Grave Peril (Dresden Files Series #3)

Very Entertaining

I liked the TV series, I love the books. Never a dull moment. Awesome story telling technique. Most definitely recommend this book and the series.

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My Favorite of the Dresden Files so far!!

First off, I love the Dresden Files. I'm on the fifth one right now, but this one has so far been my favorite!! The action never seemed to stop and it was nearly impossible to put it down, and when you're a college student with upcoming tests it can make things difficult.The characters were great and the plot really kept you guessing. The great thing about the Dresden Files is that pretty much any of the books can stand alone and so if you were to only pick one to read, so far it should be this one! Highly recommend it!!

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Great read.

Love this series.

Great!

Best book in this series so far... Cant wait to start the next one.

Highly recommend for sci-fi / fantasy readers.

Another great Harry Dresden adventure!

Vampires, Demons, Ghosts oh my

Book 3 takes off fast and keeps the reader on the edge of their seat. Harry and Michael are on the hunt for who is getting the ghost stirred up around Chicago. Just like the other books Harry barely escapes one situation before he is tangled up again. Looking forward to more Harry Dresden.

Another Awesome Jim Butcher Book

I recommend all of Jim Butcher's Books. I have read them numerous times. They are just as good the second and third time as they are the first!

A thrilling story, part of a thrilling series!

This book, as with the rest of the Dresden Files series is hard to put down. I am seriously pleased that I started reading the series at a time when there are several that have already been written. I have been going from book to book and now, eagerly, await release of the current offering.

Grave Peril, the Dresden Files, Book 3

Coming soon.

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Harry Potter meets James Bond!!!

Dresden Files is amazing! Why you ask? It throws multi genre in one book with a baddy kicking hero, who you want to win the whole way through! Book three was as imersive as all the rest and book four just gets better Way to go Jim!!!

If you love Dresden . . . .

This book continues more of the same with Harry Dresden . . . which is a good thing. Butcher does a great job with placing Harry as a person in our world with his abilities. No extraordinary wealth, thanks or appreciation, just a good old fashioned reminder of what we love about the most human of our heroes and their less than perfect lives. This book flows particularly well because you sincerely don't see everything coming and several times during the book it feels like it should end but doesn't. Incredibly fun read (and I still don't see why it didn't translate well into TV). If you just want good escapist fun and miss reading about the original things that go bump in the night, this is your book, this is your series.

If Your looking for a fast paced thrilling Fantasy/reality mix then you've found it!

This book was an exciting and fantastic,thrilling Fantasy/reality mix. I love The Character Harry Dresden, He is the ultimate in underdogs. The guy just can't seem to catch a break. You will find yourself rooting for him. He's like this ordinary guy who just happens to be a wizard. He always seems to get deeper and deeper in trouble with the Supernatural and the natural. The other characters were very vivid too. The Story will capture you right from the begining and reading it is like watching a movie or tv show in your head. You won't want to put it down. Jim Butcher is a wonderful writer, with some of the best and original takes on the supernatural that I have ever seen.

Great story!

It will become an addiction!

Readers finally get a good look at the Nevernever

Harry Dresden (wizard for hire) often refers to the Nevernever in the first books of the Dresden Files series, but in this book he pulls the reader straight into it. A realm of all sorts of spooks and even fairies, the Nevernever follows an esoteric sort of dream logic that might make some readers shy away. But this journey is one of hard, willful and fantastic magic, set in motion by a complicated twist of plotting that only immortal beings would have the patience for.

Readers are thrown right into the action, which at times can make them feel as if they are missing something (they are, as far as I can tell some of the events referred to aren't experienced by the reader except for as flashbacks and Dresden's nightmares.) Harry and his friend, a true Knight of the Cross, Michael, are in their fourth or fifth night of hunting down a series of powerful ghosts who are attacking the real world with a strength that seems unprecedented, even so close to Halloween. But fighting specters that are trying to punish people long dead, for deeds long lost to history, is only the beginning as Harry discovers a strange spell, woven into the very being of the ghosts, that appears to be manipulating them into their attacks.

What follows is an almost painful series of events with so many possible bad guys that one has to wonder how Harry has survived so long at all. An iron will and indomitable stubbornness are threaded into Harry as firmly as the barbed wire-shaped torture spells are threaded into the human and ghostly victims of this book's Big Bad. A book that revels in loose ends, it leaves more than a few set ups for further books but it also brings the Nevernever solidly into the Dresden world, giving reader's imaginations and Dresden more territory to play in.

His Tombstone says it all

Now we have White Court (oh yeah), Bram Stokers Black Court, Red Court, Ghosts, Dragons and a Kight of the Cross. What could go wrong with this book. The plot is so deed. Much more twists and turns than I expected. Perhaps to much? Depends on the reader. Another great novel by Butcher. With every succeding book, Harry's Kowledge and power goes up a notch. This series is turning out to be great

Best book in the series ever!

Vampires, violent ghosts, possesive demonic beings. Harry has his hands full dealing these fiends in # 3 of the Dresden Files. Really entertaining and it's Harry's most challenging case to date.

A reviewer

Another GREAT book in the dresden files series. Was excited about the introduction of harry's friend michael, as was said in a earlier review.....they compliment each other nicely. Great book, great read, great series thus far. Can't wait to open book 4.

EXCELLENT THIRD NOVEL

It must be said right off the bat: the third novel of the Dresden Files is really two novels in one and Jim Butcher does an excellent job of mixing the two stories and showing how they are linked. And after the not so stellar second book in his series, Harry Dresden is back and kicking in this third installment to the Dresden Files. While it must be noted that all the later books up to Proven Guilty are lacking in the investigative qualities of the first novel, it is clear that he has gotten back on track in his writing career. A new character, Michael is introduced. He is a Catholic Knight, and met Harry in the story before the third novel. During their struggles with the beyond, Jim Butcher amazingly puts a human touch into the book, creating a family aspect in the middle of the action. All in all, a stellar novel and possibly the best in the entire series.

long winded

there was alot of harry getting his butt kicked all over the place. i don't know but i like the hero of the story to be little more awesome then he was being in this book. or maybe i am being bias because i don't like the ghost thing or whatever but all i know that this wasn't my favorite in the series. come on harry buck up.

Third time's the charm . . .

This third installment of Harry's tales firmly cemented me as a fan of this series. The first two books, 'Storm Front' and 'Fool Moon' I would rate as 'recommended.' With this story, Mr. Butcher really hit his stride, and I'm rating it 'outstanding.' One of the things I enjoyed the most was the addition of several very intriguing secondary characters for Harry to interact with. The most notable? Michael, the stalwart Holy Knight, whose rock-solid faith complements Harry's magic quite nicely, and Thomas, a deliciously fascinating vampire: soulless deceiver or bad-boy-with-a-heart-of-gold studdly muffin? Even Harry can't help but notice how great he looks in a loinloth;-) This book is an exhilarating roller coaster ride of magic and mayhem, intrigue and deception, and Butcher just keeps getting better. Don't miss it!