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Carrie
Harry you are slowly growing. Still want to wack you up the side of the head at times but you'll get there someday. I have faith in you. ...more
Krissy
My favorite so far of the series
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3.5***

The third Harry Dresden novel finds Chicago’s only professional wizard puzzled by a sudden increase in spirit activity in the Windy City. Who or What is agitating the ghosts? In this book we are introduced to Michael Carpenter, one of God’s knights – a righteous man who fights evil with the help of his sword Amoracchius. Lt Karrin Murphy plays a backseat in this one, as she is under a spell for most of the book. Harry and Michael will battle ghosts, a nightmare, vampires and his faerie god
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Chris
Throughout most of this book I told myself this would be the last of the Harry Dresden books I read, but when I got to the end, there was enough of a twist that I probably want to find out what happens next. I really like the character of Harry, Chicago's only wizard-for-hire. And I especially love the way James Marsters narrates the books. The problem is that they get sillier and sillier. Harry's always down to his absolutely last drop of wizarding power when he's able to conjure up a major spe ...more
 Marla
3.5 stars. 4 for action and new characters, 3 for confusing plot. Action packed story about Harry trying to figure out who is torturing ghosts and wreaking magical havoc.

Likes:
* James Marsters reading to me
* Michael Carpenter, Harry's Knight of the Cross friend
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Rachel N.
Aug 10, 2012 rated it really liked it
The third book in the Dresden series. There is a sudden increase in ghosts activity in Chicago which is being fought by Dresden and his kinght pal Michael. Harry links the ghosts to a disturbance in the nevernever and eventually vampires also become involved. A good entry in the series.
Barbara ★
A very Anita Blake feel to this book. Poor Harry is beset on all sides with baddies - warlocks, vampires and fae. The action and the threats to Harry and his friend's never stop. Just like Anita, he survives one encounter to tumble directly into another and another. I greatly enjoyed this installment but the typos, missing letters and wrong tenses indicated that no one edited this book before publication. It's very distracting to try to figure out what was supposed to have been printed instead o ...more
Jane(Janelba)
Mar 28, 2010 marked it as physical-tbr
Shelley
Mar 25, 2011 rated it really liked it
Meredith
Apr 18, 2012 rated it it was amazing
Amelia
Mar 14, 2014 rated it really liked it
Nancy
Oct 17, 2015 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: on-kindle
Beth
Mar 06, 2016 rated it liked it
Sarah
May 20, 2016 marked it as to-read
Jimena Rodríguez
Jun 20, 2016 marked it as to-read
Shelves: tbr, next-in-series
Amanda A
Jan 06, 2019 rated it really liked it
Sarah
Jan 09, 2020 marked it as wishlist-asap  ·  review of another edition
Tien
May 05, 2021 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: urban-fantasy
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