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Rated Blood Rites 8/10

In the Dresden continuing saga, after Butcher drops off a lot of the remaining characters with little use in the last book and closed out story arcs then, it was time to take a bit of a new direction. Whereas in the first few books it was a lot of what I think of as kind of "monster of the week" type of stories, as they used to call them in the tv show "Supernatural," finally the stories start to take a much bigger personal turn with this book. Picking up where the first shoe dropped near the end of the last book regarding his personal history, I also loved that there was also more room to expand Murphy's character into the one I love as a more full primary character. I just keep looking forward to her character arc! There's still the dry, ironic self-deprecation of Harry, but it's starting to take the darker battle-hardened edge from here on out. No Butters in this book! and I totally forgot to mention my glee at his introduction in the previous book, but I see he makes a comeback in the next, so I'm looking forward to that. Harry's new household at the end is a great setup for what comes next. Onward!

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Published 2026-08-18 18:00 UTC · bridged from Atmosphere