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Storm Front by Jim Butcher

Storm Front

AuthorJim Butcher

Paperback
Pages: 320
Publisher: Penguin Putnam (Roc)
Release Date: April, 2000
ISBN-10: 0451461975
ISBN-13: 978-0451461971


Blame my girlfriend for this review, for I didn’t make up my mind about Jim Butcher’s debut novel, Storm Front, for myself, she did. The conversation started while we were laying in bed, with me debating whether I should jump into the sequel, Fool Moon or another novel, by a different author.

‘You must really have loved that book,” she said.

‘Huh?’ I said, turning to her.

‘That book, with the Wizard, you loved it.”

‘Uh, I did?’

‘Sure. You haven’t stopped talking about it since you finished yesterday.’

I thought about it for a second and realized she was right. I had been talking about Storm Front almost non-stop since the day before, when I hadn’t even finished it yet. I didn’t really realize it, but I did love Storm Front despite the problems it had. And you know why? It’s just plain, ol’ fun.
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