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Black Magic Sanction |  | Author: Kim Harrison
Publisher: Eos
Category: Book
List Price: CDN$ 33.99
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Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 10821
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Pages: 496
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.5 x 1.5
ISBN: 0061138037
EAN: 9780061138034
ASIN: 0061138037
Publication Date: February 23, 2010
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 7
 black magic sanction June 14, 2010
T. Fuller Pentecost
Not as snappy as usual. These characters are more alive in the previous books. on the whole I am glad I read the book and will countinue to purchase Kim Harrisons books.
 Excellent book. Couldn't put it down. March 17, 2010
D. Paine (Canada)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Excellent book. I had a hard time putting it down. Very well written. No loose ends at the end of the book. This book was hilarious at times especially some of the scenes with the demon Algaliarept. If you like this series I also recommend Blood of the Demon by Diana Rowland and The Morgan Kingsley books by Jenna Black.
Black Magic Sanction March 8, 2010
Ian T. Adamson (Alberta Canada)
I have been reading Kim Harrison's Rachel Morgan books since they first came out (including the short stories) and this is the best to date.
You really do have to read from the beginning to get the most out of these characters. It is nice to see Rachel at last beginning to belive in her self more
and the growing relationships between all the characters. I look forward to seeing more Pierce and Rachel in the future
This book is a Grande Latte, Double Expresso, Italian Blend, Light Froth, Heavy Cinnamon, With A Shot Of Raspberry. March 8, 2010
Annastacia (Hamilton, ON)
The other three reviews go into plot detail so I'll leave that out. I'll mention what I loved about this book. This book is a buffet table of desert, complete with favorite golden characters and addictive new ones. Trusted friends and villians you love to love, are the setting in this book.
There is very little celebration in this installment and rather a lot of questions about trust, grey areas of what makes a person a good person, consequences and loss. Despite these themes, the book does not come off as morose. You get a lot of incite into Harrison's characters that almost creates as many questions as it answers. It's going to be a long year before we see the next book.
Without spoiling the plot for you, I will say there is a bit of mouring and I'm not referring to the obvious moment in the central portion of the book's pages. The book is a turning point for Rachel. I once read a review where the reader complained that Rachel had not "grown" or learned from her mistakes. I think this comment now was premature and Harrison wisely did not rush into major changes earlier on. Rachel makes her mistakes, and makes them again, and again. It makes her realistic. People live out learned patterned behaviour and we consistently make the same errors in different settings. It is a lucky and wise person to be able to identify, understand and change their learned habits. Especially when they are not good for us. Rachel's character is growing up, and it becomes quite evident in this book. While she gains maturity, she is also losing the last of her innocence and I felt the absence the former adrenaline junkie, but also feeling good that she is moving forward. It's bittersweet for the character and the reader.
I read this book, and then I turned back to the first page, and read it again.
 What have I become? March 4, 2010
E. A Solinas (MD USA)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Rachel Morgan's life is not going well: she's been shunned, she's Al's student, and any kids she has will be demons. And after the fragmented storyline of "White Witch, Black Curse," the eighth book of Kim Harrison's Hollows series slips into a very different style -- explosive action, old enemies, a terrible choice, and a tragic loss.
A simple trip to the grocery store goes horribly awry when Rachel is approached and attacked by a strange witch -- who turns out to be a white-magic witch from some sort of moral-police coven. But Rachel doesn't have much time to worry about it: she ends up being summoned using Al's name, and learns that they found out about her connections to the demons.
They also offer her a nasty choice: stay in the witch prison Alcatraz, or be lobotomized and neutered. Trent and Al are trying to nab her powerful, unusual self as well.
While Rachel manages to escape (with the help of Bis and Pierce), she's now being attacked from all sides by the coven. Fairy attacks, demon summonings and full-out pyrokinetic attacks on the church are among the problems she has to deal with. But even if she stops their fanatical leader, Rachel will have to fight back with (almost) everything she's got.
Maybe it's just me, but a lot of urban fantasy hero/ines seem to be able to do morally/legally questionable stuff all over the place, but never suffer any consequences. Fortunately, Kim Harrison doesn't do that. "Black Magic Sanction" is all about the consequences of Rachel's black magic/demon activities -- and more precisely, what the other witches are gonna do about it besides just shunning her.
The narrative is still rather choppy in places (such as Rachel's daylong stint in Alcatraz... boom, it's over!). But Harrison's prose is smooth and muscular -- most of the book is a sort of Ludlumesque thriller, with Rachel and all her friends (and a few enemies) racing around frantically trying to stay alive. And while her quirky sense of humor is still firmly in place (Ivy's secret vice: Nancy Drew books!), Harrison dips into tragedy about halfway through the book -- and she makes you feel every stab of grief.
Rachel continues to be a likable, down-to-earth heroine who basically gets inundated in trouble of all kinds -- she's trying hard to keep herself as free and morally clean as possible, but it's becoming harder all the time. Al is still delectably nasty and funny ("Ooooh! Books!"), Pierce is stalkerishly creepy and somewhat annoying (Rachel can do better than this guy), and more facets of the elusive Trent are revealed. And Bis... is simply adorable. Love the gargoyle!
A whole lot of nasty stuff falls on Rachel Morgan's head in "Black Magic Sanction," and despite some choppy moments Kim Harrison's latest is a solid fantasy-thriller.
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