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Pale Demon (The Hollows/Rachel Morgan #9) Kim Harrison Published: Feb. 22, 2011 (Eos) Purchase at: Book Depository or Amazon Rating (out of 5): 5 stars Note: This review is spoiler-free (yay), but does may give away events from earlier novels. If you haven’t started The Hollows series, you can check out our review of Dead Witch Walking, the first novel. Things were already tense for Rachel Morgan at the... 
Kim Harrison has a knack for giving us memorable, quirky characters. Remember the first time you learned about pixy swearing in Dead Witch Walking? The woman takes character development to another level in the ninth Rachel Morgan/The Hollows book, Pale Demon, where we’ll get to see tension build as they’re all crammed in Rachel’s mom’s Buick. Yes, it’s the Great American Roadtrip….with a witch, a vampire,... 
When I read Carrie Jone’s Need, I loved the sweet YA romance. I liked her take on pixies. The second book, Captivate, didn’t leave me as satisfied, but Entice (Need #3) looks like it will prove to be dramalicious. I like the idea of Zara being with the pixie king (rooting for the bad guy on this one), and am curious to see where things lead. Will she fall for him at least for a bit? (Please?) Entice will...
