Nocturnal Book Reviews

I've no idea why I resisted Harry Dresden for so long. I blame it on temporary insanity, because Jim Butcher's writing is fantastic.
I'm on the second book and it just gets better.

This time Harry has to investigate some gruesome murders done by werewolves, try to avoid enraging his friend, a police detective Karrin Murphy and stay under a radar of FBI and local mafia boss. In most of this he fails miserably. Now FBI and police are gunning for him, Chicago gang leader wants him dead and some supernatural forces want his help... All in all, a normal day for Harry.

I loved how we've got to see different types of werewolves in this book. There are werewolves, lycantropes, hexenwolves and loup-garou. The action is almost non-stop, and poor Harry is just trying to survive and help his friends.

Harry Dresden is a very likable character. He feels alive, he is vulnerable, he suffers for his friends and loved ones, he isn't afraid to cry or describe the tenderness he feels to the woman he loves. He might be socially awkward, but he's got plenty of charm and quiet determination.

If you haven't read anything in these series I urge you to try. They are very good.

Favorite scene: loup-garou in the police department. It was terrifying.

Quotes:

"A little kung fu, a little John Wayne, and a few casual threats. So far, I thought, my nerves jangling, just one more night on the job."

"The loup-garou was a wolf, in the same way that a velociraptor is a bird - same basic design, vastly different outcome."