, her husband, her lovely daughter and her past with Remus who certainly picked on the wrong woman with her. Mia takes power from others, and has to be careful how she does it, as it is a delicate balancing act of taking power and keeping that person alive. She bathes in their mixed emotions, drinking them in, and making herself feel better again.

Her relationship with Tom isn't as easy for when they meet; she drains him of his life-force, making him weak and worse still, very ill. He loves her, even though she can't forgive herself. She wants to leave him alone so he can live, as other men have died from being too long in her presence, but she knows she needs him just as much as he needs her.

But she's never faced off against her own kind. Denounced and shunned for dealing with demons and black magic, her best hope is life imprisonment--at worst, a forced lobotomy and genetic slavery. Only her enemies are strong enough to help her win her freedom, but trust comes hard when it hinges on the unscrupulous tycoon Trent Kalamack, the demon Algaliarept, and an ex-boyfriend turned thief. I waited for this book for a year. In book 7, Rachel found herself shunned by the Witch community and ex-communicated because of her demon dabbling.

Rachel was at an all-time low, and I was eager to find out how she would deal with this new catastrophe. My first big complaint has to do with the introduction of yet another male love interest for Rachel, in the form of ghost Pierce. I really liked that short story, and admittedly Pierce and Rachel had quite a bit of sparkage in just that little anthology. Pierce was silent until he stopped right before me, his face showing an unreadable emotion.

No matter what your choices lead you to, you will remain such. But I refuse to get invested in his character. Her series has amazing scope; they are truly epic and grand-scale. And now, New York Times bestselling author Kim Harrison ventures into these mysterious, hidden lands of magic and mystery in her first short-story collection.

Into the Woods also contains all of the previously published Hollows short stories — together in one volume for the very first time. You will do anything for her, anything at all, and she will know it and love you back. I really love when authors do this. First we have The Bespelled which was one of my favorites! It was interesting to see him in the bargaining position and his thought processes as he gets Ceri to break her circle.

Next was Two Ghosts for Sister Rachel. This was originally published in Holidays Are Hell and I had read this before. This was around the time that Rachel was 18 and getting ready to apply to the I. Her first real run to tag a vampire and save a child. Even back then she was able show her bravery and cunningness instead of having to rely on brute force.

You can also see that she really fell for Pierce in the short time they spent together. We also get to find out what makes Ivy give her wish to Mia the banshee.

Not that anything bad actually happens but she does make reference to the fact that witch magic is so strong that they could really make trouble as a species if they put their minds to it. Rachel would never understand there was only one way to save her life and keep her out of the ever-after. But what did it matter, really? She didn't have to like him.

He didn't like the decisions he made, either. Just how much was he going to be asked to sacrifice for his people?

His morals? His integrity? To see more, go to i Sneak Peek.



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