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Guess which one Mab wants first? Of course, it won't be an ordinary, everyday assassination. Mab wants her newest minion to pull off the impossible: kill an immortal. And to make matters worse, there exists a growing threat to an unfathomable source of magic that could land Harry in the sort of trouble that will make death look like a holiday.
Beset by enemies new and old, Harry must gather his friends and allies, prevent the annihilation of countless innocents, and find a way out of his eternal subservience before his newfound powers claim the only thing he has left to call his own Short-link Link Embed. Even as he grapples with the impossible task, Dresden learns of a looming danger to Demonreach, the living island hidden upon Lake Michigan, a place whose true purpose and dark potential have the potential to destroy billions and to land Dresden in the deepest trouble he has ever known - even deeper than being dead.
How messed up is that? Beset by his new enemies and hounded by the old, Dresden has only twenty four hours to reconnect with his old allies, prevent a cataclysm and do the impossible - all while the power he bargained to get - but never meant to keep - lays siege to his very soul. In Arctis Tor , Mab and Sarissa , a changeling with ties to the Winter Court , nurse Harry Dresden back to health, all the while training him in barehanded combat.
Fully recovered, a party is thrown to celebrate his birthday and his status as Winter Knight. Maeve sets him up to a fight with the Redcap , which Dresden wins. Mab exiles Maeve from the court and assigns him his first mission: to kill her daughter. Upon return to Chicago , Dresden sets up to steal Bob from Waldo Butters' apartment and learns that immortals can be killed on the occasion of a conjunction , one of which is Halloween , two days hence. Wonderful things.
Terrible things. For the rest of you, the book will be out in late November. View all 79 comments. I have a Booktube channel now! Build a man a fire and he's warm for a day," I say. Tao of Pratchett. I live by it. If Harry Dresden received a mission from Mab, you know things are about to go incredibly bad for him and everyone involved.
But here we are. There are bad things in there. What I loved about Cold Days is Butcher explored the price of having too much power. We know that Harry, at the core of his heart, is a good guy, and the same thing can be said for the rest of his friends.
But more often than not, too much power changes characters. No one wants to be corrupted by power when they set out to get it. They have good, even noble reasons for doing whatever it is they do.
Good people, decent people, set out to take the high road, to pick up power without letting it change them or push them away from their ideals. But it keeps happening anyway. History is full of it. I think the only books in the series so far where I thoroughly enjoyed the actions were Dead Beat and Changes. The pacing is well-executed, the scale of the battles has exponentially increased, and the entire section in Demonreach and Lake Michigan was awesome.
Smoking is self-destructive. Drinking is self-destructive. Losing your temper and yelling at people is wrong. Lying is wrong. Cheating is wrong. Stealing is wrong. But people do that stuff all the time. Soon as I figure out how to be a perfect human being, then I'm qualified to go lecture other people about how they live their lives. It had been horribly boring.
And no one had tried to kill me, or asked me to make a horrible choice. Not once. Peace and quiet and people I love. You can find this and the rest of my reviews at Novel Notions Special thanks to my Patrons on Patreon for giving me extra support towards my passion for reading and reviewing!
View all 16 comments. Jan 01, Nataliya rated it it was amazing Shelves: dresden-files , reads. Fourteen books in - and with the slight nostalgic sigh I realize how much the stakes have been raised as this series flew ahead, never losing its way.
We are playing with the big kids now, aren't we? And things get real. Remember those times? No, now that is in the past. Harry, no longer just a wiseass small fish in a big pond, has become a power to be truly reckoned with , playing on almost equal footing with the biggest supernatural powers of Butcher's world but still, true to his nature, remains a wiseass. I had faced demons and monsters, fought off fallen angels and werewolves, slugged it out with sorcerers and cults and freakish things that had no names.
I had fought upon land and sea, in the skies above my city, in ancient ruins and in realms of the spirit most of humanity did not know existed. I bore scars that I'd earned in dozens of battles, made enemies out of nightmares, and laid low a dark empire for the sake of one little girl.
Because he, regardless of his ever-growing power and status, regardless of more than difficult and questionable choices that he has been making - the choices that have led to some unforeseen and often tragic consequences - firmly refuses to succumb to the temptations of power, firmly refuses to lose himself to it.
And that is what this book, quite unsubtly but very satisfyingly, hammers into place. Sometimes it isn't easy to be sane, smart, and responsible. Sometimes it sucks[ And, hells bells, he is not just going to give up his beliefs now, even though he has roped himself into the role of a hired gun to Queen Mab, the enigmatic Baddie force of nature we have met before, in the quite chilly and scary circumstances.
He made a deal, and he needs to live with the consequences of it. The Mantle of Winter Knight, while giving more power than one'd think possible, comes with repercussions - it seems to draw out the worst in Harry, that has always been there but until now remained mostly under control.
