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babewiththepower.bsky.social · @babewiththepower.bsky.social@bridge.neodb.net

Rated Proven Guilty 8/10

It took until book 8, but I finally reached the point where I had to go back and double-check when certain events happened and in what order from previous books not to mention how many years apart they happened in-universe. Things keep evolving from events going back to his big confrontation in "Grave Peril" or maybe I should say devolving. The war just keeps escalating and everyone is getting battle weary, the ones who are still alive anyway. As much as Harry doesn't want to be involved with the group who persecuted him his whole youth, he continues to get pulled in and wrapped up in their business more and more. Harry Dresden, elder statesman?? Having to deal with the Council requires maneuvering, so politics starts creeping in more and more here.<br/><br/>The game is afoot! Especially when the Sidhe are involved. A visit to Arctis Tor was actually the main and coolest part of the book I remembered as well as the ending with the Carpenters, Molly in particular. The entire first half you could say was a red herring and ultimately not consequential enough to be memorable, so because of that I felt the series quality took a step down from the previous book, "Dead Beat." As always it leaves tantalizing dangling threads, not the least of which is his new responsibility and a lot of questions about who is playing puppetmaster in the war. Or as Harry puts it, making a cat's paw out of him. Onward to more intrigue.

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Published 2026-08-18 17:59 UTC · bridged from Atmosphere