Jim Butcher finally released Peace Talks, number 16 in his Dresden Files series. While he's not quite into the decades between releases that George R. R. Martin is, the wait between books is a bit longer than other series authors.
Was it worth the wait? Yeah, mostly.
We open on Harry Dresden raising his daughter among the Dark Elves. (I am not typing out the appropriate Norse name.) He's still Mab's Winter Knight, but upcoming Peace Talks among all the signatories on the Unseelie Accords (To admit the Tree People and the Formor) mean that he's pulling double duty as both Mab's protector and Council Warden. Lara Raith, Queen of the Chicago White Council is owed favors by Mab, so Lara gets 3 favors from Harry, which he isn't happy about, particularly when Harry's Half brother, Thomas, gets caught breaking into the Dark Elves's HQ and killing someone right as the Armstice goes into effect.
Which means Harry has to navigate around the Accords to save his brother without breaking them, since pretty much every party involved wants to kill him.
Ultimately, we get a brief glimpse at the war that's been foreshadowed for several books, and end on another freaking cliffhanger. Not quite as bad as the one where he got shot, but still.....
I mean, I enjoy it, since the past few books have turned into Heist stories, which are always fun and mostly self contained. But we also have a dangling plot thread about the police investigation into events from Skin Game, as we get reintroduced to CPD's Finest, who are looking for evidence to take down Harry and Karin. However, as the supernatural courts begin to meet, they fall by the wayside in favor of saving Thomas. (Note: according to Wiki, we get another book in September. So, two books in one year, one story split in twain.)
Fun read, maybe not as good as the stuff that came before, but still something that sucks me in.
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