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    The Good, The Bad, and The Undead

    Written by Kim Harrison

    Narrated by Marguerite Gavin

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    About this audiobook

    From New York Times best-selling author, Kim Harrison, comes the second book in her brilliant Hollows series; packed with the perfect balance of wry humour and thrilling action, which will delight fans of thrillers and fantasy alike.

    During the last few months, former bounty-hunter Rachel Morgan has been rather busy.

    Having escaped relatively unscathed from her corrupt former employers, she's not only acquired a vampiric room-mate called Ivy, faced werewolf assassins and battled shape-shifting demons, but has also found the time to pick up a boyfriend (even if he is only human) and open her very own runner agency.

    But cohabiting with a vampire, however reformed, has its dangers. Ivy's evil vampire ex-boyfriend has decided that he wants her back, and views Rachel as a tasty side-dish. To make matters worse, Rachel's demon mark is the ultimate vamp-aphrodisiac; one that works both ways.

    The stakes are high, and if Rachel is to save herself and her room mate she must challenge the master vampire and confront the dark secrets she's kept hidden even from herself.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateJul 19, 2012
    ISBN9780007493883
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    The Good, The Bad, and The Undead
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    Kim Harrison

    Kim Harrison is best known as the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Hollows series, but she has written more than urban fantasy and has published more than two dozen books, spanning the gamut from young adult, accelerated-science thriller, and several anthologies and has scripted two original graphic novels set in the Hollows universe. She has also published traditional fantasy under the name Dawn Cook. Kim is currently working on a new Hollows book between other, nonrelated, urban fantasy projects.

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    • 4/5
      In this book (second in the series), Rachel (main character) again comes into contact with a Mr. Trent Kalamack (a.k.a the bad guy), as she tries to solve the murders of several witches in her city of Cincinnati . There are Master Vampires, demons, and all the other fun fantasy types of “monsters” involved. There’s even a troll. In short I think this whole series, so far. The use of a witch as the lead character is a kind of relief from all the other books of this genre. She’s flawed and more human then many other heroines I’ve read before, which in turn makes her more interesting to read. I enjoy the fact that the author doesn’t just stay with one or two types of mythical creatures but broadens it out to cover what I believe a more realistic view of this situation. I mean if all the creatures we always viewed as myths suddenly become a reality, it wouldn’t be just vampires or just were-animals now would it? Well either I don’t think so. The demon in this book sounds like he’d be a lot of fun to hangout with. All the sarcasm between all the characters makes it a fun and easy read. The only problem that I had with this book is the sexual content. Don’t get me wrong I love a good sex scene but it seems like these books might be slipping into the same thing that turned me away from the Anita Blake books. You’ll read the first couple books and think right on these are awesome but then down the road they turn more into romance novels where every other 10 pages you come across another detailed sex scene where you learn yet another synonym for the male genitalia. I can’t stand romance novels and I feel they are a stain on all types of literature everywhere. Anyways I hope I am wrong and this series stays to the main point of all the mischief Rachel gets herself into and out of. So far this series remains in a my good read category.
    • 4/5
      High paced fun. The motif is continuing with the Clint Eastwood titles... but I'm not seeing them as the movies quite.Mysteries resolved, new things opened, but things carrying on sufficiently enclosed it would probably read OK on it's own. The core story is certainly good enough to be read alone even if the person reading it for the first time wonders a bit about the references to being a mink and so forth.
    • 5/5
      This book was great! The characters remain engaging, the plots moves quickly and very well, and the ending satisfies :)
    • 3/5
      This novel held together much better than the first one. I still am at a loss as to why Rachel was convinced that Trent was a bad guy, and I don't understand why she would have such a grudge against him in the face of much worse bad guys. Her intuition is cute and all, but she goes off half cocked a lot on crusades that she seems to pull out of thin air. As I say, this tendency was mitigated in "The Good The Bad and The Undead."

