Summer Knight

Executive Summary: I really enjoy this story, even if it's a lot of world building.Audio book: I think I'll stop saying anything negative about James Marsters as an audio reader now. He's really quite good in this one. I especially love all the voices he did for Toot's friends, and the Road Runner “Meep Meep”. I was however disappointed he didn't attempt to do Porky Pig.Full ReviewSo we're still in cookie-cutter land, though less so than the previous 3. We still have the required mysterious (and attractive) female client coming in and hiring Dresden. Mayhem then ensues. Go Figure.There is a lot of very important world building in this novel. It may not seem as obvious in the short term, but this book was one I really wanted to come back and visit after [b:Cold Days 12216302 Cold Days (The Dresden Files, #14) Jim Butcher http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1345145377s/12216302.jpg 17189468]. Unfortunately I don't feel it really answered the questions I was hoping, so I guess I'll just have to take the events of [b:Cold Days 12216302 Cold Days (The Dresden Files, #14) Jim Butcher http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1345145377s/12216302.jpg 17189468] as they were and hope to get a better understanding in [b:Skin Game 17250395 Skin Game (The Dresden Files, #15) Jim Butcher /assets/nocover/60x80.png 23811929] (Is this a tentative title for book #15?).ANYWAYS, lets stop talking about 10 books from now and focus a bit on this one. In this book you learn a lot more about the Seelie/Unseelie. To this point we've only met Harry's Fairy God Mother, and some of the less Fae like Toot's.In this one we learn all about the Summer and Winter courts including Titania and Mab. Hey I remember Titania from [b:A Midsummer Night's Dream 1622 A Midsummer Night's Dream William Shakespeare http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1327874534s/1622.jpg 894834]!In addition to learning a lot more about the Fae, we finally get a lot more insights into the White Council as well, as they convene to discuss events from [b:Grave Peril 91476 Grave Peril (The Dresden Files, #3) Jim Butcher http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1345557222s/91476.jpg 803205].We meet another batch of important characters that will help turn this series from good, but not great detective novels into one of my favorite series.As a re-reader I really appreciate this book. I'm not sure if Mr. Butcher knew where the series was going at this point and was already laying the groundwork here, or simply did a brilliant job building on this novel later on.On to [b:Death Masks 91479 Death Masks (The Dresden Files, #5) Jim Butcher http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1345557713s/91479.jpg 2183]!