paperback, 448 pages
Published May 1, 2011 by imusti, Orbit.
Ever since his girlfriend left town to deal with her newly acquired taste for blood, Harry Dresden has been down and out in Chicago. He can't pay his rent. He's alienating his friends. He can't even recall the last time he took a shower.
The only professional wizard in the phone book has become a desperate man.
And just when it seems things can't get any worse, in saunters the Winter Queen of Faerie. She has an offer Harry can't refuse if he wants to free himself of the supernatural hold his faerie godmother has over him — and hopefully end his run of bad luck. All he has to do is find out who murdered the Summer Queen's right-hand man, the Summer Knight, and clear the Winter Queen's name.
It seems simple enough, but Harry knows better than to get caught in the middle of faerie politics. Until he …
Ever since his girlfriend left town to deal with her newly acquired taste for blood, Harry Dresden has been down and out in Chicago. He can't pay his rent. He's alienating his friends. He can't even recall the last time he took a shower.
The only professional wizard in the phone book has become a desperate man.
And just when it seems things can't get any worse, in saunters the Winter Queen of Faerie. She has an offer Harry can't refuse if he wants to free himself of the supernatural hold his faerie godmother has over him — and hopefully end his run of bad luck. All he has to do is find out who murdered the Summer Queen's right-hand man, the Summer Knight, and clear the Winter Queen's name.
It seems simple enough, but Harry knows better than to get caught in the middle of faerie politics. Until he finds out that the fate of the entire world rests on his solving this case.
No pressure or anything...
I love the setting, I do not love the main character and the tone of the writing. But I am curious about the world so I will read more.
This was an enjoyable read but my least favourite of the series so far.
I listened to these instead of reading them, and Dresden files are perfect for listening as they are written in Harry's voice. They are pretty good easy comfy reads, but I kinda lost interest near the end at this one. The world expanded in this one, but I think I lost interest due to intermittent pauses in my listening. May pick up next one after a while but not now.
Pretty good installment, better than the first book. Dresden's inner dialog is still fairly annoying and cringe inducing.
A wee bit of nifty floof.
Empiezan las historias con más peso, y con ello mejora el ritmo al que se mueven.
This is a great modern or urban fantasy. I've read the first nine books in the series and don't intend to review all of them, so this is a review of the series. There is a formula to the series, and it becomes a bit too apparent about mid-way through the books I've read, but the writing is good enough to overlook it.
The characters are interesting and the action is well paced. Highly recommended to anyone interested in magic set in the modern world.
Elaborate tale that draws you in
