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    The Outlaw Demon Wails
    The Outlaw Demon Wails
    The Outlaw Demon Wails
    Audiobook16 hours

    The Outlaw Demon Wails

    Written by Kim Harrison

    Narrated by Gigi Bermingham

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    To save the lives of her friends, Rachel did the unthinkable: she willingly trafficked in forbidden demon magic. And now her sins are coming home to haunt her.

    As Rachel searches for the truth behind a terrifying murder, an even greater menace threatens, for the demon Algaliarept will stop at nothing to claim her, and the discovery of a shocking family secret throws Rachel's entire life into question. If she is ever to live free, Rachel must first walk willingly into the demonic ever-after in search of long-lost ancient knowledge.

    But when you dance with demons, you lay your soul on the line . . . and there are some lines that should never be crossed.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperAudio
    Release dateFeb 26, 2008
    ISBN9780061629556
    Author

    Kim Harrison

    Kim Harrison is best known as the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Hollows series, but she has written more than urban fantasy and has published more than two dozen books, spanning the gamut from young adult, accelerated-science thriller, and several anthologies and has scripted two original graphic novels set in the Hollows universe. She has also published traditional fantasy under the name Dawn Cook. Kim is currently working on a new Hollows book between other, nonrelated, urban fantasy projects.

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    • 1/5
      The one star is ONLY for the narration. I love the Hollows books & I've been revisiting them on audio. 20 minutes into this one and I can't do it. It's clear that this different narrator did not bother listening to the previous books. Okay, fine - maybe there can be more than one take on a character, but this is over the top. Jenks' voice is absolutely awful. And she's mispronounced ley line way too many time for only being 20 minutes through. Read the book on this one and go back to audio with White Witch, Black Curse.

      4 people found this helpful

    • 1/5
      Couldn't make it through chapter 1 with Ellen Degeneres on Crack reading. I just thought i didn't like the narrator from the first books. She is fabulous compared to this woman"s over enthusiastic mispronunciations. Smh hope i didn't miss much bc in skipping this one.

      3 people found this helpful

    • 3/5
      The story line was good but kind of dragged a little.
      The narrator's pronunciation drove me crazy and OMG why the music?
      Jinx sounded like a cracked out Mickey Mouse.

      3 people found this helpful

    • 3/5
      Great book but the narrator is mispronouncing character names and other vocabulary. Very disappointing to hear the book read this way.

      3 people found this helpful

    • 1/5
      The book was good but the narrator was horrible. I can only imagine the following conversation happing "hey Gigi are you sure you do not want to pronounce the word ley line like someone speaking English" her response "no why". What about names, are you going to use the same pronunciation as the previous books? Her response (again) no why?. OK what about that racist voice for Keasley, you want to change that AT ALL? And once again the answer was "no why".

      It is truly hard to listen to.

      3 people found this helpful

    • 3/5
      Loved the story, hated the person reading it. The story is just a fun romp. The lady reading this book is different from the previous books. The voices she used for each were ok. I don’t particularly like the falsetto she used for Jenks or Cerri. What I hated the most was that she mispronounced Piscary (Piss-carry), Takata (ta-cot-a), and ley (lay) line. Why didn’t anyone stop her!

      2 people found this helpful

    • 4/5
      Love the book, but the Narrator was hard to listen too.

      2 people found this helpful

    • 5/5
      This is one of my all-time favorite series. And Marguerite Gavin is spectacular in bringing all the other books in the series to life. As you will see if you look at my reviews, you will see I own a LOT of books, and many, many on audio.

      However, I can't STAND this narrator! She is, in a word, horrible. Whomever made the decision to have her do this book should be fired immediately, and the book should be redone by Marguerite. I will buy it in audio in that case. However, with this narrator, I am forced to fall back on my Nook and just read it. A shame. This is SUCH a good series, and a bad reader can turn buyers against a series just on the fact that some people should never, ever be narrators.

      2 people found this helpful

    • 4/5
      This narrator sucked. She mispronounced names, and her style is better suited to kids’ books.

      If you can stand her nasally voice, the book itself is quite good.

      2 people found this helpful

    • 4/5
      This selection from Kim Harrison's Hollow series is truly excellent. However, read it. Do not listen to it. The reader on the Audible download is not Ms. Gavin. For this omission, I took back one star.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 3/5
      The writing is pretty good, but the person narrating the book isn't nearly as good as the person who narrated the first 5 books. She mispronounces words and sounds like a mom reading her children a bedtime story. Bring back the other narrator!!

