The Hollows, done and done!

[fembuck]

So, I finally finished the series! I feel like I don't know what I'm going to do with my days now that I'm not obsessively reading these books. I might actually be able to get some work done (actually, probably not since that's what I'm avoiding doing by writing this message! God, I don't want to mark essays, they's gon' be bad! They's gon' be so bad!)

Thoughts:

1. Marshall equals fail. Don't bring him back, Kim! The parts with him in ODW were like unreadable for me. The first part of the book is like a blur to me, because I was too busy cringing and being bored as fuck to register what I was reading. I don't even know why he disappeared halfway throught the book, I'm just happy he did.

2. The Ivy/David hints made me want to puke.

I'm gonna be honest and say that I just want Ivy with a girl cause there's already an overwhelming abundence of het in the series and I want some GoGA (even if it's not Ivy/Rachel). I was cool with Ivy/Skimmer. I actually like Ivy/Skimmer quite a bit. Like, at least throw the femslashers a bone and give us Ivy with a female please. Television has already presented us with too many bisexual female characters who end up with a dude. Let a lady win for once, please!

Also, part of my hate comes from the fact that I just really don't like David [RPattz]at all[/RP]. Ivy/Rynn is more tolerable to me, in that it only makes me a little queasy instead of on the verge of spewing, but if the Ravy is going to be drawn out, please let it be Ivy/F while Rachel chases after some tool that's clearly wrong for her? Please, Kim? Please? *is so scared that I'm going to have to read Ivy/Davidness in White Witch, Black Curse* I'm begging, but I'm pretty sure I'm going to have to sit through some puke inducing fuckery in Book 7.

3. Oh, Kim. You giveth and you taketh away. First the orgasm!biting scene of awesome, followed by the coffee cart scene of Let's be platonic friends. *sigh*

Actually, I don't hate where Rachel and Ivy are at this point in time, because I don't really believe they'll be able to maintain this equilibrium for long. Ivy is still totally in love with her and Rachel still has conflicted feelings about her feelings for Ivy. It's pretty much the same as they were before, only Rachel isn't constantly sticking a rusty pin into the open wound that is their 'friendship' by asking to be bitten (and then not putting out) all the time.

4. Ivy continues to be a dreamy motherfucker. Seriously. Lounging around all sexy like reading her magazines about how to leave your shadow begging and breathing. Slinking around scaring any man that comes near Rachel. OMG, the bag of stuff that she put together for Rachel's trip into the ever-after = awwwww x 1000. She's such a good girlfriend. OMG, the sign warning Rachel that she's leaving hallowed ground (she knows Rachel's an idiot but loves her anyway).

Also, Ivy's heart break at Rachel covering up her bite marks made me all misty eyed. The whole, 'you're ashamed of me' conversation was sad-making. Especially since if anyone should be ashamed of anyone it should Ivy being ashamed of Ms. Buses Won't Pick Me Up Anymore Morgan. Her joy at realizing that Rachel was staying with her because she likes her and not because of wanting blood trysts was also a really beautiful moment.

5. Ceri x Quen = cute. Trent = douche.

6. Alice Morgan is pretty fucking hilarious. I really loved how she was all, "Of course you're vampire roomate bites you! How else is she suppose to show she cares?" about the Rachel/Ivy kitchen biting debacle. I also think that Rachel should sit down with her mom on a regular basis (as well as Al now) and learn how to be a good witch. Seriously, it seems to be like everyone is better trained than her and she's just lucky she's got demon blood in her cause she'd have died years ago without it.

7. I like that Rachel is trying to be smarter, even though she hasn't really succeeded in being any smarter. It's good to have goals.

And, it looks like I'm out of things to ramble about now so ... *thinks of other ways to procrastinate*

Comments

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I was so pissed with Rachel by the end of the book, seriously. She needs to fucking grow up and stop being so ridiculous.

Yeah, I know. Her whole, "I'm going to be smart, S-M-R-T" thing this book was ridiculous. She was just as dumb as ever. The only thing she managed to do was make Ivy feel like shit and cock-block the fuck out of her AGAIN! UGH!

I don't know if I can bring myself to read the next one, because Ivy/David makes me throw up.

I'm hoping Kim was just on crack when she threw Ivy/David hints out there. Like she just had a really nice afternoon with the Mary Jane and then realized the error of her ways.

I'm seriously thinking of waiting for a few reviews to come in before I lay down 20+ bucks on the new one though. I really don't want to spend that much money just to be pissed off.

The idea of a supposedly "hot" MALE werewolf being the romantic Deus Ex Machina that will bring the bisexual female back to the hetero side is honestly sickening. It's also terribly contrived.

This is why I want Ivy to be with a woman. I'm just sick of bisexuals in media always being hooked up with men. Ivy especially seems to have completely shit taste in men (Piscary, Rynn, David ugh) and should just stay away from them. Say want you want about Skimmer, but Skimmer loved Ivy and treated her 1000x better than any of the men named above did (or are likely to).

If not for their penises - that will REAFFIRM RACHEL'S OBVIOUS HETERONESS - I honestly doubt that they serve a purpose in the plot.


This. What sucks is that Kim is completely in love with her boring male creations, and is particularly enamored with the most loathsome of them (Trent and Al) which means we're probably going to have tons of these two PLUS some new jacked up love interest for Rachel. *sigh* I miss the days when Ivy was Kim's favorite to write *Montage of Book 1 set to "Memories"*

A little hope...

[(Anonymous)]

I remember a comment on KH's website stating that Ivy would most likely have a F/F happy ending. It'll probably not be Ravy, but I guess you'll be thrown your proverbial femslasher bone...

What I'm really afraid of is that KH will create a character that we'll know next to nothing about (i.e., Skimmer) and just end up saying "And Ivy and she lived happily ever after. Really, they did, even if it feels cheap and unfinished." I hope we'll at least get an Ivy-centric short with her sweetheart, whoever she (hopefully) will be.

But as long as you write fanfic, I can handle every disappointment KH throws at us... *subtle hint* ;)

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