It was one heck of a journey, one I left smiling, a little sad, and excited to see what the final book will hold. Plot wise THE UNDEAD POOL wasn’t quite what I was expecting, what with there being one more book in the series.

It had everything I loved about the series, but at the same time I couldn’t guess what was going to happen next. I was curious to see what would happen in the penultimate book, and a little sad too that a series I love is drawing to a conclusion. I have been really looking forward to reading this book, as THE HOLLOWS is one of my favourite urban fantasy series. Once she establishes she isn’t the cause, she is determined to find out who – or what – is causing the disturbance and putting everyone in danger. In THE UNDEAD POOL something is causing magic to go wonky and vampires to attack, Rachel Morgan is worried that somehow she is the cause. THE UNDEAD POOL is the penultimate book in Kim Harrison’s fantastic THE HOLLOWS series. The only way to do so is through the ancient elven magic, but that carries its own perils – for magic always has a price, and gods do not come lightly when called. The pressures build when the city is quarantined to contain the unreliable magic, and Rachel must stop the attacks before the undead vampire masters who keep the rest of the undead under control are lost and it becomes all out supernatural war. But now something – or someone – is attacking Cincinnati and the Hollows, causing spells to backfire or go horribly wrong while living vampires attack humans and Inderlanders alike. Witch and day-walking demon Rachel Morgan knows magic – earth, ley line, even the forbidden demon magic – and the knowledge has saved her life more than once. Publisher: HarperVoyager (25th February 2014)

The Undead Pool by Kim Harrison