Title: Small Favor
Author: Jim Butcher
This is the tenth book in the Dresden Files, and if you have been reading my reviews of this book series, you know I eat them up, with relish. Small Favor is another wonderful meal.
As usual, we find Chicago's only professional wizard immediately in danger. He's attacked by some creatures from Faerie who you will recognize from the fairy tales you heard as a child -- but in Jim Butcher's world, they are nastier. Much nastier.
Of course, that's hardly an appetizer. In comparison to the rest of what's on the menu, it's a glass of water. Soon, Harry finds out the local crime lord is missing, and while this might seem like good news, Harry almost immediately gets told he must find him, and rescue him if possible. Why would Harry do such a thing? Well, sometimes you a presented with an offer you can't refuse -- especially if, like Harry Dresden, you have made powerful beings upset.
Before long, Dresden is working with Holy Knights, his best friend in the Chicago police department, and a vampire. He's not only trying to save the crime lord (if Harry can find him, of course) but also racing the clock to keep the world from being plunged into chaos by some of the oldest evil in Creation.
This is a thrill ride. The story flows perfectly from all the previous mythology, and adds to it. But we're not focused on that -- we are too caught up in the danger facing Harry and his friends. We get confused with them, we feel the pain Dresden encounters as he gets attacked again and again. And as the end approaches, we don't know how it will turn out. Through all the courses of this fantasy horror meal, Butcher delivers a completely satisfying experience that fills us up, but also makes us look forward to the next meal.
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