A review by anotherhel
Dead Witch Walking by Kim Harrison
3.0
3.5
I don't give changes, Percy. I take opportunities.
It's a great... crime, one case a book, type of story. It's not romance. It has some fantasy elements to it, with all the urban fantasy creatures and all... but it's not fantasy. I wouldn't call it that. I'd say it's genre is crime, but in a urban fantasy world.
Oh yeah the world building in this book is soo good. I loved that all the creatures I like to read about was in it. Werewolves, vampires, pixies, faeries, daemons, witches, ghosts... you name it, it's probably in it. And I loved the descriptions of the characters, places... everything. It's very easy for me to get bored and jump those little details, but in this book I caught myself waiting for those little details.
The main characters are interesting enough. My favorite was Ivy. A vampire that is described as a powerful lioness. I love her. Rachel was meeh, interesting enough. sometimes I thought she had a taste for getting in danger or something. And Jenks is the best.
Like a lioness in her den, satiated from the kill. Well, i thought, she is a vampire. What did I expect her to look like?
But crime is not really my genre. I thought this was fantasy... maybe the usual romance urban fantasy type of book, but there was no romance. Well, there was some tension between Ivy and Rachel but that was it. Disappointing.
I don't know if I'll read the rest of the series. I read some spoilers and apparently it gets really interesting, but meh. Crime in a tv show? Yes please. Crime in a book... meeeeeeeeh
I don't give changes, Percy. I take opportunities.
It's a great... crime, one case a book, type of story. It's not romance. It has some fantasy elements to it, with all the urban fantasy creatures and all... but it's not fantasy. I wouldn't call it that. I'd say it's genre is crime, but in a urban fantasy world.
Oh yeah the world building in this book is soo good. I loved that all the creatures I like to read about was in it. Werewolves, vampires, pixies, faeries, daemons, witches, ghosts... you name it, it's probably in it. And I loved the descriptions of the characters, places... everything. It's very easy for me to get bored and jump those little details, but in this book I caught myself waiting for those little details.
The main characters are interesting enough. My favorite was Ivy. A vampire that is described as a powerful lioness. I love her. Rachel was meeh, interesting enough. sometimes I thought she had a taste for getting in danger or something. And Jenks is the best.
Like a lioness in her den, satiated from the kill. Well, i thought, she is a vampire. What did I expect her to look like?
But crime is not really my genre. I thought this was fantasy... maybe the usual romance urban fantasy type of book, but there was no romance. Well, there was some tension between Ivy and Rachel but that was it. Disappointing.
I don't know if I'll read the rest of the series. I read some spoilers and apparently it gets really interesting, but meh. Crime in a tv show? Yes please. Crime in a book... meeeeeeeeh