Storm Front (The Dresden Files #1) by Jim Butcher
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Library Book, E-book, Finished: 5/16/2012

This is the first in the Dresden Files series. We meet Harry Dresden, Wizard for Hire. He has a tenuous relationship with the Chicago Police Dept as a consultant, and with the White Counsel which is a kind of Magic Rule setters and enforcers. Harry is being watched by them, for a reason that is never fully explained.

In this first installment someone is killing with magic which is against the White Counsel’s rules, unfortunately they Harry is doing it, as he is a wizard of considerable power and training. Harry must find the guilty party not only to prove his innocence, but because he is next on the list to be killed.

This is my first experience with Urban Fantasy, I liked the consistency in the story, characters didn’t suddenly act out of character, the story line stayed consistent and all the story lines came together and made sense, even though it was magic. The narrative is first person, my least favorite, but in this case it works.

I am looking forward to #2.

Posted by on May 16, 2012 in 2012, Urban Fantasy and tagged , , , , , , , .

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2 responses

  1. desertrose598 says:
    May 17, 2012 at 5:33 am

    I’ve been wanting to read this book since forever. But it just seems to get pushed down my TBR list 🙂
    After your review I will push it up on the list because I love reading about magic, I feel I really need some magic in my life 🙂

  2. desertrose598 says:
    May 17, 2012 at 5:29 am

    I have been wanting to read this book since forever.. It has been on my TBR for so long I tend to forget it is even there 🙂
    But after your review, I will have to pull it up on my list. I enjoy books with some magic in them.