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    • 1/5
      Pescari not Pisscari.. ugh.. The story is good... the narration awful. I hate when they switch narrators in a series.. one star because it's literally painful to listen to. Jenks' voice is awful ?
    • 4/5
      This is another fine addition to the Hollows series, although I found myself feeling a bit restless with the pacing of the plot. This book is much more character than plot driven, which is a bit of a departure from the previous books. Rachel is mourning the death of Kisten, but also thinking of trying to move on. Her relationship with Ivy deepens and becomes both more simple and more complicated. ( I must say that I find Rachel's reluctance to even try a sexual relationship with Ivy to be a bit quaint and unrealistic given how much she paints outside the lines in every other area of her life.) We learn a lot more about Rachel's family and there are many twists in Rachel's other relationships that are surely harbingers of what is to come in future installments of the series.I enjoyed this book, but the pace is a bit choppy and the story is sometimes bogged down in too many details. This book leaves many unanswered questions, and feels like a kind of transitional story that will launch Rachel into a new life of sorts. I look forward to Rachel's further adventures!
    • 1/5
      I got through it, but I can't tell you what happened due to the narrator's horrendous reading. The mispronouncing of words and character names was hard enough to get through, but it literally hurt my ears when she did any of the pixies voices. Just read this one, don't listen, then come back for the next when we get Gavin back.
    • 4/5
      This wound up being my favorite book in the series so far. It focuses a lot on demons and demon magic, which is probably among my favorite things in the series.I have to say I'm not all that into the new romantic interest. He's set up to be a good match and all, but he just isn't as much fun as Kisten.I was also pretty surprised by the complete turnaround things took regarding Al at the end of the book, too. I like the gray areas that are emerging regarding demons, and I definitely like the perspective that not all of them are bad. Mostly that just seems to apply to the female demon, and she's a pretty likable character already. Leaving the vampires and werewolves alone for awhile is probably a good idea, and I'm really looking forward to seeing where all this demon stuff is going.
    • 4/5
      Warning: This review contains major spoilers for this book and For A Few Demons MoreAccording to Kim Harrison, this was originally going to be the conclusion of the series and in some respects that really shows. Save for one or two things, the ending of the book could have been the sort of satisfying conclusion of the series. Kist's killer still hasn't been found, but considering that she didn't realize until she was writing book 7 that he needed to die in book 5 she did a remarkable job of working in everyone's grief. In fact, if I hadn't herd her say that she had to go back and work all that in I'd never have known that wasn't part of the plan. And Jenks mortality is still an issue, though frankly Matalina seems much closer to not surviving the winter.I think part of what makes it feel like a conclusion is that Rachel really has grown up. She's thinking before reacting more often now. She's not just saying she should grow up, she's doing it. And she's clearly starting a new phase in her life.I'm a little sad about where things ended up with Ivy. I suppose I should be happy that she clearly does like Ivy for Ivy and not just the vamp pheromones, something which Ivy finally knows, too. But my hope for anything but a close friendship has died. I can't argue that it doesn't make sense. Clearly it's safer for everyone this way and I've always been really turned off by the idea of a vampire literally owning and controlling another person, even if love is involved. Plus, I've never been a fan of selective bisexuality. Ivy is clearly bi and that's great, but the only woman Rachel's ever been sexually attracted to is Ivy and so on some level it's hard for me to believe it's anything more than vamp pheromones. We'll see. Right now my money's on Rachel ending up with Trent.As for the story itself, I enjoyed it. It was interesting to see the Ever After. I'd like it if the gargoyle became a reoccurring character. I am worried about Matlalina though. Even if Jenks can be saved I'm not sure he'd particularly want to be if she were gone. I'm ready to be done with Marshall. The white knight thing gets old very quickly where the woman in question is more than capable of taking care of herself better than the knight could even dream of doing. And it was fun seeing more of Rachel's mom. It goes a long way toward explaining why Rachel is the way she is.
    • 5/5
      Another great book in the Rachel Morgan series. This one comes with a few plot twist and it will be very interesting to see where she takes the next few books.
    • 4/5
