Skin Game

Executive Summary: While not quite as good as [b:Cold Days 12216302 Cold Days (The Dresden Files, #14) Jim Butcher https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1345145377s/12216302.jpg 17189468], [a:Jim Butcher 10746 Jim Butcher https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1400640324p2/10746.jpg] once again shows why he's the king of Urban Fantasy and one of the best fantasy writers out there.Audio book: [a:James Marsters 169487 James Marsters https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1252176950p2/169487.jpg] once again makes this series a must listen. It's not even the fact that he does voices for the characters that makes it great. It's the WAY he does the voices. The emotion when Harry casts a spell. Or him actually yelling PARKOUR! instead of simply reading it. He may not be the voice I originally expected for Harry, but he sure is now.Full ReviewIt's been 18 months give or take since [b:Cold Days 12216302 Cold Days (The Dresden Files, #14) Jim Butcher https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1345145377s/12216302.jpg 17189468] came out and I've been in withdrawal. I tried to hold myself over with an Iron Druid and a Libriomancer. They just didn't do the trick. In fact, I've decided that apart from Dresden Files, Urban Fantasy just really isn't for me. Nothing else compares. Not even close.I barely made it halfway down the first page and I was already laughing out loud. I had to spend an extra ten minutes deciding which one-liner was best to use for my status update, and just opted for one of the shorter ones because I had already stayed up too late reading.I really wanted to finish this book in two days, but managed to constrain myself and go to bed so I wouldn't be a zombie at work the next day. That shows that this book is a slight step down from [b:Cold Days 12216302 Cold Days (The Dresden Files, #14) Jim Butcher https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1345145377s/12216302.jpg 17189468].We see a return of the Nicodemus and Order of the Blackened Denarius. By far one of the best villains of the series, if not all of fantasy. I was yelling at my book and Jim Butcher a few times.My only real complaint is that many of the questions and issues created by [b:Cold Days 12216302 Cold Days (The Dresden Files, #14) Jim Butcher https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1345145377s/12216302.jpg 17189468] go largely unanswered. It almost feels like things were put on hold for a side story.That said, the book once again combines great characters, great dialogue and great action in a way that makes it nearly impossible to put down. I always hate waiting between books, but I can't help myself from spending every free minute reading until I finish. It's just that good.Anyone who reads the first few books and wonders what all the fuss is about, or balks at having to read a few books before the series “gets really good” is just missing out. If for some reason you still haven't caught up on this series after [b:Cold Days 12216302 Cold Days (The Dresden Files, #14) Jim Butcher https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1345145377s/12216302.jpg 17189468], consider this another recommendation to get on it.Thankfully I'll have [b:The Aeronaut's Windlass 17403559 The Aeronaut's Windlass (The Cinder Spires, #1) Jim Butcher https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/book/50x75-6121bf4c1f669098041843ec9650ca19.png 24239884] to read to tide me over over while I return to vigil of waiting for the next Dresden Files book. Maybe I'll take up Parkour!