      The story line was much more cohesive, and wrapped up some questions from the first novel while leaving some interesting problems for the future.
    • 4/5
      This review first appeared on A Weebish Book Blog.Rachel Morgan may have dodged a bullet when she beat a death threat three months ago, but her life is far from stable. There’s a serial killer loose in Cincinnati targeting witches and Rachel has volunteered as bait. Her old boss continues to make her life unbearable, the FIB refuse to investigate Trent Kalamack ‘s involvement in the murders, and her relationship with Nick has hit a rough patch.Rachel and Jenks continue to captivate as their plans continue to go awry in the most unfortunate yet humorous ways possible. Jenks and his family have become favorite secondary characters of mine. He’s such a snarky, mischievous pixie and I can’t get enough of him! They’ve also become quite important to Ivy and Rachel now that they’ve settles into their church’s garden. The two learn very quickly that pixies take home security to a whole ‘nother level. Which comes in handy when a certain troublemaking heroine is almost getting murdered every other day.Ivy, however, is not adjusting well to living with Rachel. She continues to struggle with self-hatred and our heroine is learning all to well that rooming with a vampire who hates being a vampire is not the safest way to live. I guess it’s a good thing for Ivy that she picked a stubborn adrenaline junkie to become pals with.Ever since his appearance in DEAD WITCH WALKING, I’ve had doubts that Nick would make a good boyfriend for Rachel. Those suspicions were confirmed when certain truths about his “hobbies” came to light. Things have irrevocably changed between Rachel and Nick and I don’t see their relationship lasting very long.THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UNDEAD left me anxious for more Rachel Morgan adventures as Harrison answered many unexplained questions from the first novel, and raised even more by the end of this one. The Hollows has quickly become a fast favorite and I encourage urban fantasy fans to add it to their TBR’s as well..
    • 4/5
      I was just as pleased with this book as I was the last. Rachael really makes a great main character, and the supporting cast and various villains and tasks she has to complete complement her nicely. I flew through this in a matter of hours, and I was amazed how well pretty much everything picked up and continued from the last book... I'm more used to things stopping and starting over, I guess. This book ends with less questions too, which I also liked, though the ending made me feel a little worse than last time, and I found myself wishing against several things that had happened. Nothing will stop me from continuing the series though, and I'm looking forward to picking up the next book.
    • 4/5
      The continuing adventures of independent runner Rachel Morgan. In this adventure, Rachel must find who’s killing all the Ley line witches in Cincinatti. Fun book, reminiscent of early Laurell K. Hamilton.
    • 3/5
      I'm really digging this series. It's fun and fast paced. Rachel is an endearing heronie. I enjoy the worldbuilding and Rachel's relationships with Ivy, Nick, Trent, etc. are complex which makes the story seem even more real.

