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| The Outlaw Demon Wails |  | Author: Kim Harrison
Publisher: Eos
Category: Book
Buy New: $7.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  105 reviews
Sales Rank: 83823
Media: Mass Market Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 544
Dimensions (in): 6.8 x 4.2 x 1.1
ISBN: 0061149829
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780061149825
ASIN: 0061149829
Publication Date: December 1, 2008 (In 103 Days)
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 Lots Of Twists And Turns August 20, 2008
Harrison always keeps the story moving along with tons of action. This book lets us see a bit father into the hearts of the characters. I didn't really see those parts of the book as "slow moving", but rather a necessary part of the plot. I'm looking forward to the next book in the series. Here's hoping that Rachel, Ivy and Jenks do some serious damage to the undead vampire responsible for killing Kisten.
The best yet in this series August 15, 2008
This book culminates in the many threads running through the Hollows series. The characters are darker, the events harsher, and the risks higher than they've been to date.
And without spoiling it, the plot takes a turn that was not expected.
There's action, romance, adventure, characters worth reading about...and the sex stops just where it needs to, without describing post-A and slot-B mechanics. The touch of erotica, and I mean touch, lends depth to the vampire characters.
 Hm... August 10, 2008
~ WARNING, POSSIBLE SPOILERS! ~
I have been a huge fan of this series since its very beginning. I find Rachel a believable character with flaws, weaknesses and strengths, who captures the reader in a way no other character ever could. But I have to say I was slightly disappointed in this installment in the series. I was really cheering for Ivy and Rachel to get together. It would have been nice to have a lesbian couple in an urban fantasy series of this caliber, for people such as myself. But as much as I like Kim, obviously she couldn't get over her own prejudices over such matters. After all, the main character in a book is more or less a mirror of the author, no? And the whole excuse why Rachel could not continue to try with Ivy seemed a bit rushed through, unreal, and all in all patched together from out of nothing. At least to me. Too bad, the relationship really had potential.
That aside, the rest of the book is excellent. The story had me turning the pages faster than I've ever done before. And I really, really enjoyed the ending. Wonder where that will lead?
I give the book as a whole 5 stars, but the Rachel/Ivy resolution 1 star. So overall, 3 stars. And I am sad to say that this is no longer my favorite series. It's just that the intensity of Rachel/Ivy's relationship was what I liked most about these books, and now... Well, the situation is more or less resolved, and not in the way I was hoping for. I'm still going to buy the next book, and am pretty sure that I will enjoy it immensely, just not as much as I would have had Rachel ended up with Ivy.
 I dislike the new narrator!!! August 9, 2008
I enjoyed Kim Harrison books when they first came out. I was looking for more romance, but the story line was great so I bypassed that. I then fell in love with the books when I started to listen to them on my mp3 player. The old narrator, Marguerite Gavin, did such a great job of bringing Rachel to life. I felt more like I knew all of the characters completely and I was just a bystander in their life.
With this latest book, the narrator has changed. Her name is Gigi Birmingham. I HATE HOW SHE READS RACHEL!!!! The first 10-15 minutes into the audiobook I noticed that Gigi reads rachel like she is a 16 or 17 year old. It doesn't help that the first scene is rachel with her mother, that just increased "rachels" (gigi's) childlike behavior and manner of speaking. Also, Gigi makes Jenks voice really high pitch. It doesn't sound right. PLUS, SHE MISPRONOUNCES WORDS. Having listened to the first 5 books read by Marguerite Gavin, I may have become accustomed to the mispronouced words. Hearing Gigi pronouce them differently, DRIVES ME UP THE WALL. She can't even say the word adult right, she completely butchers Piscary's and Takata's names. I may just be used to the way that margeurite said them, but there should be some fluidity between the 6 books, and pronounciation should be fluid between them all. I am totally disheartened at how this new narrator just does not get Rachel and has totally portrayed her incorrectly. I will not purchase the next audiobook if Gigi reads it again. The narrator makes or breaks a book, Gigi mutilated this one. I think I am going to stop listening to the audio and read the book instead, maybe I will enjoy the book better.
Outlaw Demon Wails Great July 31, 2008
Kim Harrison has done it again with a well developed story that keeps you turning pages for more. All the favorite characters are back with new twists and story developments. I can't wait for the next one!
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