Nine months after reading the eighth book in the series, I finally got around to reading book number nine of the Dresden Files. By now, it should be fairly clear that I love these books. They aren’t “High Art” (whatever the hell that is supposed to mean), but damn it if they aren’t fun.
White Night doesn’t mess with the formula that works as Dresden gets dragged in to trouble, this time helping out an old flame look into the deaths of some lesser talented practitioners and protect those that are still alive. We also get to see that Harry has been training Molly, and he’s been continuing his work as a Warden of the White Council and fight in the war with the vampires. But the kicker here is that someone has been trying to make it look like a Warden has been killing off the little witches, while some other reports put Harry’s half brother, a vampire of the White Court, at the scene of the crime.
While this book doesn’t have quite as many knock down drag out fights as the last couple in the series it certainly doesn’t lack action. Plus, I don’t mind spending time getting to know more about the characters.
As always, I enjoyed my trip to Butcher’s Chicago.