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Death Masks by Jim Butcher
May. 27th, 2007 01:11 pmThe Blurb On The Back:
Lost items found. Paranormal Investigations. Consulting. Advice. Reasonable rates. No Love Potions, Endless Purses, or Other Entertainment.
Harry Dresden, Chicago's only practicing professional wizard, should be happy that business is pretty good for a change. But now he's getting more than he bargained for: a duel with the Red Court of Vampires' champion, who must kill Harry to end the war between vampires and wizards ... professional hit men using Harry for target practice ... the missing Shroud of Turin ... a handless and headless corpse the Chicago police need identified ...
Not to mention the return of Harry's ex-girlfriend Susan, who's still struggling with her semi-vampiric nature. And who seems to have a new man in her life.
Some days, it just doesn't pay to get out of bed. No matter how much you're charging.
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
It's an entertaining plot with a somewhat hokey central hook. I was happier with the characterisation of some of the secondary characters and am hopeful for the new ones that we meet. This is clearly a set up for the next story arc and whilst I have some concerns about the way Butcher is handling that, I'm looking forward to seeing how it turns out.
Harry Dresden, Chicago's only practicing professional wizard, should be happy that business is pretty good for a change. But now he's getting more than he bargained for: a duel with the Red Court of Vampires' champion, who must kill Harry to end the war between vampires and wizards ... professional hit men using Harry for target practice ... the missing Shroud of Turin ... a handless and headless corpse the Chicago police need identified ...
Not to mention the return of Harry's ex-girlfriend Susan, who's still struggling with her semi-vampiric nature. And who seems to have a new man in her life.
Some days, it just doesn't pay to get out of bed. No matter how much you're charging.
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
It's an entertaining plot with a somewhat hokey central hook. I was happier with the characterisation of some of the secondary characters and am hopeful for the new ones that we meet. This is clearly a set up for the next story arc and whilst I have some concerns about the way Butcher is handling that, I'm looking forward to seeing how it turns out.
