Wizard overload

My housemate has been raving for a while about the Harry Dresden books by Jim Butcher. It's modern fantasy - a wizard working in present day Chicago. I finally got around to reading the first one... then I quickly devoured the second.

Stupid me... I stayed up late last night to finish the third. My sleep cycle is a *mess*.

Although the magic is a little... er... *loud* for something that's supposed to be a secret, the characters are engaging, the plots are interesting and the action keeps you going like the energizer bunny. Harry's... a guy. A *young* guy - early twenties and he just can't keep his big mouth shut. So he makes enemies, gets his ass kicked on a regular basis but manages to stagger back to his feet and beat the Bad Guys. They're not real deep books - they're lots of fun - I just over dosed myself on the series. My major complaint is that Harry, although captured, beaten, exhausted, drained, bloodied, shot, etc, etc, always seems to pull *something* out of his ass to finally win the day. It's done well - the writer shows you all the pieces of the puzzle that Harry finally solves to solve the crime, save the girl, not get killed or all of the above, it's just a little _too_ much for me.

That said, I still recommend the books and will continue to read the series.

I can't wait to see what trouble he gets into next. :-)

-m