A Fistful of Charms (The Hollows, Book 4)

The author of the bestselling Dead Witch Walking makes her hardcover debut with this spellbinding new supernatural adventure featuring the highly original Rachel Morgan.

Things are going well for Rachel Morgan, witch, independent runner, and one-third of the runner service Vampiric Charms. She’s got a business, friends, even a semi-regular—and always-sexy—boyfriend. So what if Kisten is a vampire? So’s her roommate Ivy....

But an unexpected call for help sends her out of Cincinnati on a desperate trip to rescue the son of her business partner Jenks. It’s fun at first, even with dealing with a human-sized Jenks (you cannot believe how much trouble a 6-foot pixy can cause, especially when he looks like a supermodel...), but the road trip quickly turns dangerous when confronting an old love becomes a fight for survival. 

For seeing Nick Sparagmos again is the least of Rachel’s problems--the ancient, mystical statue he has stolen holds the key to sinister, wild magic that can change humans into Weres. And for the first time in milennia, the Were packs are banding together to overthrow human and Inderlander alike. The fight that follows will shake Rachel’s very soul...and she will never be the same.

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Published Jun 27, 2006

544 pages

Average rating: 8

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PerpetualRevision
Dec 22, 2025
10/10 stars
I've really enjoyed the development of the relationship between Rachel (a straight witch) and Ivy (a lesbian-leaning bisexual vampire). I've never encountered a story before that attempts to delve into the complexities of friendship between women when one is straight and the other isn't. Ivy is in love with Rachel, but Rachel doesn't simply dismiss her but instead tries to find a way to make love work... without sex. Add in the complications of Ivy's living vampire status and the story gets satisfyingly complex!

I've enjoyed all the books in this series, but so far this was my favorite.
Paukku
May 25, 2024
6/10 stars
A very good addition to the Hollows series. Harrison really has a talent for mixing the fantasy and detective genres.

As an aside, I starting reading Harrison's The Hollows series in the summer of 2013. I quickly devoured the first three books and put A Fist Full of Charms on hold at the library. And waited. And waited. And finally forgot all about it. Fast forward to the summer of 2015. I got an email from the library that the book I put on hold was now available. As I have shifted to borrowing all my library books on the Kindle I had no idea why I was getting a notice that a book was available. And then I saw it was A Fist Full of Charms. Two years! It took TWO YEARS!

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