I’m so conflicted on this one. On one hand Cold Days is an enjoyable romp through some crazy storytelling where the world gets expanded and Harry faces some pretty rough challenges. But on the other, reading it was like walking through a minefield. I was never sure when I was next going to be slimed by the male gaze, hit with unrepentant misogyny, or bombed with gender essentialism bullshit. And while a LOT of those mines can be justified with the character of Harry Dresden, […]
Returning to a series I had abandoned
I abandoned The Dresden Files after Changes, not because I thought the story got bad or Butcher pissed me off with a story line, I just stopped reading. I thought the story had come to a conclusion I was happy with, and so just didn’t read any further. Perhaps if I’d had Ghost Story immediately after finishing Changes I would have continued, but I didn’t and when Ghost Story was finally released I was happy with the conclusion I’d drawn across the series. However Ingres77 and […]
Harry fights a lot of billy goats and tries to rescue a mobster from a bunch of demons
Harry Dresden still owes Queen Mab of the Winter Court two favours, and now she’s come to collect one. “Gentleman” Johnny Marcone, head of the Chicago underworld and newly a baron in the terms of the Unseelie Accords, has been kidnapped by forces unknown. Mab demands that Harry act as Winter’s Envoy in the matter and find him. To complicate matters, the Summer Queen is sending warriors to challenge Harry. The Gruffs (yup, like the Billy Goats of the stories) keep showing up, each bigger […]