      Another Rachel Morgan book, and the story keeps on rolling along at speed.We meet Rachel's mother quite extensively, and it is interesting to see her. We find out some hidden truths about Rachel's past life too, that come very much out of left field. We also find out some information, of dubious veracity, about the origin of the witches.Things with Ivy reach a crisis and a new level of understanding.Unlike most of the other books there are several themes running through this which are tied together more or less reasonably by the end. There is an on-going assault by Al on Rachel, which leads her to discover there is a black magic group releasing him and trying to kill her. This is sorted by the end of the book - I won't tell you how, but not in the fashion you are likely to expect. Quen needs to be rescued by Rachel, and more specifically by her fighting instincts that help keep him alive. This obviously causes contact with Trent, which is still as explosive. There are big chunks of demon lore too, and some steps where Rachel seems to start growing up.Most unusually, Rachel is single, and more or less happy this way, although there is some male eye-candy to tempt her.
    • 5/5
      I was totally getting bored of Rachel and Ivy, but this ending was so kick ass that it boosted this book up into five star range. Awesome! After just having a conversation complaining about urban fantasy authors who just go on and on and on with the same characters and why they couldn't stop at three like normal fantasy authors, I've totally changed my mind. I can't wait for the next Rachel Morgan to see where Kim Harrison take us.
    • 5/5
      This series just gets better and better. Second time around reading this series and it aged like fine wine
    • 4/5
      Fun and informative addition to the series - we and Rachel learned a lot about her. Can't wait for the next one.
    • 5/5
      This installment takes the story of Rachel Morgan to new heights. Harrison does a fantastic job of showing character growth and development. Like the previous books, the plot moves rapidly with many twists and turns. The unpredictable nature of the story keeps the reader hooked to see what will happen next. Each book in the Hollows series is better than the last. A real pleasure in a crowded genre.
    • 4/5
      Rachel Morgan is back again and this time evil businessman/scientist Trent is asking her to go to the Ever After and grab some thousands of years old DNA that has the potential to save his Elf species from potential extinction. Rachel learns that this could help Ceri too and finds herself considering its cost. Rachel knows she has to find some way to start getting rid of her (multiple) demon marks. In this story, Rachel is mourning Kisten's death and trying to find a way to be with a new male friend without any expectations of something more. She and Ivy come to an agreement of sorts over their blood sharing. Rachel's mom make a bigger than normal appearance and things about Rachel's parentage are revealed for the first time. We also find out a little something about Kinsley! This is definately set up to be an exciting and unmissible installment. Besides the action scene at the beginning of the book, there isn't a lot of adventure in the first 2/3 of the book. The non-action sequences are exciting also because of all the revelations and character interactions. Then the last part of the story...Wham! Bam! The thrills don't stop as Trent and Rachel go on an adventure unlike any before. I won't spoil it for Hollows fans, but this book certainly turns a corner, and I believe the new direction this takes will keep these books from going stale and burning out. Rachel is more likeable here than she has been in awhile, and I adored the new addition to the cast in Bis, the gargoyle who has taken residence in the church. Kim Harrison proves time and again that she is among the most brilliant authors of the urban fantasy genre and I look forward to reading all her new offerings, but it thrills me to no end that she keeps Rachel, Jenks, and the gang feeling so fresh and exciting. It amazes me that witches, pixies, gargoyles, vampires, werewolves and elves can feel so comepletely human and real.
    • 5/5
      In my opinion, easily the best of the books in the series about the Hollows and Rachel Morgan by Kim Harrison. I thoroughly enjoyed book five, but this entry into the series had me gripped from the very start.We open the story with an explosive visit from Al, where he reveals that he is being summoned each evening out of jail by a demon summoner hell-bent on getting rid of Rachel. This sets the stage for a plot that encompasses much more about Rachel's parentage (her mum has a much larger role in this book than prior, which was good for me because I love her rather kooky character); leads her further into the grips of demons; and highlights exactly how Rachel is different from other witches.I loved the continual dropping in of secrets that have been built up from the first book of the series, and the resolution to various niggling little things that I have wondered about their inclusion i.e. the famous witch singer Takata and Rachel's mysterious neighbour Keasley.I was impressed that Harrison could continue to change my opinion of characters who have been established at other points in the series - Al, for instance, is a character that I have a great deal of regard for now. I've always enjoyed his appearances in prior books, but here he really came into his own. I was glad that the plot steered away from vamps and Weres, after the last few books. I loved the addition of Bis and hope he has a fuller role in books to