Book Review: The Dresden Files

Welcome to another book review! I’m your host, Evan Miller, and today we are looking at a series called The Dresden Files, by Jim Butcher. In the world of The Dresden Files, magic is real, along with ghouls, vampires, demons, spirits, faeries, werewolves, and other mythical monsters. Harry Dresden, the only wizard in the phone book (look under W), works to protect the general public, who are ignorant of magic and the dark forces conspiring against them. This makes it difficult for Harry to get by as a working wizard and private eye. The Chicago PD's Special Investigation unit, when led by Karrin Murphy, regularly employs Dresden as a consultant to help solve cases of a supernatural nature. Follow Dresden as he battles against dark forces and survives the horrors of *gasp* wizard politics! DUN DUN DUNNNN!!

The only professional wizard in the phone book

Ever wondered where wizard spells come from? In this series, spells are a kind of pseudo-Latin, using some Latin words to cast the spell. For example, the spell “Fuego,” similar to the word fire, allows Dresden to shoot fire from his staff. The spell “Ventas Servitas” calls a wind to do his bidding, “vento” meaning “wind” in Latin.

This series is very intriguing and magical. I rate it 15/17 pentagrams!

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This book is for grades 9 and up.

Find it in the Fiction section up on the Mezzanine at Call Number: F BUTCHER JIM DRESDEN