Dead Witch Walking

Dead Witch Walking by Kim Harrison:

3 out of 5 stars

I've read on this site that the later books in this series get better. That leaves me pretty stoked, because I enjoyed Dead Witch Walking. It wasn't a revolutionary book, but it felt very fleshed out in terms of its mythos. It left me wanting to know more about characters like Nick, and especially Trent. There's been a hole in my reading life for a series in this vein, since the Anita Blake books by Laurell K. Hamilton aren't doing it for me anymore. Rachel is plucky and stubborn in a way that skirts being annoying, but that's what makes her real. Am I wrong for wanting/hoping that Harrison explores the sexual tension between Rachel and Trent? I also find Ivy an interesting character because her motives are so veiled, and not in that stereotypical emovamp way, either. She seems far more human about those things, and that's what makes her so intriguing, because it goes hand in hand with her vampism.