Fool Moon (The Dresden Files, #2) in SOS: Serious Overload of Series

Jun 14, 2009 Netanella rated it really liked it

Shelves: urban-fantasy, shifters, 2014-feb-reading-challenge, author-jim-butcher, wizard-warlock, dresden-files-read-a-thon

First paragraph: I never used to keep close track of the phases of the moon. So I didn’t know that it was one night shy of being full when a young woman sat down across from me in McAnally’s pub and asked me to tell her all about something that could get her killed.

Our smart-alec wizard-for-hire Harry Dresden is back, and this time he seems bigger, badder, and sexier than ever. Maybe it's because he blasted the loup-garou out of the local lock-up and down a few city blocks. Maybe it's because he ...more

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Apr 16, 2011 Thenia rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: reviewed, magic, paranormal, series, mystery, shifters, 2012

A nice enough book but not one I couldn't put down.

Harry is in trouble, gets beaten up a lot, keeps secrets, gets knocked out, gets in life-threatening situations, narrowly escapes said situations, has a conversation with his subconscious self and helps save (kind of) the day.

I really liked that he is not the imbalanced super hero that can do anything and be anything without repercussions or limits. He sure has his limits and he stretches them with unpleasant consequences to his health.

There ar ...more

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Nov 25, 2012 Paula Phillips rated it really liked it · review of another edition

The last couple of months for our infamous Wizard PI Harry Dresden has been quiet after the last case, in the first novel kind of pinpointed Harry as their prime suspect when all along he had been on the good side of the law. Somehow, it seems as I make my way through The Dresden Files that it seems that our friend Harry has a knack for trying to stay out of trouble but as it comes sniffing along he finds himself smack bang in the middle of it all. In Fool Moon, it seems that every night for the ...more

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Jan 09, 2012 Christal rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: pi-detective-cop, urban-fantasy, witches-warlocks-and-mages, magic, male-lead, weres-and-shifters, lesser-known-creatures

I liked this one more than the first book actually. I really enjoyed the introduction of Billy and the Alphas and hope they stick around. I loved the different werewolf categories. That was an unique take on the werewolf mythology.

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