      I'm glad the series is complete so I don't have to wait a year for my next visit to the Hollows!
    • 5/5
      Interesting as usual. Rachel is getting just a tad bit evil here ^-^Don't worry, she still rocks.
    • 5/5
      This was such a fun audiobook! Years ago, I read the first several books in this series but never went any further for some reason. I meant to but I guess I got distracted by other shiny books or something. Since I knew I need a refresher before moving on with the series, I thought that a re-read would be a perfect choice. I am almost positive that I liked it even better this time around.This book starts with a bang. Rachel and Jenks are in the middle of a run....and things don't go as smoothly as they would have hoped. One thing leads to another and before you know it Rachel is in the middle of a much bigger case and has a new human sidekick to go with the gig. This book really has a lot packed into it with a pretty compelling mystery at the heart of the story. There are a lot of side plots that also keep the story moving.I love the characters. Rachel is just all kinds of awesome. I like she handles herself in really difficult situations. She keeps an even head and can think about things from different points of view. She also tries hard to do what is right. Jenks is nearly perfect. He is tough and always seems to add a lot to every scene he is a part of. Ivy is still a bit of a mystery but I like the tension she adds to story.Marguerite Gavin is the perfect choice for narrator with this series. She is somehow able to capture each of the different characters in this book flawlessly. Each character's voice was unique and fit their personality. I was able to stay completely focused on the story and had a hard time setting it aside to do anything else. I think that her narration really made the story come alive.I would highly recommend this series to fans of urban fiction. I do think that this is a series that really should be read in order since some of the story builds on previous books. I can't wait to move on to the next book in the series.
    • 5/5
      Man oh man, I like this series. I really hated for this one to end! I like Rachel, even if she tends to be bull-headed and downright stupid sometimes. I can relate to some of her indecision and refusal to see what’s right in front of her. The supporting cast of Ivy, Jenks, Nick, and even Trent Kalamack are back in this one, and this is one of the only series I’ve read lately that really has a continuing storyline through the books. There’s a lot of danger and mayhem, and a little more sex in this one than in the last. I can’t wait to see what’s in store for Rachel in the next books. The return of Detective Glenn, perhaps? This may not be high quality literature, but it’s fast and furious and fun, and a lot of the time that’s all I need.
    • 4/5
      Pretty good book by Kim Harrison. I like this one more than the first book and will start the third book in the series right away!
    • 5/5
      This is the second book in the series about Rachel Morgan, ex-IS runner, white witch and now paranormal investigator. The first book was a solid enough read, introducing the reason behind humans and Inderlanders and the characters which inhabit the Hollows, while being nothing spectacular. This book ramps up the action, suspense, excitement, eroticism, terror - it is a whirlwind of a story that doesn't let you breathe until the last page has been turned.Here Rachel is experiencing trouble meeting her rent payments and suffering from a lack of cases that would provide her income. So she ends up taking on a case through the FIB through necessity - someone is killing leyline witches in a gruesome manner and the FIB want to know who. Rachel finds it easy enough to accept the case, since it seems as though she'll also be able to return to her investigation of Trent Kalamack, a mysterious figure who managed to evade being taken in by the FIB in the first book of the series.In the course of her investigation Rachel manages to gain a familiar, find out Kalamack's heritage, come to the attention of the master vampire Piscary, take Nick to meet her mother and meet again the demon she dubs Big Al. There are a number of twists in this book that kept me guessing, and I was glad to see the characters gain more and more dimensions.I particularly love the little details that help to flesh out the world of the Hollows - everything from the fact that Jenks the pixy wears red if he is travelling across the territories of other pixies and fairies to show his harmless intentions; to the fact that humans have an innate distrust of tomatoes since they carried the Angel virus that caused a quarter of humanity to die out. Harrison has also created a menacing otherworld in the form of the ever-after, which lends power to leylines and happens to be where demons roam - I enjoy the way she turns fairytales on their head by showing that rather than finish 'and they lived happily every after', they actually finish 'and they lived in the ever-after'.As well as the excitement, the violence is ramped up in this book - and some of it is not for queasy stomachs. The descriptions of the witch deaths and Ivy's nasty experience left me with raised eyebrows.All in all, Harrison has produced a book that is heavy on the entertainment and light on any of the issues I had with the first book. The characters are intriguing, especially Al the demon and Trent, about whom we learn a great deal more in this book. In fact, a lot of the niggling little mysteries from the first novel are cleared up here in an outstanding fashion. I simply cannot wait to move onto the third in the series!
    • 3/5
      I enjoyed, but I think I've come to the conclusion that this just is not my fave genre...
    • 4/5
      Enjoyed this a lot but likely will not read any further in the series for now. This one gave me a sense of disquiet that will take a bit of time to get over....
    • 3/5
      The Good, the Bad, and the Undead is tighter overall than Dead Witch Walking. There's one main plot that all the smaller threads feed into, and it's resolved more or less satisfactorily. I still struggle with Rachel's weird ambivalence about vampires - honestly, it feels more like gay panic than anything, some of the time. And Rachel's boyfriend, Nick, is so obviously bad news that his scenes are just exercises in frustration for the reader.

