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Grave Peril by Jim Butcher

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paulidin's review against another edition

4.0

Starting and ending with those words was very well done. Now I can start to hear the author's real voice and it's a clever, well-paced one, confident in the world of its stories. I like the vampire courts and I like Thomas and Michael. I hope those latter two return!

sian_hughes_jones's review against another edition

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adventurous fast-paced

vampires, he is friends with a holy knight chap and Susan gets turned into a vampire mush thing and leaves him to avoid biting him

mbs1236's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious sad fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Reread Update:
A truly fantastic book on reread with a great many heartfelt moments, introductions of important characters and setting up of many future major

sydney7562's review against another edition

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dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

jesmichan's review against another edition

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3.0

I think if I didn't remember this as one of my least favorite of the series I would have gotten thru it much more quickly. it's really not that bad, probably at least as good as the first book. I'm seeing a lot more little bits that make me think the author knows a lot of the noir trope sexism the main character exhibits is bad, although there's enough in there to make me think some of it is good ol' fashioned American women-hating. really excited to move on to the 4th book — I think I read this one at least a dozen times thru high-school and college.

kittycat2302's review against another edition

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5.0

This is the book where the series really takes off for me- it shifts from a fun time to a seriously good read that gets my feels going, too. It introduces probably two of my favorite side characters in Michael Carpenter and Thomas Raith. It kicks off a major arc for the next several books, it shows that Harry, while extremely flawed, truly is a good man and he acts on his principles, no matter the consequences. It takes us into the Nevernever the first time, and we finally get to meet Harry's wicked faerie Godmother, Lea, who is also fantastic, as well. All in all, it's an excellent read and it has me teary-eyed by the end. And no matter how many times I've read it, I just can't put it down.