The TurnAuthor: Kim Harrison
Series: The Hollows #0.1
Published by: Gallery Books
Publication Date: February 7, 2017
Format: eARC
Pages: 448
Source: Publisher
Can science save us when all else fails?
Trisk and her hated rival, Kalamack, have the same goal: save their species from extinction.
Death comes in the guise of hope when a genetically modified tomato created to feed the world combines with the government's new tactical virus, giving it an unexpected host and a mode of transport. Plague takes the world, giving the paranormal species an uncomfortable choice to stay hidden and allow humanity to die, or to show themselves in a bid to save them.
Under accusations of scientific misconduct, Trisk and Kal flee across a plague torn United States to convince leaders of the major paranormal species to save their supposedly weaker kin, but not everyone thinks humanity should be saved.
Kal surreptitiously works against her as Trisk fights the prejudices of two societies to prove that not only does humanity have something to offer, but that long-accepted beliefs against women, dark magic, and humanity itself can turn to understanding; that when people are at their worst that the best show their true strength, and that love can hold the world together as a new balance is found.
Woohoo! We’re back in the Hollows! Only, this time we take a step back in history and discover what actually went down during the infamous Turn. What exactly caused tomatoes to become the carriers of death and destruction? And just who is really at fault.
This was so stinkin’ good! I love how the story unfolded while connecting so many threads to the main part of the series, all the way to the very last book. I wasn’t sure how much I’d like his without Rachel, Ivy, and Jenks, but my worries quickly went out the window once I started reading. Harrison did a great job with Trisk, Kal, and Daniel. Kal is exactly how I would expect him to be. I can’t stand his ass, but that’s perfectly fitting!
You don’t have to read the whole series first, but it’s so much better if you do. I loved discovering how certain situations turned out and how decisions in this book impacted things in the future. Even small things, like what paved the way for Rachel having the ability to be an I.S agent. It’s also really cool seeing what roles certain characters from the series played in those early days. Harrison seriously tied it all together amazingly well!
I really hope we get more prequels. There’s still a lot of story that can be told involving these characters View Spoiler ». Harrison could also jump further back in time to Trisk’s grandma, because I’m SUPPER curious about what’s up with that story!
The Turn is an absolute must read for fans of the series!
I’m really hoping to get this one on audio.
I should try this series
I haven’t read the series but heard a lot about it. It’s been interesting to see reviews about this new addition because it seems like I have either seen ones like yours who LOVE it or others who thought it was boring. 🙂 Great review. One day I might give the original series a try. 🙂
Yes I would love to see more of these as well! I still haven’t finished the Hollows though, shame on me but I’m getting there.
I think it’s fabulous that the series got a prequel like this. Good to know that it works best after finishing the regular series books.
I love this series and can’t wait to read this.
How many books are in the Hollows series? And if I want to finally break my Kim Harrison virginity, where should I start?
Same questions. I laughed so hard at “Kim Harrison virginity” though
Sorry I didn’t answer before. There’s 13 books in the ‘original’ series. I personally think this prequel is better after having the entire story and knowing how everything fits and what certain things are in reference to. But keep in mind that a lot of the biggest fans of this series (including myself) needed about 2-3 books to fully fall in love with it. Hope you read the series! I’ve been mulling over rereading it when I have more time.
YES. Totally agree we need another two books continuing this and heck yes I would love to read about Grandma.
It’s been a while since I’ve read one of her books. I need to get back into her books and pick this one up.
Yay! You have no idea how happy I am to see you enjoyed The Turn, Christy. I’ve been reading some iffy reviews and I was getting nervous! I breathed a sigh of relief…now I’m really anxious to get to it. 🙂
Whaaaaaat?! Iffy reviews? How dare they! 😉
This author has been on my list. Heard Lots of good (several bad) things about this book. But I believe your review! Thanks for sharing. Love it. 🙂
You should read this after the rest of the series, it adds a lot more to the enjoyment.
WooHoo Christy. It was really made of amazing, right? I am totally with you, I wish we’d get more prequels, there is so many things to explore in this universe, and Harrison has definitely proven she has the skills to do it.
The second review who’s loved this book… I think I should start reading this author. I mean, I always meant to but I never did, and for the life of me I can’t figure out why reading this?!
That is awesome that the prequel was so good. A lot of the time they fall flat for me. I still need to read this author!! Great review!
Great review and thanks for recommending we finish the series first before reading. That’s something I was wondering about as I’m only five books into the series.
I have been saving this one, and I think I will start it next week. It sounds so darn good and I think a trip to the Hollows would get me out of my readign slump.
I don’t think I’ve read any of these yet but if I have I’ll have to go back to the beginning (crappy memory!).
I have heard so many good things about this series, it seems I need to add this to my ever growing TBR. Thanks for the recommendation.
I thought this was a great book as well. I haven’t read all of the books in the Hollows series but I have read enough that this book was meaningful. I do hope that we get more prequel books. Great review!
Tomatoes are the carriers of death and destruction in this series?!! Well that just makes me sad lol. Tomatoes are one of my favorite foods!
Sometimes it’s so interesting to see the things that actually led up to the events in the story. Glad this was a good prequel 🙂
I love when a favorite series goes back and gives me a prequel! This sounds so flippin’ good. One day… one day!
Thats always awesome, getting a glimps into how things happened. Oh, I so need to get back into reading this series. Way behind. I didn’t even realize the novella started a different cast of characters
I want to know why tomatoes are the big bad. 🙂 I’d be in trouble if that really happened. Why can’t it be something I don’t like, like peas or something?
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If I don’t get to another series before this year is out I hope to at least try this book of this series to see if it’ll be something that would interest me.
I LOVED this book! I was so excited when I read that Harrison was releasing a prequel about The Turn, since it’s something we know SO much about from Rachel’s POV but never really got details. And she did such an amazing job making bio-engineering seem exciting and even relatable! Ha — I don’t think I could have done that. I totally agree with you on the potential for cool exploration beyond this, and I do hope that Harrison continues to visit these characters and those related to them 😀
My review just went up TODAY, actually! 🙂