History Literature / TheHollows

* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Rachel is turned into a mink, which is repeatedly described as a rodent and being fed carrots and so on. Minks are carnivorous mustelids (the weasel family). {{Retcon}}ned/lampshaded in ''Black Magic Sanction'', as an in-universe error on Trent's part.

* ActionGirl: Rachel, Ivy

* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Rachel... over and over

* AllTrollsAreDifferent

* AnimalEyes
* AnotherDimension: The Ever-After

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

* BetaCouple: Jenks and Matalina

* [[BigBrotherMentor Big Sister Mentor]]: Ceri is a female mentor for Rachel.

* BlackMagicianGirl: Ceri and [[spoiler: Rachel later on]].
* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Ceri, Ivy and Rachel.

* BoisterousBruiser: Jenks

* BrokenBird: Ivy, Ceri and arguably, Rachel.

* ChekhovsGunman: [[spoiler:Art]]

* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: [[spoiler:Nick]]

* CloudCuckooLander: [[spoiler:Newt]]

* CoolOldGuy: Keasley

* DoomMagnet: Rachel

* EmotionEater: Banshees
* TheEmpath: Ford
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Ivy's mother.

* EvilMatriarch: Ivy's unnamed mother.

* AFatherToHisMen: Literally with Edden and Glenn.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Al

* FurAgainstFang

* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Lee]]

* HemoErotic
* HermeticMagic

* JerkAss: Trent, Al.

* MillionairePlayboy: Trent.

* MustMakeHerLaugh: Jenks with Rachel and Ivy.
* MurderMakesYouCrazy: [[spoiler: Newt, after killing her sisters.]]
* MurderTheHypotenuse: [[spoiler:Skimmer's plan for Rachel.]]

* NakedOnArrival: Pierce. Twice.
** ''Black Magic Sanction'': [[spoiler: Rachel, after untwisting the curse that made her small, presents the priceless elf porn statue to Trent on stage. In front of a crowd. And news cameras. Of course, of all things, she uses the pages of Trent's speech [[HandOrObjectUnderwear to cover herself]].]]

* OurGhostsAreDifferent

* OurSoulsAreDifferent
* OurVampiresAreDifferent
* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent

* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Rachel is turned into a mink, which is repeatedly described as a rodent and being fed carrots and so on. Minks are carnivorous mustelids. {{Retcon}}ned/lampshaded in ''Black Magic Sanction'', as an in-universe error on Trent's part.

** Kim's biggest reveal to date is that "Kim Harrison" is a pen name for Dawn Cook. This has surprisingly created a degree of InternetBackdraft.

*** Update: Kim has removed herself from her Yahoo group due to InternetBackdraft after her revelation that "Kim Harrison" is a pen name. She still maintains a presence on her website "Drama Box".

* LittlestCancerPatient: Matalina. Several literal versions of these also appear in ''White Witch, Black Curse'' to deliver a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming for Rachel and Ivy.

* ManipulativeBastard: The series has a number of these including Trent[[spoiler:, Piscary, Minias, Nick, and even Rachel's had her moments.]]

** Nick fits this trope better, especially concerning hollow eyes and a near-starved frame. Ivy is more an [[AloofDarkHairedGirl aloof dark-haired girl]], given her personality.

* PoliceAreUseless: It seems Rachel tends to solve more Inderlander crimes for the FIB than their actual employees. The IS on the other hand simply covers up Inderlander crime as opposed to enforcing the laws.

* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler:Kisten.]]

** Perhaps the most obvious shout out is the titles of the books. All except the first are derived from Clint Eastwood films due to the author's love of the actor's work. As a result, fans enjoy speculating on what the titles of upcoming books will be.

* SurvivorGuilt: [[spoiler:Rachel and Ivy, to a lesser extent, when Kisten dies.]]

* ThereAreNoGoodExecutives: Played straight, even with Trent... Until you get to ''Pale Demon'', and [[spoiler:suddenly Trent is being less and less of a jerk. Comes to a head in ''A Perfect Blood'' when Rachel spends most of the book actively working with Trent because he's the only one she can trust to watch her back.]]

* TookALevelInJerkass: Nick. Oh, dear Lord, ''Nick''.

* WellIntentionedExtremist: Trent, [[spoiler: because everything he does is to resurrect his species and lift the genetic curse that affects and kills their infants.]]

