Proven Guilty

Originally posted at FanLit.

After decades of reading SFF, and after stuffing hundreds of fantasy novels under my middle-aged belt (it occurs to me that this is not the most attractive metaphor), it surprises me when I finish book eight in a series and am eager to acquire book nine. It rarely happens anymore. But, I???ve just finished Proven Guilty, book eight in Jim Butcher???s THE DRESDEN FILES and I???m eager to move on to book nine, White Night. The only thing stopping me from diving right in is that I???m on the wait list at my library.

It seems like that???s all I should really have to say about Proven Guilty because if you???re reading this and you???re already a fan of the series, that???s all you needed to know ??? that Butcher is keeping up his end of the bargain by continuing to provide his readers with entertaining stories full of action, drama, characters we love, and a touch of ... Read More: http://www.fantasyliterature.com/reviews/proven-guilty/

We get to know a lot more about Molly, Charity, and Murphy, who are all strong and bad-ass female characters and are given more space in this book. I thought this one was a little bit more self-contained with less overwhelming magic battles, and more character development, which was good. And Dresden apparently gets an apprentice, cool!??