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Storm Front

author: Jim Butcher (2000)
series: The Dresden Files #1
date read: 2014-07-01
pages: 384
lists: urban-fantasy
rating: ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆
Cover of Storm Front.

It’s the height of generic Urban Fantasy, complete with edgy protagonist who can’t be allowed to have his shit together (very House, MD style). Stock elements taped together.

Cover of Rivers of London.

Rivers of London

by Ben Aaronovitch · published 2015 · read 2014-01-01
★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
A similar series, only with a supernatural cop in London, and arguably much better.
Cover of Night Watch.

Night Watch

by Sergei Lukyanenko · published 1998 · read 2010-01-01
★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
Russian Urban Fantasy, with better characters and less fake grit.
Cover of Sandman Slim.

Sandman Slim

by Richard Kadrey · published 2009 · read 2018-02-19
★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
A Dresden lookalike.
Cover of Blackwing.

Blackwing

by Ed McDonald · published 2017 · read 2019-05-05
★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
Different setting, but tonally the same.
Cover of Furies of Calderon.

Furies of Calderon

by Jim Butcher · published 2004 · read 2018-01-01
★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
Butcher's other series.
Cover of Fool Moon.

Fool Moon

by Jim Butcher · published 2001 · read 2014-04-01
★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆
The next book in the series.