Blood Rites (The Dresden Files, #6)

Posted on 02 October 2018 by Jim Butcher

For Harry Dresden, Chicago s only professional wizard, there have been worse assignments than going undercover on the set of an adult film Dodging flaming monkey poo, for instance Or going toe to leaf with a walking plant monster Still, there is something troubling than usual about his newest case The film s producer believes he s the target of a sinister entropy curse, but it s the women around him who are dying, in increasingly spectacular ways.Harry is doubly frustrated because he got involved with this bizarre mystery only as a favor to Thomas, his flirtatious, self absorbed vampire acquaintance of dubious integrity Thomas has a personal stake in the case Harry can t quite figure out, until his investigation leads him straight to Thomas oversexed vampire family Harry is about to discover that Thomas family tree has been hiding a shocking secret a revelation that will change Harry s life forever. Best Read Blood Rites (The Dresden Files, #6) [ By ] Jim Butcher [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr Stick a fork in me, folks I m done My relationship with the Dresden Files has officially hit rock bottom This is one review I ve been dreading to write, both because A LOT of my friends passionately love these books, and because there are so many aspects of the series that are praise worthy and enjoyable The world building is terrific, the magic system is well constructed, and there are host of likeable supporting characters, such as Thomas, Kincaid, Bob, Michael, Ebenezerjust to name a fe Stick a fork in me, folks I m done My relationship with the Dresden Files has officially hit rock bottom This is one review I ve been dreading to write, both because A LOT of my friends passionately love these books, and because there are so many aspects of the series that are praise worthy and enjoyable The world building is terrific, the magic system is well constructed, and there are host of likeable supporting characters, such as Thomas, Kincaid, Bob, Michael, Ebenezerjust to name a few All of these are people I like hanging out with.It s ju...Urban Fantasy is the genre I choose when I m in the mood for a light read, and The Dresden Files is my number 1 choice in that particular genre I like the characters, plot, and writing This series keeps getting better along the way, but sometimes it tends to feel like it has a routine.No money New enemies Girl problem New job Almost died Didn t die Saved the day.That s the particular routine of The Dresden Files, and it s slowly starting to get boring Sure I like reading about Dresden, Urban Fantasy is the genre I choose when I m in the mood for a light read, and The Dresden Files is my number 1 choice in that particular genre I like the characters, plot, and writing This series keeps getting better along the way, but sometimes it tends to feel like it has a routine.No money New enemies Girl problem New job Almost died Didn t die Saved the day.That s the particular routine of The Dresden Files, and it s slowly starting to get boring Sure I like reading about Dresden, but I also need something huge that would make me want to read on That was my problem with the fifth book, but this one had a few great moments.We all love a good plot twist, or a revelation that we didn t see coming Blood Rites had that, and I m really glad If it didn t have those moments then I ...In this entry in The Dresden Files, the vampire Thomas asks Harry to help his friend, an adult film maker People keep dying on set and Thomas thinks its magic related.Part mystery, part comedy and 100 percent wizard, I think Blood Rites is one of the best in the series so farI was agreeing to help him and taking a job, just as though Thomas were any other client It probably wasn t the smartest thing I d ever done It had the potential to lead to lethally unhealthy decisionspg 17As usual, In this entry in The Dresden Files, the vampire Thomas asks Harry to help his friend, an adult film maker People keep dying on set and Thomas thinks its magic related.Part mystery, part comedy and 100 percent wizard, I think Blood Rites is one of the best in the series so farI was agreeing to help him and taking a job, just as though Thomas were any other client It probably wasn t the smartest thing I d ever done It had the potential to lead to lethally unhealthy decisionspg 17As usual, Harry can t seem to get his life together long enough to get anything done He runs from crisis to crisis But, he s become self aware enough to realize what he s doingMy worry and tension slowly grew, and as they did I took a perverse comfort in the familiar emotions It actually felt good to feel my survival instincts p...BROWN CHICKEN, BROWN COW Sleazy saxophone