*** Almost everyone that tap dances over the line ends up this. [spoiler: Trent's father, also named Trent, kicks off the Turn by twisting a virus and the Angel tomato together, simply to ruin another elf's work. He doesn't end up dead, or even ruined; instead, he's on the way to becoming rich by creating Brimstone, he's managed to impregnate his rival and thus save his bloodline, and he has Piscary willing to fund a secret genetics lab. Trent himself, despite taking after his father in some ways, ends up married to Rachel at the end. Al, despite, well, ''everything'' he's done, ends up free on the other other side of the lines, and a big shot in Hollywood. The only ones to really pay for anything are Piscary, Lee, and Nick.]]

* ''The Turn'' (published in 2017, a prequel to the series)

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The books are set in an [[AlternateUniverse alternate universe]]where UsefulNotes/TheSpaceRace was a biotechnology race instead, and various supernatural beings known collectively as "Inderlanders" have [[{{Masquerade}} lived alongside mundane humans since ancient times]], but kept their identities secret from the masses. In the 1960s, a virus called the [[ThePlague T4 Angel]] was accidentally released, attached itself to a genetically modified tomato, was transported worldwide, and wiped out a quarter of the human population in an event known as "The Turn". Since the Inderlanders were mostly unaffected by the virus and found their combined numbers were now close to that of humanity's, [[TheUnmasquedWorld they decided to reveal themselves to the world]], a move that further changed the already altered post-pandemic society.

The books are set in an AlternateUniverse where UsefulNotes/TheSpaceRace was a biotechnology race instead, and various supernatural beings known collectively as "Inderlanders" have [[{{Masquerade}} lived alongside mundane humans since ancient times]], but kept their identities secret from the masses. In the 1960s, a virus called the [[ThePlague T4 Angel]] was accidentally released, attached itself to a genetically modified tomato, was transported worldwide, and wiped out a quarter of the human population in an event known as "The Turn". Since the Inderlanders were mostly unaffected by the virus and found their combined numbers were now close to that of humanity's, [[TheUnmasquedWorld they decided to reveal themselves to the world]], a move that further changed the already altered post-pandemic society.

** Rachel favorite expression when things get complicated is "Crap on toast," unsurprising given that she's not too fond of stronger language. Trent catches himself using it as well in "Million-Dollar Baby." She temporarily upgrades to "shit on crap" when things get ''really'' bad.

** Rachel favorite expression when things get complicated is "Crap on toast," unsurprising given that she's not too fond of stronger language. Trent catches himself using it as well in "Million-Dollar Baby."

The books are set in an AlternateUniverse where various supernatural beings known collectively as "Inderlanders" have [[{{Masquerade}} lived alongside mundane humans since ancient times]], but kept their identities secret from the masses until the 1960s, when a virus from a genetically modified tomato wiped out a quarter of the human population in an event known as "The Turn". Since the Inderlanders were mostly unaffected by the virus and found their combined numbers were now close to that of humanity's, [[TheUnmasquedWorld they decided to reveal themselves to the world]], a move that further changed the already altered post-pandemic society.

''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: living vampire Ivy Tamwood, and Jenks, a pixie.

The books are set in an AlternateUniverse where various supernatural beings known collectively as "Inderlanders" have lived alongside mundane humans since ancient times, but kept their identities secret from the masses until the 1960s, when a virus from a genetically modified tomato wiped out a quarter of the human population in an event known as "The Turn". Since the Inderlanders were mostly unaffected by the virus and found their combined numbers were now close to that of humanity's, they decided to reveal themselves to the world, a move that further changed the already altered post-pandemic society.

* RedHeadedHero: Or heroine, in Rachel's case.

* BlondGuysAreEvil: Trent Kalamack, though becoming father to two daughters has shifted him some along the sliding scale of good vs evil especially as he is shown to be a [[GoodParents good dad]].

** Keasley [[spoiler:aka Leon Bairnes]] as of ''Black Magic Sanction''.

* AbsurdlyYouthfulMother: It's been mentioned a few times in the series that witches age slowly once they reach adulthood, which presumably leads to a lot of this. Case in point: Rachel's mother is past retirement age for a human, but can pass for Rachel's sister with the right clothes.

* DepravedBisexual: Piscary

** ''Black Magic Sanction'': [[spoiler: Rachel, after untwisting the curse that made her small, presents the priceless elf porn statue to Trent on stage. In front of a crowd. And news cameras.]]