Reviews

American Demon by Kim Harrison

smudo16's review against another edition

Just wasn’t in the mood- will try again later

gamz's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

rickwren's review against another edition

3.0

Another adventure in Vampire Chick Lit. This one was pretty good pacing, but it felt like autopilot. It seemed that Harrison wanted Rachel to end up in a certain place to set up another big plot and used this book as a stepping stone to get her in place. I guess it's like a well-worn shoe, comfortable and predictable, to go through the motions. I hope the next one is more dynamic.

darienjade's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

laurensustaire's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

4.5

jmm11's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

vaenadal's review against another edition

4.0

It feels so good to be back in the Hollows! I love all the characters in this series and I'm so happy that they're back for more adventures! Hodin, Pike, and Zack were all great additions and I can't wait to see more of them in future books. However, I'm taking a star off because the pacing felt uneven.

bdoorlag's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

snoopydoo77's review against another edition

3.0

The hollows series always has a spot in my heart. It was the series that got my passion for reading back. That being said, I was super excited to go back to the hollows and see Rachel, Jenks, Trent, Al and hell even Ivy again.  I was curious to see how she would start it up again after the epilogue we got in The Witch With No Name, It was okay …. Even a bit of a cop out in my opinion, but I can overlook it.

The books start shortly where The Witch With No Name ended and it was so nice to see them all again. Though the first few chapters it felt like she made a point to mention everyone who was someone in the series. I still enjoyed it, for the most part, revisiting the people, places and see how and what everyone is doing. Mostly the demons, what are they up to now topside and how are they handling it.

Some things were kind of funny,  soon though we get thrown into the plot and it still okay even if a bit strange and odd … even for the hollows.

So one of the main parts I was looking forward to was seeing Rachel and Trent, them working together, being together and all the couple things, I was a bit disappointed when once again Rachel STILL doubted her relationship with Trent and why he loved her and so on. There was a reason for it ( of sorts) but still we worked so many books to get them together and he more than showed that he is with her all the way, we should be over this by now. Whatever the reason.

In other ways it also felt like typical Rachel, taking one step forward and three back.

I soon became a bit bored with her and stuff. I started to skim the book except the parts with AL, Trent or Jenks.

Overall I thought it was okay, I LOVED that we got to go back to the hollows, Rachel ugh … Oh and the Elisabeth being a fan of Rachel was just weird even for me.

Something just felt of and I’m not even sure what but maybe I just outgrew the series. I don’t know or maybe we just need a new voice, I think this could have been from Trent’s POV .

It would have been the same great people, world and series, just a fresh voice to it that we already know and love.

Speaking of Trent I think he was the best and I just like him more and more and I think out of all of them him and Al both grew the most in the series,

I also loved AL of course, while he had some issues, he is still the same ole Ale we know and love.

Overall, I think it was okay, bit boring but like I said maybe I just outgrew the series or I just can’t handle Rachel’s self-manipulation anymore, she always has some issues and if not she creates them.

I rate 3★ I might continue the series at some point but I’m not sure yet when even if I miss the world and characters.

hirvimaki's review against another edition

3.0

I don't know how to feel about this one. On the one hand, Morgan's still a watered-down version of the kick-ass witch I love from the beginning of the series.

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And I despise and hate Trent and have Rachel make googly-eyes at him every other page makes me sad.

But on the other hand, Harrison writes a damn entertaining tale. I didn't love it, because

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Trent (Just get rid of him already!)

but it was a good story.