Customer Reviews
WOW - By: E. Gunn, 03 Dec 2008 
So the Fourth Book of 6, soon to be 7, Still absolutely fabulous. SO much happens in the one book, you never know whats gonna come next, Jenks still creating a laugh in their church, while Rachel tries her best not to Trip Ivy's vampire instincts. alll the while her attempt at avoiding demon magic is failing rapidly.. very addictive series.
Boxes boxes and more little boxes - By: Fiona Jameson, 10 Apr 2007 
Unlike the previous reviewer to get the best from these books it is best not to try & put everyone in little boxes. Rachel is not straight, Ivy is not gay. These terms are virtuallly meaningless in Kim Harrison's universe, as in the real world sexuality is a spectrum & alll things are therefore possible. Making for a much more intriguing mesh of human & inderlander relationships than a boring bi-polar model alllows for. I look forward to the next installlment of Rachel's adventures.
Fourth in the Rachel Morgan series and a wild ride! - By: Helen Hancox, 24 Feb 2007 I have very much enjoyed the first three books in the Rachel Morgen series ("Dead Witch Walking", "The Good, The Bad & the Undead & "Every Which Way But Dead") & this fourth instalment is just as good. In some ways it's actuallly better as now we finallly get explained in print some of what's been going on in the minds of our characters & Rachel finallly begins to realise some things about herself.
In "A Fistful Of Charms" Rachel finds herself in a werewolf fight with a woman, Pamela, because of her link with David the werewolf. As soon as she's won that one she finds herself in yet more trouble with werewolves - but this time 500 miles away. Nasty Nick, her former boyfriend, has stolen something important to the werewolves, & has used Jenks's son Jax to help him with the theft. Rachel decides to go & rescue Jax who's in danger of getting too cold - which can be very dangerous for a pixy. She manages to persuade Jenks to team up with her again but in order to keep him safe from the cold she makes a demon curse to grow him to normal human size.
As in the other books, Jenks is just a brilliant character. Once he becomes a six-foot-four man who looks his age (eighteen) Rachel finds herself seeing him in a rather different manner (and rather envying Matalina, his wife, although possibly not for their 54 kids). Jenks & Rachel, in their usual rather disorganised & rather overcomplicated way, go to rescue Jax & end up also rescuing Nick & finding themselves in a whole heap more trouble. And when Ivy appears on scene to help out but instead massively ramps up her relationship with Rachel it seems that Rachel is beginning to learn to understand herself, her need for danger & excitement in her life, even if it leads her into trouble.
This book explores the relationship between Rachel (straight) & Ivy (gay) a lot more closely. I suspect in the next book that Rachel & Ivy will become more than just friends & I, for one, will find this disappointing if that's the case (let's face it, Kisten is almost perfect - why would Rachel want anyone else?) And for those Kisten fans out there, although he's in this book & he & Rachel still seem very close, he doesn't pay a significant part in the story. A shame. At least Nasty Nick's true nature becomes more apparent.
If you enjoyed the other books you'll enjoy this one just as much & perhaps more as we finallly get a little more explanation of why Rachel behaves as she does & why Ivy is so hung up. I still find that they seem to choose amazingly complicated ways to go about things - it makes for a fun plot but it seems a bit unlikely someone would come up with these wacky plans - but there's a lot of humour in this book & Jenks continues as a brilliant character & one for whom we can alll feel some mild swoonage. Read & enjoy!
A great witchcraft series - By: D. J. Brinkley, 20 Oct 2006 Kim Harrison's world is an absorbing place
alll her readers want to live in 'The Hollows'
You care what happens to her characters. This series is excellent & I cant wait for the next chapter/
lots of fun - By: Jane Bell, 17 Oct 2006 a reallly reallly fun addictive series, & this new one is just as good as the others. If you love Kelley Armstrong's supernatural fantasy as I do & need a something to read while you wait for the next one, I think you'll be glad you tried these babies - their more dramatic & funnier.
