This book was a terrible let down at the time and just doesn't fit with the other books in the series as each other book has been written in a way where each case (novel) was a complete story and could stand alone. In the years since my first read/listen on audible I have gained more adoration for the book however, my 2-star review stands. I have listened to the book several times, as-like I said-I'm a big fan. Hopefully Battle Grounds will be better, but it will also risk being the most predictable book in the series because, the foreshadowing done in Peace Talks that has yet to play out. Jim is typically a master at foreshadowing, but in this outing he lays the groundwork for a payoff that doesn't appear in the book. There's a ton of specifics that I could get into but will not in order to not spoil it for you. I purchase all of Dresden Files books in multiple formats: Hardcover, Audible and Kindle, for every book, and typically I am happy to do it but right now I just feel robbed. It's the setup to what might be finished in the book release at the end of September 2020. I'm a big fan of Jim's work, and the Dresden Files are my favorite books, and while I am happy to have another book in my favorite series, I also feel I should be honest: This book is only half the story. Deadlines and real life and original content didn't line-up, and I get the feeling that the publisher was like: Well the book you wrote is really long, and it's been a long time since your last book thus, to make it seem like you didn't have problems, bloat the early parts with re-hashed details from earlier work, end on cliff-hanger, and then finish the story in the next book which will come out in just a couple of months. I feel like Jim, the author, has had a plate full for many years. This is a significant departure from what most fans have come to expect in regard to offering a complete story while continuing a large overarching story arc, in that: This isn't a complete story and the large overarching details are largely just re-hashed details fans already knew or suspected with a few small new pieces thrown in.

Dresden book 16