Once again, our beloved Rachel has gotten herself into even more trouble in this latest installment of the Hollows series. I'm loving it. This time around, it's the coven of Moral and Ethical standards that she has to deal with. Not to mention that she still has to deal with Pierce, the black-magic toting ghost in a dead man's body. The familiars are also there as well, Ivy, Jenks, Nick. Yes, I said Nick, the slimy git-thief who sold Rachel's secrets to demons.
The whole story revolves around the fact that Rachel has been shunned by her own kind, the witches, for being able to kindle demon magic. Since this in itself is demonic it is considered bad. Oh and there is also the added because any children she has will be demons. this of course leads to everybody wanting to control her. This all-star line up includes Trent, the coven, Big Al, and even Pierce. Trent is angry because he's her nominal familiar and says that if she owns him in the ever after, he wants to own her in reality. The coven wants to either lobotomize and sterilize or lock Rachel away in Alcatraz Prison because she's a black magic practitioner.
All right, now for he fun stuff. I have to say, there is only a little but about this book that makes me a little testy. While reading this book, yes, i did think that it was wonderful, but there was something that I could not put my finger on. It might be that I have a bad feeling about Al in the future. He's hysterical and so good at being evil, so good that you love him for it. He wants Rachel in the Ever After, and he definitely wants her all to himself. The only other thing that I can say is that I feel a little off put in this book for Ivy and Jenks. Two characters who were Rachel's best friends, seemed to be used as stock characters in this novel. I just don't hear enough of them until almost halfway through the novel, and even then, Jenks appears to be more of a prop than the character he was fleshed out to be in "A Fistful of Charms".
If you need a reason to enjoy this book, you don't really need one. If you have read the others, this is an enjoyable addition to the series. If you have not then I suggest you start.
Check it out: Black Magic Sanction
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