And Harry deals with it - at the same time as he's trying to save his hide and save the world, while he's at it. Kringle a. Santa is not necessarily what you think he is. Sorry, couldn't resist. I expected that to happen given the ending of the previous book - but I also expected this book to be about Harry figuring out a way to get out of his debt and obligation to the forces of questionable morality and principles.
Well, that did not quite go just as I thought it would. Harry may wear the Mantle for a bit longer - but now I wonder if that is such a bad thing after all. I closed my eyes and took a few deep breaths, reminding myself that the anger was just anger, that it was a sensation, like feeling hot or cold. It didn't mean anything by itself.
It wasn't a reason to act. That's what thinking was for. And he will need it, given how the unexpected ending well, I expected some of it - but the implications of it were as unexpected as they could be!
Butcher once again shuffles the chess pieces on the chess board of his Dresden universe, and few pawns are left standing - it's the game for the big players now, as he shuffles the main conflicts into the realm of the Faerie, or so it seems. The bad guys hardly ever quote 'Star Wars. And I love it, okay? Especially when Butcher goes ahead and references Terry Pratchett, thus making my happiness truly complete: All in all, an excellent entry into the Dresden books series, living up to all the expectations the previous books have set - and yet remembering the roots of this series, and throwing its fans a bone here and there.
It finally makes the mostly stand-alone books feel a part of an overarching story - the one about power and love and choices and consequences and, of course, the Fae and the monsters and magic and crazy amounts of lovely dorkiness! I love it, and I'm holding my breath for the next installment in the series.
Harm you? Isolate you? Show me. View all 28 comments. I'm feeling alright at this time so I better get this reviewed before the cravings and shakes start again. I got the latest volume in Jim Butcher's Dresden series, and finished it. Now the waiting begins, the continual search for some book that's remotely like the Dresden books, nearly as involving "brain candy" as Dresden, something to stave off withdrawal.
Many of us who follow these books live in great fear for Mr. Will he be safe? How's his health? Maybe h Okay Maybe he should be kept in isolation, locked away in protective custody. No more risky activities such as camping in the woods or Oh I know he's free, this is to him a livelihood or should that be "lively hood" , a way to make a living an irk At most, it's art.
But YOU Mr. Butcher are the one who came up with smart ass err smart-alack wisecracking Harry Dresden. You wrote books that are so enthralling and well constructed, came up with the subtle hanging plot points, the other characters we care about, you're the one that has brought this about!
Think of the plight of millions of readers who simply wait a year or a year and a half for the next book. Alright sigh you, my fellow Goodread's member came here for a review of the book. I will attempt it, though that gnawing hunger in my gut, the one we all know so well has started already.
This is a fantastic read. I will recommend without reservation that you read this novel. Yes even if you pick it up with no background in Harry at all I think most will enjoy it I've loved the entire series, though as individual books there are some I'd rate a little better than others though I leave them all at a 5 star rating.
This one however may just have nudged it's way to the top Harry's life, already complicated seems to find ways to just continue spiraling away and Harry continues to try and bring order out of the swirling chaos that surrounds him.
This time the maelstrom is no easier to navigate through I won't give spoilers here unmarked that is and I'm even being careful to dance far back from the edge in case readers look at this who haven't read this far in the series or for that matter, even started it. I will say that a few more running questions get answered here and a couple get answered in ways that simply open new questions.
Some of us spotted things early on and saw some of these coming and we feel so smug when JB's ideas are the ones we figured out others probably surprise us those we smile at, enjoy and so on, but don't talk about as much.
All these things, the cast of characters and of course Harry himself keep us reading. I do want to say this. If you haven't read this series Drive to you're nearest book store The Dresden books or Dresden files books are almost unique in several ways.
For one thing they can each be read as stand alone novels the earlier ones more so than the last 2 or 3 yet in the "background" another story is building. The clues come a little at a time the pressure builds like a steam kettle on a stove with the heat set on low. It takes a while but it's going to happen.
That's why even though each book can be enjoyed individually I strongly recommend, I beg you to start at the first novel and read them. Meet the people in and other characters in Harry's life. Follow the changing relationships enjoy the wiseass errr It's true that "I think" BUT that could mislead. I still rate book "one" a 5 star read. I mean it's like excellent and getting better. I love these books. By the way Mr. Butcher, Jim I'm 60 years old so don't take too long, okay? Really, don't miss these.
I give this book I give these books my strongest, highest recommendation. Didn't I make myself clear??? I'm getting up there Jim, I'm 62!
How much longer can I have? Jim, please What if we shuffle off, take the big sleep, move on Think of all those ticked off ghosts haunting you. View all 61 comments. Still freaking fantastic!! I was not expecting much from this book as the previous book was a huge disappointment for me. In fact I was scared that what if this proved to be worse than Ghost Story.
But once I started reading this book I knew that I won't be disappointed this time and the series is back on track. Like in previous books, in this book too Harry has to complete a mission which is to kill an immortal. And if Harry is careless this time he would send the balance of world in a turmoil. H Still freaking fantastic!! Harry is always been strong mentally but his mental strength is truly tested in this book.
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