The Undead Pool

The Hollows, Book 12

By: Kim Harrison

Narrated by: Marguerite Gavin

Length: 16 hrs and 13 mins

Publisher's summary

Number-one New York Times best-selling author Kim Harrison returns to the supernatural adventures of Rachel Morgan in the penultimate book of the Hollows series.

Witch and day-walking demon Rachel Morgan knows magic - earth, ley line, even the forbidden demon magic - and that knowledge has saved her life more than once. But now something - or someone - is attacking Cincinnati and the Hollows, causing spells to backfire or go horribly wrong while living vampires attack humans and Inderlanders alike.

The pressures build when the city is quarantined to contain the unreliable magic, and Rachel must stop the attacks before the undead vampire masters who keep the rest of the undead under control are lost and it becomes all-out supernatural war.

The only way to do so is through the ancient elven magic, but that carries its own perils - for magic always has a price, and gods do not come lightly when called.

©2014 Kim Harrison (P)2014 HarperCollinsPublishers

Great addition to the Rachel Morgan series!

Where does The Undead Pool rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

Right up at the top!

What did you like best about this story?

I liked FINALLY hearing about the progression of Rachel and Trent's romance. It's about time it moved along - but I'm glad it did take several books.

Which character – as performed by Marguerite Gavin – was your favorite?

I always like Jinks. I just love his little sayings - he's full of comedy!

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Definitely!

Good Series

I really enjoyed the series even through I had my doubts at one point. I am not sure if I missed it but I didn't really see where what happened to Glenn especially why he was acting strange and everyone felt he knew something but wasn't saying. I would like to know what actually happened

Finally!

Spoiler alert...Trent and her finally fall in love! I've been waiting for this to happen for so so long! Who knew Knewt was going to turn out to be the sane one!?! Loved this book!

Love Kim Harrison

I love The Hallows Series! My only complaint is that after listening to 11 or so audio books in this series Marguerite Gavin has a few inconstancies in her performance. Voices change and names are pronounced differently. It's just something that a regular listener would notice.

Awesome!

I have following this story getting ready for the newest release of the newest return this summer. Can't wait to see what Sh#t the Hollows gang gets into.

Loved it!

This series is one of the best. I can't wait to see what the next book has in store.

High Octane Action and Character Development

This is an intensely active series - always danger. There are strange waves of wicked magical energy reeking havoc in Cinncinnati and the Hollows. These are causing magical spells to backfire resulting in physical damage around the city. Strangely the waves seem to be following Rachel Morgan. Meanwhile the undead vampire masters, who control the younger living vampires, have all disappeared and the living vampires are beginning to attack humans and Inderlanders, including some of Rachel’s werewolf pack. Rachel isn’t a werewolf but she is a powerful witch and day-walking demon with a tie to the werewolves through her friend, David, the true Alpha leader.

Rachel has been working as security for Trent while Quinn is away with the girls, Lucy and Rae. Rachel and Trent have enjoyed working together as they dance around their mutual attraction. Trent wants one night with Rachel on a date instead of as security employee. Dangerous but tempting. They are clearly drawn to each other but Trent is expected to marry one of his own kind, a high elven society member, Elsbeth, the mother of Lucy.

As Rachel tries to help the authorities control the chaos in the community, elven leaders arrive with Elsbeth at Trent’s home. The elven leaders suspect that the wild magic may be coming from an elven goddess who is seeking to make contact through Rachel. The tension increases as one of the elven leaders betrays Trent by lying to Rachel, talking her into a ritual that turns out to allow the goddess a partial possession. Tiny bits of sentient energy move into Rachel threatening to drive her mad unless she can find a way to communicate and control them and stop the goddess from more destruction.

This is what I call a ‘high octane’ series! Rachel seems to be a trouble magnet but somehow, with the help of her friends - vampire Ivy, pixie Jenks, David and Trent - she manages to save the city and come out alive. I love the action intensity and the romantic tension that is finally developed in this book between Rachel and Trent. I wonder how Kim Harrison keeps coming up with great plots and I will look forward to the next adventure.

Audio Notes: Marguerite Gavin is a fixture for me with this series. She does such a good job and makes the series more enjoyable listening entertainment.

I love this series in every way.

I have listened to this series at least 4 times. The characters are just enough, not too many to keep track of.

Great

Great book. Can see the end of the series coming which makes me a little sad.

Best Yet!!!

Wow, the fans finally get what we've been waiting for in this one. The entire series is great, but this one is epic! Perfect performance as always from MG. Not into spoilers, so trust me and just get it now. Well worth a credit.