Thank God we’re escaped the uncanny valley. Rating: 🍿🍿🍿🍿.75 First Response: The tone of this one was different. I’m not sure I liked it. One Sentence Summary: Harry’s given the heads-up that black magic is coming to Chicago— and when monsters start popping up at the local horror movie convention, he jumps on the case. Tell Me More: There’s been a shift in the Dresden-verse. Usually The Dresden Files are fun, even silly mystery/ adventure novels. Harry Dresden is a wisecra

My version didn't have the white text present on this cover, but I haven't for the life of me been able to find my cover anywhere. Rating: 🏃🏼‍♀️🏃🏼‍♀️🏃🏼‍♀️🏃🏼‍♀️🏃🏼‍♀️ First Response: I actually like this one. This is my second Faulkner, and while I wasn’t wild about the first one, this one was pretty good. One Sentence Summary: The Compson family remembers and rebels over Easter weekend in 1928. Tell Me More: I’ve only read one other Faulkner novel ( As I Lay Dying ),

I love this cover. Strong Nosferatu vibes. Rating: ➿➿➿➿➿ First Response: This book is deliciously gothic. One Sentence Summary: Immortal vampire Louis tells a curious 'boy' the story of his travels with Claudia-- the five year old girl he accidentally turned into a vampire. Tell Me More: This book surprised me. Interview with the Vampire is a surprisingly deep book. I was expecting a pulpy vampire adventure novel, but this book might be more adequately described as a medit

I still refuse to accept this CGI uncanny valley abomination as my Harry. Rating: 💀💀💀💀💀 Initial Response: POLKA WILL NEVER DIE! One Sentence Summary: Harry is blackmailed into locating the grimoire of a particularly notorious necromancer-- unfortunately, the necromancers disciples are also looking for it. Tell Me More: This is the best one yet! Every book in the Dresden Files has gotten 5 emojis-of-choice, but I wish I could give this one even more. The stakes go up! Th

What even IS this cover? If that's a real person, I'm sorry, but that's some uncanny valley shit right there. That's not my Harry. I refuse. Rating: 🩸🩸🩸🩸🩸 First Response: This book has no spice. I'm shocked, considering it's about porn. One Sentence Summary: Someone is trying to magically sabotage an... <ahem> ... adult film, and the producers what Harry to figure out who. Tell Me More: I'm pretty sure this is the one with Vampires, but it's kinda hard to tell. Consideri

I could not find this cover anywhere for the life of me, so I just screenshotted it from the audiobook I was using. It looks nothing like any of the covers that show up if you Google this book. Rating: 👘👘👘👘👘 (This is the closest emoji I could find to a shroud. Bite me.) First Response: MICHAEL IS BACK AND HE’S A BADASS! Also his kids are adorable and Charity is terrifying😱. One Sentence Summary: Harry Dresden has a lot on his hands— a duel with a vampire, the mutilation

I think we need to have a conversation about cover art, because these covers are fire, but a little sexist. The new ones all look the same though, cause they're just Harry. Rating: 🧚🏻🧚🏻🧚🏻🧚🏻🧚🏻 First Response: I need Michael and Morgan to duel. One Sentence Summary: Under heat for kicking off a war between the White Council of Wizards and the Red Court of Vampires, Harry is “asked” to investigate a supposedly accidental death that might have major ramifications for th

They just keep getting better. Rating: 👻👻👻👻👻 First Response: Who you gonna call? HARRY DRESDEN! One Sentence Summary: Chicago's paranormal denizens have been particularly troublesome of late; and Harry Dresden is determined to find out why. Tell Me More: I need to start this review by talking about Stranger Things . When season 1 of Stranger Things came out, I thought it was fantastic. I loved every second of it; and even thought that the ending, with it's unresolved pl

The cover is beautiful, but I didn't love the book... Rating: 📿📿 Initial Response: This book wants to be several things, and in the end doesn't do any of them particularly well. One Sentence Summary: An enslaved young woman in antebellum Alabama comes to terms with her enslaved existence while completing tasks for her sister's ghost. Tell Me More: For most of this book, I wavered between 3 and 4 'stars,' but by the time I got to the end, I decided that the issues I thought

Rating: 🎰🎰🎰🎰🎰 First Response: I don’t think I’m a Tingler yet, but I’m open to the possibility. One Sentence Summary: What if Death...

Ratings: Storm Front:🌩️🌩️🌩️🌩️🌩️ Fool Moon: 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌕 Initial Reaction: I HAVE FOUND MY NEW OBSESSION! One Sentence Summary: Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden is a hardboiled detective -- I mean, wizard-- who investigates crimes that are just a little too... unusual for the normal police force. Tell Me More: When I was but a wee lad, I discovered a book called The Falcon's Malteser by Anthony Horowitz (of Alex Rider fame). It was the first of the Diamond Brothers'

Rating: ⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️ Initial Reaction: Well, I guess I really do like slashers. One Sentence Summary: Haunted by the death of her fiancé,...

Rating: 🔍🔍🔍🔍🔍 Initial Reaction: Y'all, this book was adorable. One Sentence Summary: A couple of teenagers get murdered in a...