2 Bloggers 1 Series - Blood Rites (Dresden Files #6)

 

I feel like I'm running behind each month, but I am still managing to keep up with our series read of the Dresden Files each month.  I am really enjoying these reads, but I need to start counting how many times I mutter "Oh Harry."  So read on to see my thoughts on #6 and then hop over to Storm Reads to see if Stormi liked it as well. 

 

TITLE: Blood Rites (Dresden Files #6)

AUTHOR: Jim Butcher

PUBLISHER: ACE

PUBLISHING DATE: August 3, 2004

PAGES: 372   

SOURCE: Library

FROM GOODREADS: For Harry Dresden, Chicago's only professional wizard, there have been worse assignments than going undercover on the set of an adult film. Dodging flaming monkey poo, for instance. Or going toe-to-leaf with a walking plant monster. Still, there is something more troubling than usual about his newest case. The film's producer believes he's the target of a sinister entropy curse, but it's the women around him who are dying, in increasingly spectacular ways.

Harry is doubly frustrated because he got involved with this bizarre mystery only as a favor to Thomas, his flirtatious, self-absorbed vampire acquaintance of dubious integrity. Thomas has a personal stake in the case Harry can't quite figure out, until his investigation leads him straight to Thomas' oversexed vampire family. Harry is about to discover that Thomas' family tree has been hiding a shocking secret; a revelation that will change Harry's life forever.

MY THOUGHTS: Once again this book opens with Harry neck-deep in some serious life-surviving action.  Except this time, he is saving puppies for a Tibetian monk.  You guys know that's something I can fully get behind right? That catastrophe is quickly avoided and the puppies safely returned all except for one who ends up being left behind because he hides under Harry's car seat.  This poor pup spends the rest on the book on adventures with Harry and even though Harry claims he is not getting a dog, it's official, Harry has a dog!

The main story however centers around Harry being asked for a favor from Thomas, a vampire that has shown up in several previous books.  A curse has been placed on a porn producer and Thomas needs Harry's help to keep everyone safe.  Harry agrees but while all that is going on, he is still trying to take out the Red Vampire Court before they take him out.  

These books can be a bit confusing if you don't know all the players and I'm actually glad we are reading one each month because it gives me little time to forget all everything.  Trouble still follows Harry like a dark cloud but I don't think that will ever change at this point.  I really liked Thomas in the past books and am glad that this book reveals a connection which means he may be seen more in future installments.  Overall, if you love urban fantasy and action and haven't already given this series a go, what are you waiting for?  This book is probably my favorite yet!  (May have something to do with the puppy perhaps).

MY RATING: 5 Paws