OK, I know that this series is not Plato, Dumas, or Tolstoy, but if you can set that aside I would say this is one of the best series I have read in a long time. First off, I love series fiction. Everyone I know blabs at me that series fiction is some sort of lower class art form, but I don’t care. I love getting to know a character and seeing where the road goes. I’m sad when a series is finished for good.
Now that doesn’t mean all series fiction novels are worth it. They’re not. There are plenty of authors who get a “novel” idea for a novel and write it. It’s great, but they keep going and quickly run out of steam. Then they continue writing the same novel idea over and over and over. Yikes!
Well, that is exactly why I highly recommend this Kim Harrison series. It moves and grows and flows constantly. The tides shift, massively unexpected things happen, and you just fall in love with the world and the characters.
A little background… Rachel Morgan is a witch. Yes, these are fantasy books. There are vampires, werewolves, fairies, pixies, elves, demons – you name it, it’s here. It definitely takes reading the first book, Dead Witch Walking, to get used to this world. These species and characters are living in a world completely different, with different rules, than most of the fantasy I’ve encountered. Once you turn that last page of the first book, I’m certain you’ll be hooked.
I give the first book, Dead Witch Walking, 4 stars. But I give the whole series 5 stars and cannot wait for the next one, due in Feb 2011.
- 1 – hated it – not even worth the dead trees
- 2 – got through it, but wouldn’t keep it in my library
- 3 – really enjoyed it, was entertained, and would read more by this author
- 4 – loved this book, need to keep it on the bookshelves and recommend to a friend
- 5 – this blew my socks off and rocked my world
