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adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
“Murphy, it’s been nearly a hundred years since the wolf went extinct in most of the United States. You’ve got no idea, none at all, of how dangerous they can be.”
The second book of the Dresden Files! It takes place after Storm Front and Harry Dresden starts on Murphy’s bad side. But she does call him to investigate another murder, one involving werewolves. And gosh, there are so many different types of werewolves! Dresden did not only learn more about werewolves, but was pushed to extreme lengths, mentally as well as physically.
He'd almost died so many times in this book and even lost his magic temporarily.
"My magic. That was at the heart of me. It was a manifestation of what I believed, what I lived. It came from my desire to see to it that someone stood between the darkness and the people it would devour. It came from my love of a good steak, from the way I would sometimes cry at a good movie or a moving symphony. From my life. From the hope that I could make things better for someone else, if not always for me."
To top it off, he also learned more about his parents. He didn't get a lot of information, but enough to make him think. There is more to it than meets the eye.
“Your mother was a most direct and willful woman. Her loss was a great sadness to all of us.”
“Margaret Gwendolyn Dresden”
“Her coming was awaited with great anticipation, but the Dark Prince lost her, in the end.”
And the saddest part of this book is that the bad guys didn't start off with bad intentions. Their minds had gotten heavily influenced by those wolf belts.
"That was Denton, inside. A good man, jaded by years and poisoned by the power that had taken control of him, until that good man had been buried and only the filth and decay remained."
Harry also had a little taste of it when he had to wear the wolf belt.
"The curse came with two addenda. First it would be hereditary, passing down to someone new each and every generation. And second, that the cursed line of the family would never, ever die out, lasting until the end of days."
Does this mean that MacFinn's fiancée is pregnant or that the curse now jumps to the next available person in the family? Hmmm....
The second book of the Dresden Files! It takes place after Storm Front and Harry Dresden starts on Murphy’s bad side. But she does call him to investigate another murder, one involving werewolves. And gosh, there are so many different types of werewolves! Dresden did not only learn more about werewolves, but was pushed to extreme lengths, mentally as well as physically.
"My magic. That was at the heart of me. It was a manifestation of what I believed, what I lived. It came from my desire to see to it that someone stood between the darkness and the people it would devour. It came from my love of a good steak, from the way I would sometimes cry at a good movie or a moving symphony. From my life. From the hope that I could make things better for someone else, if not always for me."
To top it off, he also learned more about his parents. He didn't get a lot of information, but enough to make him think. There is more to it than meets the eye.
“Your mother was a most direct and willful woman. Her loss was a great sadness to all of us.”
“Margaret Gwendolyn Dresden”
“Her coming was awaited with great anticipation, but the Dark Prince lost her, in the end.”
And the saddest part of this book is that the bad guys didn't start off with bad intentions. Their minds had gotten heavily influenced by those wolf belts.
"That was Denton, inside. A good man, jaded by years and poisoned by the power that had taken control of him, until that good man had been buried and only the filth and decay remained."
Harry also had a little taste of it when he had to wear the wolf belt.
"The curse came with two addenda. First it would be hereditary, passing down to someone new each and every generation. And second, that the cursed line of the family would never, ever die out, lasting until the end of days."
Does this mean that MacFinn's fiancée is pregnant or that the curse now jumps to the next available person in the family? Hmmm....
One thing I really liked is that there are many references to some of the major events in the first book. This makes it much easier to continue the series after a break. Excited to further explore the Dresden Files.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Death, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Murder
Minor: Grief and Death of parent
raesansom's review
adventurous
lighthearted
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore, Death, Blood, Violence, and Murder
Moderate: Sexual content and Addiction
Minor: Misogyny, Grief, Death of parent, and Confinement
sexualedward's review
adventurous
dark
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Kidnapping, Murder, Violence, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Blood, and Death
Minor: Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Cannibalism, Chronic illness, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Body horror, Gore, Grief, Misogyny, Sexism, and Terminal illness
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