Boxes boxes and more little boxes - Rated 
Unlike the previous reviewer to get the best from these books it is best not to try and put everyone in little boxes. Rachel is not straight, Ivy is not gay. These terms are virtually meaningless in Kim Harrison's universe, as in the real world sexuality is a spectrum and all things are therefore possible. Making for a much more intriguing mesh of human and inderlander relationships than a boring bi-polar model allows for. I look forward to the next installment of Rachel's adventures.
Fourth in the Rachel Morgan series and a wild ride! - Rated 
I have very much enjoyed the first three books in the Rachel Morgen series ("Dead Witch Walking", "The Good, The Bad and the Undead and "Every Which Way But Dead") and this fourth instalment is just as good. In some ways it's actually better as now we finally get explained in print some of what's been going on in the minds of our characters and Rachel finally begins to realise some things about herself.
In "A Fistful Of Charms" Rachel finds herself in a werewolf fight with a woman, Pamela, because of her link with David the werewolf. As soon as she's won that one she finds herself in yet more trouble with werewolves - but this time 500 miles away. Nasty Nick, her former boyfriend, has stolen something important to the werewolves, and has used Jenks's son Jax to help him with the theft. Rachel decides to go and rescue Jax who's in danger of getting too cold - which can be very dangerous for a pixy. She manages to persuade Jenks to team up with her again but in order to keep him safe from the cold she makes a demon curse to grow him to normal human size.
As in the other books, Jenks is just a brilliant character. Once he becomes a six-foot-four man who looks his age (eighteen) Rachel finds herself seeing him in a rather different manner (and rather envying Matalina, his wife, although possibly not for their 54 kids). Jenks and Rachel, in their usual rather disorganised and rather overcomplicated way, go to rescue Jax and end up also rescuing Nick and finding themselves in a whole heap more trouble. And when Ivy appears on scene to help out but instead massively ramps up her relationship with Rachel it seems that Rachel is beginning to learn to understand herself, her need for danger and excitement in her life, even if it leads her into trouble.
This book explores the relationship between Rachel (straight) and Ivy (gay) a lot more closely. I suspect in the next book that Rachel and Ivy will become more than just friends and I, for one, will find this disappointing if that's the case (let's face it, Kisten is almost perfect - why would Rachel want anyone else?) And for those Kisten fans out there, although he's in this book and he and Rachel still seem very close, he doesn't pay a significant part in the story. A shame. At least Nasty Nick's true nature becomes more apparent.
If you enjoyed the other books you'll enjoy this one just as much and perhaps more as we finally get a little more explanation of why Rachel behaves as she does and why Ivy is so hung up. I still find that they seem to choose amazingly complicated ways to go about things - it makes for a fun plot but it seems a bit unlikely someone would come up with these wacky plans - but there's a lot of humour in this book and Jenks continues as a brilliant character and one for whom we can all feel some mild swoonage. Read and enjoy!
A great witchcraft series - Rated
Kim Harrison's world is an absorbing place
all her readers want to live in 'The Hollows'
You care what happens to her characters. This series is excellent and I cant wait for the next chapter/
lots of fun - Rated
a really really fun addictive series, and this new one is just as good as the others. If you love Kelley Armstrong's supernatural fantasy as I do and need a something to read while you wait for the next one, I think you'll be glad you tried these babies - their more dramatic and funnier.
fantastic fun - Rated
everytime I buy a new rachel morgan novel i worry that it's not going to be as good as the last one - happily I haven't been disppointed yet. She hasn't fallen prey to series-tiredness as her characters become more involved and more twisted up with each book, which just gives the action more weight and makes me more addicted. And, with the pixy one-liners too... well, what more reason do you need to pick these books up? Heartily reccomended for pure escapism and a shot of adrenalin.
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