come!The book doesn't garner the full five stars from me because of a few bits and pieces that nagged me. I really didn't enjoy the appearance of Marshall and felt he didn't add a great deal to the plot, apart from putting Rachel into situations where she could have encounters with characters like Trent. For me, Ceri is a character I struggle to appreciate, and her actions here had me rolling my eyes. Also, Rachel and Ivy's latest encounter feels very much like recycling text from previous books in the series. I was pleased to see that Harrison has managed to bring an (at least temporary) halt to their will they-won't they situation that was boring me somewhat after five books filled with it. All in all, though, this book was magnificant and an ideal slice of escapism! I can't wait to read the seventh, where I hope that the lingering issues of Tom the black witch and Kisten's killer are dealt with.
    • 5/5
      Unlike another genre author I won't mention, Kim Harrison's books keep getting better. Kudos to her for never being a lazy writer!
    • 5/5
      Ms. Harrison returns us to the world of the Hollows and Rachel Morgan in the 6th book of her series. Never one to slow down, Rachel comes out of this book in a rush, an attempted blood balance with Ivy, Marshal moves to Cincinatti, and someone is pregnant! Not too bad so far right? Never fear, its gets worse. Someone is summoning Al, and then turning him loose on this side of the ever after to hunt and torment Rachel before he is returned to the ever-after at sunrise. Now stuck on holy ground other than when the sun is up, Rachel gets cabin fever and figures the only thing she can do if find who is summoning Al, and put a stop to it. But trent has a proposition for her, and offer she cannot refuse, and Rachel heads inot the ever-after to save not only her life - and that of a friend. But will she escape with her own? And will her past be too much for her to handle?
    • 5/5
      This is the sixth book in Kim Harrison's Hallows series. It was a great book that kept me turning the pages and it was very hard to put down. I am so relived that Harrison continues to write awesome books.Rachel is prepping for the huge Halloween holiday with her mother when she is assaulted by an unexpected guest; Al is somehow out of demon jail and he is bent on killing Rachel once and for all. Rachel has to figure out what is going on and save her friends and her family.It was wonderful to read more about Rachel's mother and about Al. Trent also goes through a lot of character development in this story. I was happy that Harrison put Rachel on a "relationship hiatus" in this book. After Kisten's death, it was nice to see Rachel do what a real person would do...which is take some time get herself back together. I would have been sorely disappointed if she followed the path of another female character we all know and has Rachel sleep with everything that moved.I was a little surprised that the main plot wasn't tracking down Kisten's murderer but rather dealing with Al. It was great to find out who Rachel's real father was; and it was good to find out about Rachel's true genetic makeup and abilities.Like usual the book was fast-paced, action-packed, and hard to put down. Jenks was his usual self and it was nice to see Rachel and Ivy make some progress in their friendship. I do hope that the blood-balance thing between Rachel and Ivy isn't revived in the next book; enough is enough on that topic.Overall, this was an awesome book. This book ended well leaving me feeling like the next book will be entering a fresh new chapter of Rachel's life. Can't wait for the next book!BTW, I was reading an interview with Kim Harrison where she says that her contract has been extended part 6 books to 9 books. So, it looks like we have at least three more books in the series to go!
    • 4/5
      It's interesting where this book takes the series. The explanations are fairly complicated but it's what makes the plot. The author's way of writting doesn't carry the story, in my opinion. It's her imagination. But the new revelations in this book have added quite a bit more. I am curious to see what these new factors will bring out in the next book.
    • 5/5
      This is one of the best series in paranormal fiction. It’s not full of camp or clichés or focused on a forbidden love; it’s just a young witch growing up and finding her way in the world despite some formidable obstacles. There’s depth and complexity here. Rachel doesn’t always make the best decisions, but she often makes them for what she feels are the right reasons. She cares deeply about her family and friends, often to her own detriment. In this book, I finally got a real sense of why she dislikes Trent Kalamack so much — before he seemed more of a nuisance, but here you really saw how cold and one-track-minded he could be. Her family secret was interesting and unexpected, and made a lot of sense. I think that’s a situation that is going to work out really well in the long run. Rachel’s maturing, and I love being along for the ride.
    • 5/5
      After the previous 2 books in this series, I'd been debating whether or not to continue with it; the writing felt rushed to me. I'm glad I continued- this one was long, meaty, and excellent. Various threads were tied up at least to a point, and other new ones started- plus, gargoyles!