Get used to these brief, unenthusiastic reviews being stuck into this blog - I have to read this series. Ok so I don't HAVE to read this series but all of my kids and my husband and my best friend have read the entire series and the dinner table is crowded with Harry Dresden references (yes I have 4 very nerdy boys). So I listen to these on audiobook format while I'm driving so I don't give up my precious few reading minutes on - well - Harry Dresden. The saving grace to this setup is that the narrator is James Masters of Buffy the Vampire Slayer fame - he brings a lot of life to the characters and I get to visualize his hotness while listening to his voice. Not that these are bad books if you are into this kind of thing. Wizards and Goblins and Bob the Spirit who lives in a skull etc. But high fantasy really isn't my bag...
That being said, this book is the fifth in the series (God help me there are 9 more of these!!!) and it is markedly better than the last four were. The characters seem to be more fleshed out and Butcher has stopped writing so defensively and tying up all of the loose ends at the end. The other bonus is that there was a pretty awesome - and not at all pornish - love scene in it. I hope we see more of Susan and soon!
The plot centered around the Shroud of Turin and the Knights of the Holy Cross get involved and things get kind of intense. I was disappointed by the ending, but I did pick up on some interesting foreshadowing so I hope some of that comes up again in future books.
Goodreads rating: 3 stars
Date read: January 15, 2015
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