Changes

How do you say anything about this book without ruining for anyone who hasn't read it? Jim Butcher at his absolute best here (and Jim Butcher working at mediocre levels is better than most people can do)–the biggest, most violent, most explosive, most intense, most emotionally-charged...and that's before the utterly maddening ending! The kind of ending that'd make a bishop curse a streak so blue that sailors would blush.

Which isn't to say that the normal dose of Dresden humor and fun isn't around–it's just got some dynamite company.

It's rare that any installment in a series of books/comics/tv shows to get something that's actually a game changer, that actually delivers on the promise “and nothing will be the same”–but Changes does. The title is the very definition of apt.

That said, this novel would be pretty much useless to a newbie–but for the fan of Chicago's resident wizard? You can't hope for better.