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Cold Days by Jim Butcher
5.0
Oh yes.
OH YES!
Loved it.
It's a Dresden Files Book, and - in particular - it's a post Changes Dresden Files Book, which means that it was bound to make me love it. And love it I did.
Not going into spoilers (If I do, they'll be marked) or really going to describe it - if you're reading this review for the 14th book in a series, you probably already know what Dresden's all about, but here's a bullet point list of things that I particularly loved.
- Jim Butcher is amazing at writing Fae, and his Fae are some of my favourite aspects of the series. Since this book in particular is REALLY dealing with Fae, we get a lot of his fantastic worldbuilding on full display here.
- A lot of the "bigger picture" parts of the series are finally revealed here, and it was great seeing some the plot points of the past being linked to the current state of affairs in the series. It really makes everything feel more connected than it already was.
- Call backs to Summer Knight, which is one of my personal favourite Dresden books that I really need to reread again.
- One of my favourite things to read is a character fighting duality within themselves, facing a darker nature that they need to repress. It's one of the reasons why I really love Thomas as a character - his inner conflict is fantastic. In Cold Days, we get to see that but with Harry, fighting against the Winter within him, and Jim Butcher does an amazing job with Harry's internal struggle.
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- Demonreach is freaking cool, and an amazing concept that I'm happy to see getting explored further.
- The writing, as always, was top notch. I often read on my break at work, and it's so hard to not look like a maniac grinning at a book when I'm reading something like Dresden.
Anyway, could go on gushing, but I don't want to make this too long. Another awesome entry into one of my favourite series, and I look forward to seeing where it takes me next.
OH YES!
Loved it.
It's a Dresden Files Book, and - in particular - it's a post Changes Dresden Files Book, which means that it was bound to make me love it. And love it I did.
Not going into spoilers (If I do, they'll be marked) or really going to describe it - if you're reading this review for the 14th book in a series, you probably already know what Dresden's all about, but here's a bullet point list of things that I particularly loved.
- Jim Butcher is amazing at writing Fae, and his Fae are some of my favourite aspects of the series. Since this book in particular is REALLY dealing with Fae, we get a lot of his fantastic worldbuilding on full display here.
- A lot of the "bigger picture" parts of the series are finally revealed here, and it was great seeing some the plot points of the past being linked to the current state of affairs in the series. It really makes everything feel more connected than it already was.
- Call backs to Summer Knight, which is one of my personal favourite Dresden books that I really need to reread again.
- One of my favourite things to read is a character fighting duality within themselves, facing a darker nature that they need to repress. It's one of the reasons why I really love Thomas as a character - his inner conflict is fantastic. In Cold Days, we get to see that but with Harry, fighting against the Winter within him, and Jim Butcher does an amazing job with Harry's internal struggle.
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Spoiler
On the topic of Thomas, his sibling dynamic with Harry is just plain wonderful. They really feel like brothers, and it's refreshing to see a sibling relationship done so well.- Demonreach is freaking cool, and an amazing concept that I'm happy to see getting explored further.
- The writing, as always, was top notch. I often read on my break at work, and it's so hard to not look like a maniac grinning at a book when I'm reading something like Dresden.
Anyway, could go on gushing, but I don't want to make this too long. Another awesome entry into one of my favourite series, and I look forward to seeing where it takes me next.