I could have maybe excused Rachel's silly worshipping of Trent if he had actually been worthy of it but he was scum. All Rachel seemed to do was cry, and fangirl and whine about Trent. In this one Rachel was a weepy damsel in distress who couldn't do anything without Trent, I lost count of the amount of times Trent had to carry Rachel in his big strong manly arms. In the last few books she's been anything but fun, ever since she got with Trent the magic in the series/her character has disappeared. I used to love Rachel, she was fun, had lots of crazy adventures and had so many things going on. An arc like that deserved a more thoughtful finish, instead there were a couple of deus ex machinas epiphany's and in between those there were cheesy vampire threats and chaos. It was so disappointing, I expected there to be a huge build up, struggle and pay off in her saving vampire souls… Instead Rachel (and later Al) suddenly had an epiphany and it took all of a few pages for her to question and wonder and get answers. It was all so convenient, she had years to figure out how to save Ivy's soul and she got absolutely nowhere in those years, but in this book she managed to figure it all out in a matter of hours. I wasn't impressed with how quickly Rachel solved the vampire soul problem.

At least they were better than the bloody elves. The only vampire who I found tolerable was Ivy, the rest were insufferable. Most of the vampires came across as cliched, their threats and behaviour was tiresome to read about. What I really wanted was more demon related plot, they were the most entertaining and interesting characters yet they got pushed out by the much duller vampires and elves. That being said the vampire plot was nowhere near as good as it could have been and unfortunately, there was still too much elf nonsense for my liking. The plot didn't do much for me, on the one hand I was glad that all the focus wasn't on Trent and his elf politics and that instead the vampires took centre stage. I'm sure the writing in earlier books was a lot better. I was disappointed with the writing, it didn't flow very well, it was awkward and all over the place especially the action scenes. Naturally, chaos ensues.Īlso, lots of Rachel mooning over Trent and them two being nauseatingly sappy and melodramatic. Summary: Rachel is forced to find a way to help undead vampires get their souls back. There were very few things that I actually found entertaining, the only aspect I truly appreciated and enjoyed were certain, well written secondary characters, everything else was rubbish. I was hoping that some of the magic of earlier books would have been recaptured in this one… Sadly, that wasn't the case. I'm so glad the series is finally over, the last few books have been dire and this one wasn't much better.

The Witch with No Name by Kim Harrison