riff Dresden magic on a porn movie set.I have to admit that when I read the trailers for this, I smiled to myself but did not expect much Oh, I knew I d probably like it, it s Jim Butcher s wise cracking wizard for hire after all, but the premise seemed off I imagined Burt Reynolds and Heather Graham in Boogie Nights doing magic Jackie Treehorn producing Log Jammin with werewolves fixing the cable.But I was very pleasantly surprised I think this is BROWN CHICKEN, BROWN COW Sleazy saxophone riff Dresden magic on a...Full review now posted It s a thankless job, being Chicago s only professional wizard But it s what Harry Dresden signed up for, and he is up to the challenge Usually But for someone always so swamped with work, the poor man never has two quarters to rub together That lack of funds always ends up getting him in trouble, whether because of the jobs he takes to get some cash or because he ends up owing some sketchy people money.This book opens with Dresden rescuing puppies from demonic purple Full review now posted It s a thankless job, being Chicago s only professional wizard But it s what Harry Dresden signed up for, and he is up to the challenge Usually But for someone always so swamped with work, the poor man never has two quarters to rub together That lack of funds always ends up getting him in trouble, whether because of the jobs he takes to get some cash or because he ends up owing some sketchy people money.This book opens...I can honestly say, Blood Rites is my favorite in the series so far Now, this was also my first audiobook of the series so that could have something to do with it It s hard to tell at this point, but either way, I highly enjoyed Bood Rites.At first, I thought Marsters was a bit too serious for Harry, at least the Harry I had in my head, but theI read, theI realized Marsters is pretty much as perfect as you can get Harry s wit and constant one liners were actually madehilario I can honestly say, Blood Rites is my favorite in the series so far Now, this was also my first audiobook of the series so that could have something to do with it It s hard to tell at this point, but either way, I highly enjoyed Bood Rites.At first, I thought Marsters was a bit too serious for Harry, at least the Harry I had in my head, but theI read, theI realized Marsters is pretty much as perfect as you can get Harry s wit and constant one liners were actually madehilarious by this narrator who is serious for the majority of the time I think the heightened seriousness really works better for these books because it gives you a sense of this highly dangerous world where Harry works on a daily basis.It s hard to separate the story from Harry himself because it s told in first person so you re in Harry s head the entire time outside of dialogue from other characters I thought this was a brilliant way to handle it though, where you get Harry s sense of humor throug...Rereading with the Lobster.My guilty pleasure reading is the Harry Dresden series, featuring Chicago s only professional wizard Butcher has the first person hardboiled narrator voice down pat, and throws out one liners and rock em sock em action with equal abandon Harry Dresden s world gets increasingly complicated i...4.5 StarsBook Twenty four image error Blood Rites by Jim Butcher Hell s Bells count 19 1 As far as I know, The Dresden Files is an open ended series that Butcher will continue to write until he decides to end it, which is fine with me He s set up a universe that has endless possibilities to it, from simple mysteries to humorous romps to soul searing betrayal and heartache Can t go wrong with all that, and if Butcher wants to just keep putting out Dresden books every eighteen months or so, I ll happ Book Twenty four image error Blood Rites by Jim Butcher Hell s Bells count 19 1 As far as I know, The Dresden Files is an open ended series that Butcher will continue to write until he decides to end it, which is fine with me He s set up a universe that has endless possibilities to it, from simple mysteries to humorous romps to soul searing betrayal and heartache Can t go wrong with all that, and if Butcher wants to just keep putting out Dresden books every eighteen months or so, I ll happily keep buying them.One of the dangers of such a plan, however, is stagnation you end up rehashing similar plot points, perhaps throwing in a few twists and turns, but never really advancing the plot because, well, you don t know where the plot is going I can imagine Butcher would get to a point where he thinks, Ummm Okay, Harry Dresden fights vampire werewolves from the future At which point, the shark has been well and truly jumped As I ve said before, I ...

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02 October 2018

Jim Butcher