This book came out and I read through it so fast I forgot to write a review of it, so here it is. This is not a book to be read by a casual person if you haven't read the previous books in the series. You need to start with book one and work your way through the series - trust me you will be rewarded like no other series out there for doing just that.
This is hands down the best over all books series I've ever read.
Butcher continues to grow characters and world build on a level I haven't experienced for anything media related, be it a book, a movie, or a television series. Nothing compares to what Butcher is doing here. Nothing at all. It's to the point that when I finish reading his new book I want the next one to come out immediately. He has his claws so firmly planted in not just my mind, but my nerd genes, that their talons are sunk in very deep. Not that I'm complaining mind you because I love returning to his world every time a new book comes out. I love seeing how the ramifications from the last book have affected the new book and believe there are consequences for every decision and action that happen in one book. Some of them are on a grand scale, while other can be on a more intimate scale but it doesn't matter because there are consequences for decisions made or actions taken. Butcher lives up to that in every book, which is good to as he doesn't cheat his reader with lame, cliched fantasy but injects his urban fantasy with much needed reality.
Butcher can write action scenes like no one writing books now but it's not his actions scenes or wildly crazy scenarios that keep me coming back for more (those are some of the reason but not the top reasons by any shot). It's his rich tapestry of characters that I've come to know over the course of what 14 or 15 books so far, I enjoy watching them grow. Some of my favorite scenes in any of his books are when his characters just sit down and talk about what it going on in their lives because when Butcher does this his characters really come alive as their development continues in ways I don't find in too many places media related. These are my most favorite moments in his books and Skin Game is, happily enough, filled with a lot of these scenes.
For those of you who follow the series. Butcher once again ups the ante with this book as changes are once again on the horizon. Micheal makes a welcome return - I will leave it at that. Looking forward to the next book, when ever it comes out. So, until then I will be taking my time as I continue to reread through the series, which is as much rewarding for the little details I missed when I went through it for the first time.
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