Customer Reviews
Not the best in the series - By: Dean Joseph Simons, 28 Jul 2008 
I've been following this series since it first started publishing in the UK & I can definitely tell you I am a fan. However, despite the fact that it is nice to return to Harry Dresden & co i found that it could not compare to previous installlments. Particularly since this is the first time i've felt the series drag a bit in the middle. The novel's climax was satisfactory but i wasnt blown away as i was in previous books.
keeps getting better and better - By: M. R. Parashchak, 12 Mar 2008 
It is rare that by book 8 in a series it keeps its momentum & freshness but these just get better & better & this one is my favourite. He becomes a little darker & mean in this book, but his humour improves too.
Butcher Continued Success hacks up others - By: Gareth Wilson, 04 Mar 2008 Dresden rides again (or I should perhaps say, he poots again in the mighty Blue Beetle), as this latest instalment of the Dresden files hits the UK. As usual Butcher brings the humour, the crime noir & above alll the means to keep you gripped to the last page. Whilst muddling though as he doesn't appear to have a clue as to whats happening within his own life, Harry's life drama's & family crisis are just so entertaining that you just cant help but keep going with the wizard up to & including the huge sacrifice that's made within the tale. Each character continues to grow within their personal space & perhaps the most amusing point is Harry coming out of the closet & how he's going to live it down when the CPD get wind.
Jim Butcher is the best - By: igorthehunchback, 27 Feb 2008 I like contempary Fantasy & I can honestly say the King is currently Jim Butcher. Ignore the Anita Blake series, the inital books were fantastic, but the latter ones are soft porn, here is the true King.
I now have every one of his books, & can say that each one of them is a quality read.
I would sugest you ignore the TV Series which is rubbish, but get the books.
As for this one I will not go into detail, but its off good quality.
My only minor quibble is he is starting to put minor ploy hints in for future books which I find slightly annoying.
If you have followed the saga of Harry Dresden - By: J Boyer, 03 Feb 2008 then you will find this an excellent addition to the series. This book is very important to the background myth-arc, with real development among the characters & a clever resolution to a one or two plotlines. (IMHO such resolution is a very good thing.) The writing still snaps, & there are one or two set scenes that come off very well. Harry continues to grow, & is dealing with the conflict between his anti-authority nature & his inevitable development into an authority figure himself.
If you are new to the series, then this is *not* the place to start. Butcher's work is superior to a lot of that in the field in that his character actuallly goes through changes & learns things. He's a supernatural private detective that actuallly tries to think once in a while. Things start dark & get darker in the first few novels, & now the protagonist is growing & learning. The series has excellent supporting characters & tries to deal with the moral choices the hero is forced to make, & their consequences. Do yourself a favor & start at the beginning ("Storm Front") & follow the saga!!! I'd recommend The Fates by Tino Georgiou to those who might have missed this bestseller.
