History Literature / TheHollows

* DarkSkinnedBlond: Trent again.

* BikerBabe: Ivy owns a motorcycle and often wears leather.

* KarmaHoudini: Al, Trent, Lee and Newt are examples of this trope. Al is the king of them having [[MoralEventHorizon raped the dog]] publicly and loudly so often it's not just [[CrossingTheLineTwice crossing the line twice]], he's taken atrocity [[UpToEleven up to eleven]] and has no intent of stopping. Mildly subverted in that he suffered a minor reversal of fortunes in demon society. This however was due to letting Rachel live [[spoiler:with knowledge of demon magic]] as opposed to any ill deed he did.

** Considering that Jax learned to read or at least learned his ABCs in under a week by watching Sesame Street, we're probably supposed to assume that pixies are ''really'' fast learners.

* WordOfGod: Kim Harrison maintains a [[https://kimharrison.net/index.html website]] where she often answers questions or clarifies details of the stories. She has also maintained a [[https://web.archive.org/web/20100830053802/http://groups.yahoo.com/group/the_hollows/ Yahoo group (in archived form here)]].
** The author reserves the right to answer any question with her CatchPhrase [=KSR1=] or "Kim's Standard Reply 1" which is "I'm not telling".
*** Update: Kim has removed herself from her Yahoo group due to backlash after her revelation that "Kim Harrison" is a pen name. She still maintains a presence on her website "Drama Box".

%%* UrbanFantasy

* TroubledButCute: Kisten.

* TheStoic: Quen.
* TheUnmasquedWorld
* TheUnpronounceable: Demon summoning names.
* UrbanFantasy
* UnresolvedSexualTension: Rachel/Ivy[[spoiler:, Rachel/Trent.]]

* BackStory: Several of the short stories of the series provide this. May provide mild forms of RetCon.
* BadAssBookWorm: David, [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation possibly Nick]].
* BadAssDecay: Kisten
* BadBoss: Art, Denon and [[spoiler:Piscary]].

* [[spoiler:EarnYourHappyEnding]]: for both Rachel and Ivy. Both of them go through hell and suffer a great deal. However, [[spoiler:it all works out in the end and both of them get what they never thought they could]] as Ivy finds [[spoiler:love and redemption with Nina and gets a job leading the I.S.]] and [[spoiler:Trent]] presumably becomes Rachel's [[spoiler:husband and the father of her children]] after the DistantFinale.

* EvilGloating: Al, Minias, Trent and [[spoiler:Piscary]] are big on this.

* GenkiGirl: Ivy's younger sister, Erica.

* LadykillerInLove: Literally with Kisten and Rachel.

* LesbianVampire: Ivy and [[spoiler:Skimmer.]], and later [[spoiler:Nina]]
* LeyLine

* MindRape: [[spoiler:Piscary does this several times to Ivy.]]
* MindScrew: A favorite ploy of the villains especially Al, Trent and [[spoiler:Piscary.]]

* SpellBook: Rachel has several.
* SpellConstruction: The series uses all elements of this trope in one way or another.

* VampiresAreSexGods: Kisten and Ivy, especially since she can't separate blood from sex.
* VampireDetectiveSeries: Or more accurately a witch, vampire and pixy detective series.

* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Trent and to a lesser degree Lee and [[spoiler:Piscary]].
* VillainsOutShopping: Played straight and literal once with Trent.
* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:Skimmer several times, most notably when Rachel and Ivy visit her in jail.]]
* WalkingDisasterArea: Arguably, Rachel.

* OurDemonsAreDifferent: made all the more interesting in that [[spoiler:new demons can be created by genetically modifying witches to cure them of the Rosewood syndrome, which is normally fatal since it causes the witch to produce demon enzymes. See WitchSpecies below.]] This proves to be extremely important over the course of the series.

* WitchSpecies: In the series, witches are separate species originating in the Ever After. Though they look just like humans, their genetics are completely different and the two species cannot interbreed.
** [[spoiler:Later it is revealed that the witch species arose from stunted demon children suffering from an elven curse.]]

* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship: Arguably Rachel and Ivy have an adult version of this. Played more straight in back story with Ivy and [[spoiler:Skimmer]].

