Dead Witch Walking - Velha Estante

No cover — Kim Harrison, Gavin Marguerite: Dead Witch Walking (2009, HarperCollins)

E-book

English language

Published Sept. 5, 2009 by HarperCollins.

ISBN:: 978-0-00-723691-6

(1 review)

From New York Times bestselling author, Kim Harrison, comes the first book in an exciting urban fantasy series; packed with the perfect balance of wry humour and thrilling action, which will delight fans of thrillers and fantasy alike.Rachel Morgan is a white witch and runner working for Inderland Security, in an alternate world where a bioengineered virus wiped out a great deal of the world's human population – exposing the existence of the supernatural communities that had long lived alongside humanity.For the last five years Rachel has been tracking down law-breaking Inderlanders in modern-day Cincinnati, but now she wants to leave and start her own agency. Her only problem is that no one quits the I.S.Marked for death, Rachel will have to fend off fairy assassins and homicidal weres armed with an assortment of nasty curses. She's a dead witch walking unless she can appease her former employers by exposing …

From New York Times bestselling author, Kim Harrison, comes the first book in an exciting urban fantasy series; packed with the perfect balance of wry humour and thrilling action, which will delight fans of thrillers and fantasy alike.Rachel Morgan is a white witch and runner working for Inderland Security, in an alternate world where a bioengineered virus wiped out a great deal of the world's human population – exposing the existence of the supernatural communities that had long lived alongside humanity.For the last five years Rachel has been tracking down law-breaking Inderlanders in modern-day Cincinnati, but now she wants to leave and start her own agency. Her only problem is that no one quits the I.S.Marked for death, Rachel will have to fend off fairy assassins and homicidal weres armed with an assortment of nasty curses. She's a dead witch walking unless she can appease her former employers by exposing the city's most prominent citizen as a drug lord. But making an enemy of the ambiguous Trent Kalamack is just as deadly as leaving the I.S.

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4 stars

Rachel Morgan is tired of her work, her boss and some of her colleagues. After being granted one wish, Rachel decides she can be her own boss and resigns. Unfortunately, her former boss thinks she is better off dead, and he is not alone...

My mood was like a roller coaster while reading this book. In the beginning I got really invested and even giggled at some of the situations Rachel got herself into - specially because of the infamous vampire manual Rachel was reading on the bus. But the plot soon became dull (around 30% of the book). Rachel acted like a teenager towards Ivy, it was like Ivy was her mother putting up with her and explaining everything twice. She was getting on my nerves and I don't know how Ivy could stand her presence. It doesn't make sense and it was boring. Why is Rachel so afraid …

Rachel Morgan is tired of her work, her boss and some of her colleagues. After being granted one wish, Rachel decides she can be her own boss and resigns. Unfortunately, her former boss thinks she is better off dead, and he is not alone...

My mood was like a roller coaster while reading this book. In the beginning I got really invested and even giggled at some of the situations Rachel got herself into - specially because of the infamous vampire manual Rachel was reading on the bus. But the plot soon became dull (around 30% of the book). Rachel acted like a teenager towards Ivy, it was like Ivy was her mother putting up with her and explaining everything twice. She was getting on my nerves and I don't know how Ivy could stand her presence. It doesn't make sense and it was boring. Why is Rachel so afraid of Ivy? She has known her for some time, they're actually living together, and she trusts Ivy with her life. So life is ok, but sharing the living room is a problem? I got so bored at those descriptions that I decided to read something else in between. Funny enough, I left it at chapter 25 and after that the books picks up. The rest of the book was so good that I have to give it 3.5 stars. I still think the story is unnecessarily long, but I am sure I'll read the next installment. There are so many books in this series that readers cannot be wrong.