The following books feature good writing in an urban paranormal setting, well-developed characters, and enough twists and turns to keep things interesting. Mostly to save my sanity, I set out to find alternatives, and just to be clear these are urban paranormal books where the leading characters are lesbians. I’m probably not the only Ravy fan out there who finds this completely frustrating, but what bothers me more is a tendency in the Hollows series to present a drug-dealing, underworld boss (who nearly had Rachel killed), and a demon who’s enslaved people for centuries as having redeeming qualities, while a high-born living vampire who moves halfway across the country and does the unthinkable to save the woman she’s loved since high school is written off as crazy-jealous unhinged. But they’re only friends, even if Ivy makes Rachel’s heart pound, and Rachel’s admitted that she loves Ivy more than a sister or a friend. Nine books later (and let me say that I was warned off the 8 th and 9 th so I haven’t read them), they’ve had a couple of disastrous blood-sharing episodes, two kisses, the soul equivalent of a Vulcan mind-meld, and several aching heart to hearts. Ivy Alisha Tamwood, six feet of powerful, dangerous and beautiful living vampire perennially struggling with her instincts, and inexplicably (by this point) in love with one Rachel Mariana Morgan since Dead Witch Walking. (Or, alternatives to the Hollows series that won’t make you feel like headdesking)
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