      But then, Rachel is not particularly perceptive, or very bright. She is still bafflingly fixated on Trent as the Source of All Evil, and she behaves like a poorly-trained dog when the mailman comes by every single time he appears, is mentioned, or is thought of. And... she's wrong. And it's really, really tedious to watch.

      So... it's not terrible. It moves fairly fast, and there are some delightful characters (Jenks is consistently funny, and if Rachel doesn't want Ivy, I'll take her.) Rachel herself still isn't a particularly sympathetic character, though.
    • 4/5
      A great series with believable characters who beat Anita Blake hands down for sheer believability.I want to know what happens next!
    • 4/5
      Just as good, if not better than the first book! Yummy!
    • 4/5
      Urban Fantasy of the Romance Genre - explains it all. It follows all the tropes: Kickass heroine, world full of supernatural creatures, pretty much everything you can think of is here. However, this is one of the better series. Witty repertoire, interesting plot, not too many plot holes, and a really interesting side kick. Its a fun read, but not very deep. Perfect for an afternoon read.
    • 4/5
      I really enjoyed this and will start the third in the series soon.

      The only problem I had with it was how slow the first half of the book was but it quickly picked up pace after the 50% mark and I was sucked into the story.
    • 2/5
      All of these books have a lot of humor and action. I love them.
      ",,,,A Fistful of Charms (Rachel Morgan/The Hollows
    • 5/5
      I really like this series, and she seems to be getting better by the book. Some interesting developments in the characters, nobody's all good or all bad, and it's completely up in the air as to what will happen in the next book (which is already in my tbr pile).
    • 4/5
      Better than the first one, but one thing that's really bothering me is how uncool and not sexy at all the men in these stories are. Jeez, I understand the need for some strong female characters, but there's no need to forget how unbelievably great it is to have female and male characters being equally strong together and with their moments of weakness. That being said, Trent is totally awesome and a character with many facets to be explored. There was some great development for him and Rachel here, which made me eager for the next installment.
    • 4/5
      Not bad at all. Like the early Anita Blake book before they were turning into boring soft porn. Entertaining urban fantasy although not the most original.
    • 5/5
      This second in the series holds up to the first. It answers some questions and continues to develop the characters as well as building the mythology of this alternate universe. Hard to put down.
    • 5/5
      Rachel is facing the witch hunter, a serial killer focusing on witches, in the second of this series. She and her best friend Ivy, a vampire who is struggling to stay on the wagon, must navigate the Hollows to find out who or what is committing these murders. Rachel also finds a rather unusual familiar for a ley line class that she takes. I felt that this book was another strong showing in this series. I love the characters (even the baddies) and had a really hard time putting this down.
    • 5/5
      I thought this book, the second in the Hollows series, was a great improvement over the first book as you start to learn more about Rachel's background and how the backstory of her and her arch-nemesis, Trent Kalamek, intersect. She starts to feel more like a real person in this book. This book is just a lot of fun to read, from the start when Rachel is trying to retrieve the supposedly stolen mascot for the local baseball team to the end when she is facing down the witch hunter. After reading this book, I'm convinced that I will continue to read books in this series.
    • 4/5
      A good sequel to Dead Witch Walking. I missed Ivy within this book, I liked her as a character in the first book, and her diminished role in this one was unexpected. I am looking forward to the next book in this series.
    • 3/5
      Really like the characters, not in love with the writing for some reason. (It wasn't bad.) Like with the first book in the series I struggled to get into it (took me over 200 pages as compared to the 100 pages in the first). I pushed on through to finish because like I said, I like the characters -- but unfortunately, I'm not sure I'll spend the time on #3.
    • 4/5
      I finished this book last night - it wasn't as good as I thought it would be. I did enjoy it, but it seemed a bit forced to me. I did find the plot twists to be interesting enough to keep my attention to finish it. I will continue to read the series.I do like Rachel for the most part, but I find her to be incredibly selfish and careless. I also find the relationships to be contrived, forced in a lot of ways. I hope that she gets better as the series goes along because I do like the premise of the series and it has a great potential to be fantastic.