Jody 's Reviews > Small Favor

This was my first Dresden book in a quite a while. They never disappoint when it comes to action and humor. Although, it did take me a while to get back up to speed, as I don't remember all the various plot lines from previous books. But, the characters I have not forgotten, and this installment seemed to have almost all of them crammed into 540 pages.

The action in Small Favor got off to a fast start, and didn't let up until the story was over. Harry is notorious for getting himself in a tight spot, or pissing off the wrong supernatural monsters. This book is no different, but it gets personal when a close friend is the target of a plot. All while he is in the middle of a kidnapping investigation into a well know crime lord. And trying to fend off assassins from one of the faerie courts in the process. Harry has his hands full and is burning his candle at both ends. All he has to do is pull of several miracles in a few days. You know...usual Dresden stuff!

"Going forth to do battle with the forces of darkness is one thing. Doing it in a pair of borrowed sweatpants and an ill-fitting T-shirt is something else entirely."

I really enjoy the quirky humor Butcher uses in this series. It helps balance out the narrative from the darkness and horror that seems to rear its ugly head every other page. Of course, Harry is the biggest goofball of them all. But, there are other characters I look forward to reading about, that can be just as entertaining, when I pick up a Dresden book.

"That's because you can't see yourself," he chocked out. "You're nose is all swollen up and you've got two black eyes. You look like a raccoon. Holding a dislocated ass."

Small Favor will definitely rank up there near the top of the series that I have read so far. And, it has reinvigorated me to continue on with the next book immediately. I'm looking forward to finding out what kind of near impossible situation Harry is going to get himself out of next.

Actual Rating: 4.5 stars ****