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Message: <blockquote data-quote="slobster" data-source="post: 9844202" data-attributes="member: 6693711">Oh things definitely happened with wider ramifications, it's just not a very good self-contained Dresden-style mystery adventure plot. IMO, of course. That's okay though, because it's not really a rip-roaring story of supernatural peril and intrigue this time, it's a story of healing and grief and processing pain, and for that stuff I find it really nice.On the other hand, [spoiler]I do think Lara was done incredibly dirty. It's very meh that she was reduced to being Harry's little trophy wife that is literally addicted to him, it's absolutely irritating that it was done with almost no pushback or agency on Lara's part. I imagine, I hope, that future stories will show her counter-attack on being so completely controlled by Winter, but in this story it's absolutely a real stinker of a subplot for one of Harry's longest running frienemies.[/spoiler]I personally haven't loved the recent Dresden novels, so while this one isn't a return to form for the series (it's too different to be the same sort of story as the books I really loved from the middle of the series to be very comparable), I find it at least an improvement on the recent slump and hopefully an augur for more good stuff to come.</blockquote>