Book thirteen of the Dresden Files series opens six months after our hero, Harry Dresden, sinks into the water after being shot through the heart while on his brother’s boat. He had just murdered the woman he loved, saved his daughter, and wiped out the entire vampire Red Court. In order to pull all of [...]
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I believe Jim Butcher wrote book twelve of the Dresden Files series, Changes, for the fans of the series who have lived vicariously through every book and believed they know Harry Dresden on a personal level. The storyline was perfect. The action was heart-stopping at times. It was an emotional rollercoaster from start to finish. [...]
For this trilogy, Anne Bishop ventures out of Hell and focuses her story on the balance between the Fae and humanity ? the balance of nature, spirit, and flesh and blood people. The first book in the trilogy, Pillars of the World, focuses on a young witch named Ari, an outcast because of her gift [...]
The Black Jewels Trilogy is fucking brilliant. Read it. End of review. Hmm. Yes, a sparse review but I’m struggling to find the words to describe the series that has held me captive for a little over a week. Reading the last word on the last page was painful. It was like breaking up with [...]
Hallelujah! Here we go! While the last two or three books of the Dresden Files series were fun and enjoyable they were lacking the something-something that makes this series brilliant. Book eight definitely brings back the pizzazz that I have come to expect. Proven Guilty opens with Harry at a meeting of the White Council [...]
Dead Beat is about dead people. Literally. In book seven of the Dresden Files series, Harry is battling two necromancers, someone that can reanimate dead bodies and control them. Wizards and spirits alike fear them. In this book, Harry is approached by Mavra (a Black Court vampire that he thought he killed in the last [...]
Long, long ago when the Eater of the World was destroyed, the lands that made up Ephemera were divided and now the only way to travel from one to another was by crossing magical bridges. These bridges can be tricky because they don't always transport you to the place that you want to be, but [...]
I'm not ashamed to admit that I am shallow. . . when it comes to book covers. I will judge a book by its cover and whether or not I like the cover carries a lot of weight on whether or not I'll give the book a chance. In this particular instance, I thought the [...]
The Way of Shadows is visceral, dark, and gritty. It gets under your skin and you can't put it down. I know, I read all 677-pages in one day. Even when my head began to ache and my eyes got blurry, I couldn't put it down. Finally, at 3:30 a.m. I finished and threw myself [...]
The title of the sixth book of the Dresden Files fits perfectly. Blood Rites is vampires, vampires, and more vampires. Toss in some interesting plot twists, new character additions, some major spell casting, and you have yourself a summer salad of science fiction awesomeness. In this book, Harry Dresden teams up with an unlikely ally [...]
I only meant to skim a few pages, jot a few notes, and then write up a quick review before starting on a pile of new books I've been meaning to read. Last summer I read the entire series and I didn't think I should waste another week on a book I'd already read. . [...]
The only word to describe Book 5 of the Dresden Files series is INTENSE. There is so much going on that sometimes it is hard to keep up, but nonetheless Butcher delivers another great read. For those that are following along I feel I need to clarify that my reviews of the Dresden Series are [...]
Until now, the Dresden Files series has been mainly action, the hard won luck of the main character, and your more stereotypical science fiction characters such as wizards, vampires, werewolves, faeries, ghouls, etc. Book Four of the series, Summer Knight, is a plunge into the complex structure of Butcher's series. Compared to the other books, [...]
In the 17th century the Plague ravaged Europe, killing millions of people. It was spread by infested rats and their fleas. Unsanitary conditions and the overpopulation of large cities such as London enabled the disease to spread rapidly. When people tried to outrun the Plague and leave the cities behind they unknowingly carried the disease [...]
It has long been believed that all things in the world are composed of energy – people, plants, water, dirt. Everything. It has also been believed that this energy can be manipulated in ways that are both helpful and harmful. In Furies of Calderon, Jim Butcher takes this belief and adds his own twist. Welcome [...]
Let it be known that I am NOT the person who usually reads romance novels. However, this science fiction romance novel is not your typical hot-blooded, summer romance. Unless your idea of a summer romance involves whipping. . . It was over a few glasses of wine with a friend that I found this book [...]
In the first two books of the Dresden Files series, Jim Butcher laid a solid foundation for Harry Copperfield Dresden, the only professional wizard listed in the yellow pages of Chicago. In book three, Grave Peril, Butcher just throws it all out there and says “Here it is – take it or leave it.” And [...]
In the first Dresden Files book, Jim Butcher tosses out a crazy story line that by all rights should have crashed and burned but because of his brilliant writing and the depth of the characters, he hits a home run. So, I can't help but think that when book one was greedily eaten up by [...]
The demon watched what was happening from in the circle with froggy eyes and kicked a section of floor clear enough of debris for it to squat down on its haunches and stare, restless and read as a cat waiting for a mouse to stick its head out of its hole. Susan stared up at me with sultry eyes and tried to wrench me to the floor, and consequently out of the circle’s protective power. Bob continued to wail his innocence.
Who says I don’t know how to show a lady a good time?
In a society where images of vampires are romanticized and have become the fodder for tween daydreams as well as the storyline of movies, television series, and countless novels, Elizabeth Kostova has written a refreshing and brilliant novel on one of the oldest and best known vampires – Dracula. The Historian is a deep and [...]
In my opinion, one of the marks of a great book is the ability to evoke a strong range of emotion in the reader. There have been novels that when I finish reading them I feel as if I’ve been riding a rollercoaster of emotion. In all my years of reading, I’ve never experienced the [...]
