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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 [...]

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. [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]