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Storm Front by Jim Butcher
5.0
It’s like a Cassandra Clare book but awesome.
Full review under the spoiler
I adore the writing style, it’s so snarky and fun.
That’s sad that Harry can’t be around technology.
“And someone had used magic to do it. They had used magic to wreak harm on another, violating the First Law. The White Council was going to go into collective apoplexy. This hadn’t been the act of a malign spirit or malicious entity, or the attack of one of the many creatures of the Nevernever, like vampires or trolls. This had been the premeditated, deliberate act of a sorcerer, a wizard, a human being able to tap into the fundamental energies of creation and life itself.”—Page 18
Okay so there’s laws of magic, there’s a council of magic users and creatures like vampires or trolls are of the Nevernever. World building!
So Harry can see into people’s soul and people can see his when they look into each other’s eyes. That’s very strange.
“‘Would you mind having dinner with me Saturday night?’
‘No! I—’ I blinked at her. ‘What’”—Page 61
I love this book.
“What was his name? Please, do you think wizards just give information like that away? You don’t know what I went through to get it.”—Page 72
Damn, Harry. Also Toot is adorable.
Santa Claus is real, a powerful faery and would take big stones to try to capture him. I want to meet him.
Harry has a really fat cat named Mister and that’s adorable and he has a magical, talking, French accented skull named Bob. That date with Susan will probably good for him.
If only Harry Potter’s potion classes were anything like Harry Dresden’s.
Okay so Victor Sells and his little party were probably the ones who killed Tommy and Jennifer.
Harry you’re suppose to be going on a date with Susan, she’s going to be pissed.
Something is going on with Monica, maybe Marcone got to her.
Susan drank the love potion, this wasn’t going to end well. Oh great they’re trapped in a small circle and Harry is naked.
And Linda is dead, that sucks.
I feel so bad for Harry, he’s alone and everything is terrible. He needs love, Murphy give him love.
“‘What the hell are you doing, Harry?’ I demanded out loud.
‘Lying down to die,’ I told myself, petulantly.
‘Like hell,’ my wiser part said. ‘Get off the floor and get to work.’
‘Don’t wanna. Tired. Go away.’
‘You’re not too tired to talk to yourself. So you’re not too tired to bail your ass out of the alligators, either. Open your eyes,’ I told myself, firmly.”—Page 247
haha I love Harry.
So Monica and Jennifer are sisters.
“‘You’re the wizard,’ she said, quietly. ‘You’re Harry Dresden.’”—Page 277
Yer a wizard, Harry.
Okay, Murphy, I get that you’re pissed at Harry but seriously he’s a freaking wizard, why don’t you just listen to him? And then Murphy fucking handcuffs herself to Harry. Oh my god, stop being so stubborn.
I want Morgan and Harry to have a bromance, it’ll be great.
Oh thank god Bob came back, he’s the best part of this book.
This is going to be a fun new series and I’m excited to continue on with it!
Full review under the spoiler
Spoiler
This book was published in 2000 has a main character named Harry who is a wizard. If there’s not an obvious Harry Potter joke, I will be disappointed.I adore the writing style, it’s so snarky and fun.
That’s sad that Harry can’t be around technology.
“And someone had used magic to do it. They had used magic to wreak harm on another, violating the First Law. The White Council was going to go into collective apoplexy. This hadn’t been the act of a malign spirit or malicious entity, or the attack of one of the many creatures of the Nevernever, like vampires or trolls. This had been the premeditated, deliberate act of a sorcerer, a wizard, a human being able to tap into the fundamental energies of creation and life itself.”—Page 18
Okay so there’s laws of magic, there’s a council of magic users and creatures like vampires or trolls are of the Nevernever. World building!
So Harry can see into people’s soul and people can see his when they look into each other’s eyes. That’s very strange.
“‘Would you mind having dinner with me Saturday night?’
‘No! I—’ I blinked at her. ‘What’”—Page 61
I love this book.
“What was his name? Please, do you think wizards just give information like that away? You don’t know what I went through to get it.”—Page 72
Damn, Harry. Also Toot is adorable.
Santa Claus is real, a powerful faery and would take big stones to try to capture him. I want to meet him.
Harry has a really fat cat named Mister and that’s adorable and he has a magical, talking, French accented skull named Bob. That date with Susan will probably good for him.
If only Harry Potter’s potion classes were anything like Harry Dresden’s.
Okay so Victor Sells and his little party were probably the ones who killed Tommy and Jennifer.
Harry you’re suppose to be going on a date with Susan, she’s going to be pissed.
Something is going on with Monica, maybe Marcone got to her.
Susan drank the love potion, this wasn’t going to end well. Oh great they’re trapped in a small circle and Harry is naked.
And Linda is dead, that sucks.
I feel so bad for Harry, he’s alone and everything is terrible. He needs love, Murphy give him love.
“‘What the hell are you doing, Harry?’ I demanded out loud.
‘Lying down to die,’ I told myself, petulantly.
‘Like hell,’ my wiser part said. ‘Get off the floor and get to work.’
‘Don’t wanna. Tired. Go away.’
‘You’re not too tired to talk to yourself. So you’re not too tired to bail your ass out of the alligators, either. Open your eyes,’ I told myself, firmly.”—Page 247
haha I love Harry.
So Monica and Jennifer are sisters.
“‘You’re the wizard,’ she said, quietly. ‘You’re Harry Dresden.’”—Page 277
Yer a wizard, Harry.
Okay, Murphy, I get that you’re pissed at Harry but seriously he’s a freaking wizard, why don’t you just listen to him? And then Murphy fucking handcuffs herself to Harry. Oh my god, stop being so stubborn.
I want Morgan and Harry to have a bromance, it’ll be great.
Oh thank god Bob came back, he’s the best part of this book.
This is going to be a fun new series and I’m excited to continue on with it!