Rating: 3/5
The Dresden Files is a book series featuring the character Harry Dresden, who is the only private eye in Chicago that is also a wizard. This means pretty much every case he gets involves magic or the supernatural in some way. He can be gruff and a bit of a smart mouth, much like the PI characters that he is based on, but his heart is in the right place.
This is set shortly after the second book in the series, Fool Moon, but it isn't necessary to read either of the first two books to enjoy it. The premise to this story is that a family in Boone Mill, MO is cursed and recently members of the family have been found dead. A deputy from the town asks Harry for help, and they soon discover that a ghoul and a goblin are involved in those deaths. Harry is out of his element a little bit here as he tries to stop them away from his home turf, but he always does some improvising so he gets by just fine.
There are moments where I feel the creator would have gone more in depth in his normal format. Overall I liked the story. It felt true to the character and setting that the author created. The art threw me a little bit because Harry didn't look how I imagined him and I thought there wasn't enough variation in the images used for his spells. The drawings of the Blue Beetle, Harry's car, and Bob, his magical assistant that is trapped in a human skull, were spot on.
Fans of the series will enjoy this addition and newcomers might just whet their appetite for more of this character. Anyone that enjoys a good detective/mystery story should be able to get into it as well.
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