* [[RelationshipCeiling Relationship Ceiling]]/[[BuryYourGays Bury Your Gays]]/ShipSinking: As of ''A Perfect Blood'', Rachel and Ivy have stopped trying to make their relationship work. There are still many ways of working out their problems but Rachel seems less interested in this as the books go on. [[spoiler:Now the books seem to be pushing Rachel toward Trent.]] [[WordOfGod The author]] wrote in 2013 (responding to a fan question) that the decision to not have a Rachel/Ivy romantic relationship was made after Book 4, ''A Fistful of Charms''.
** [[WildMassGuessing It is speculated]] that the publisher or even Harrison herself is uncomfortable with Rachel having a same-sex relationship, since the readership is comprised mostly of women. Perhaps they believe such a relationship would drive them away.

** The author's website also has two essays supposedly written by Rachel herself detailing some supernatural races for the FIB, David pack's tattoo and the recipe for Trent's waffles among other things [[http://kimharrison.net/BitsAndBobs.html here]].

''The Hollows'' is a UrbanFantasy series by Kim Harrison detailing the professional and personal adventures of Rachel Morgan, bounty hunter and witch, along with her partners: [[OurVampiresAreDifferent living vampire]] Ivy Tamwood, and Jenks, a pixie.

* ''Million Dollar Demon'' (scheduled for publication June 15, 2021)

** The author's website also has two essays supposedly written by Rachel herself detailing some supernatural races for the FIB, David pack's tattoo and the recipe for Trent's waffles among other things [[http://www.kimharrison.net/BitsAndBobs.html here]].

* IDidntMeanToTurnYouOn: Vampires can lose control of themselves if given certain 'intimate' signals by others. This was a early problem between Ivy and Rachel. There is actually a guide on how to turn on - or more importantly how ''not'' to turn on - a vampire.

** Rachel is later able to attach [[spoiler:Nina's soul to Ivy after Nina dies her first death with the help of a [[SoulJar soul bottle spell, saving her from becoming amoral and cruel because her sould was separated from her and moved to another dimension.]]

* TooDumbToLive: Arguably, Rachel at times. Justified in that she is a adrenaline junkie.

** [[spoiler:Later it is revealed that the witch species arose from stunted demon children suffering from a elven curse.]]

* WordOfGod: Kim Harrison maintains a [[http://groups.yahoo.com/group/the_hollows/ Yahoo group]] and a [[http://www.kimharrison.net/index.html website]] where she often answers questions or clarifies details of the stories

* ''American Demon'' (due out June 2020)

* FantasticRacism: Inverted to some degree in that the greatest racists are the Inderlanders themselves. [[FurAgainstFang Vampires hate werewolves and vice versa]] but there are other mutual racial hatreds: fairies and pixies, elves and demons, banshees and everyone else. Ironically while humans are understandably wary of the prenatural abilities of the Inderlanders there has been little actual overt racism on their part.

* [[RelationshipCeiling Relationship Ceiling]]/[[BuryYourGays Bury Your Gays]]/ShipSinking: As of ''A Perfect Blood'', Rachel and Ivy have stopped trying to make their relationship work. There are still many ways of working out their problems but Rachel seems less interested in this as the books go on. [[spoiler:Now the books seem to be pushing Rachel toward Trent.]]

* AnimalEyes

%%* BadAssDecay: Kisten
%%* BadBoss: Art, Denon and [[spoiler:Piscary]].
%%* BadCopIncompetentCop: The I.S. and FIB, respectively.

* RedEyesTakeWarning: Despite being [[{{Shape Shifter}}s shape shifters]], all demons have red eyes with [[HellishPupils hellish pupils]], slitted like a goat's, in any form. They often use sunglasses to disguise this.

%%* AnimalEyes
%%* AnotherDimension: The Ever-After

* ExoticEquipment: While female witches [[spoiler:and witch-born demons]] can and do have perfectly normal sex with humans, vampires, elves (and presumably Weres), they also possess a few extra inner muscles ("down there," as it were), and hold onto their partners for a brief period following orgasm.

** The worst aspect of the virus is that when a living vampire dies, the virus will ''consume their soul'' and cause them to rise as a soulless undead version of themselves. [[spoiler:Kisten may have avoided this fate. WordOfGod hasn't decided yet.]]

* SoulJar: [[spoiler:Elves]] and demons have the ability to trap souls in jars, which Trent uses to [[spoiler:save Rachel's life]] in ''Pale Demon.''

** [[spoiler: Trent's father Trent tries this on a living vampire who figured out that Trent was responsible for the T-4 virus killing humans, setting a circle around himself and torching the vampire. Unfortunately for Trent Sr., the vampire managed to survive and make it Cincinnati to tell the enclave the truth.]]

* BiTheWay: Ivy, possibly Kisten at least with Piscary.