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Blood Rites

The Dresden Files, Book 6

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By: Jim Butcher
Narrated by: James Marsters
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Summary

 In this novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling Dresden Files, Chicago's only professional wizard takes on a case for a vampire and becomes the prime suspect in a series of ghastly murders.

Harry Dresden has had worse assignments than going undercover on the set of an adult film. Like fleeing a burning building full of enraged demon-monkeys, for instance. Or going toe-to-leaf with a walking plant monster. Still, there’s something more troubling than usual about his newest case. The film’s producer believes he’s the target of a sinister curse—but it’s the women around him who are dying, in increasingly spectacular ways.
 
Harry’s doubly frustrated because he only got involved with this bizarre mystery 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 the vampire’s oversexed, bite-happy family. Now, Harry’s about to discover that Thomas’ family tree has been hiding a shocking secret: a revelation that will change Harry’s life forever. Detective Fantasy Fiction Mystery Private Investigators Paranormal Magic Users Wizardry Magic
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Critic reviews

Praise for the Dresden Files

“Think Buffy the Vampire Slayer starring Philip Marlowe.”—Entertainment Weekly

“Fans of Laurell K. Hamilton and Tanya Huff will love this series.”—Midwest Book Review

“Superlative.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“One of the most enjoyable marriages of the fantasy and mystery genres on the shelves.”—Cinescape

“Butcher...spins an excellent noirish detective yarn in a well-crafted, supernaturally-charged setting. The supporting cast is again fantastic, and Harry’s wit continues to fly in the face of a peril-fraught plot.”—Booklist (starred review)

“What’s not to like about this series?...It takes the best elements of urban fantasy, mixes it with some good old-fashioned noir mystery, tosses in a dash of romance and a lot of high-octane action, shakes, stirs, and serves.”—SF Site

“A tricky plot complete with against-the-clock pacing, firefights, explosions, and plenty of magic. Longtime series fans as well as newcomers drawn by the SciFi Channel’s TV series based on the novels should find this supernatural mystery a real winner.”—Library Journal

“What would you get if you crossed Spenser with Merlin? Probably you would come up with someone very like Harry Dresden, wizard, tough guy and star of [the Dresden Files].”—The Washington Times
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I really enjoyed this installment, lots of action and new aspects to the story that make me want to continue reading the series.

And James Marsters just keeps getting better and better at reading Harry's inner dialogue, I love it.

The plot thickens!

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I only recently started to listen to the Dresden files and since book 1 I have been hooked. A brilliant performance and extremely well written. Not often does a series of books keep you so engaged however with Jim Butchers writing style and James Marsters' delivery it's a sure winner.

Amazing!!!

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Partway through this book I started worrying that it was a bit predictable. I love Harry Dresden but this one felt a little tired in places and some repeating of details (I think we are told three times that Ebenbezer has a staff in his vans gun rack)
I also got a little bored of some of the descriptions of women’s assets. However..

I was pleasantly surprised that the clichés didn’t happen, the ends weren’t all neatly tied and I was left looking forward to the next one.

Another interesting chapter in the wizards life

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Jim Butcher, Harry Dresden, and James Marsters. Just great. Entertaining and engaging. Love this series. .

Again, a great combination

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Another book narrated by James Marsters. I thoroughly enjoyed the book and have become addicted to listening to James Marsters however I absolutely hate the music on the opening scene and closing scenes...

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