There is a whole history there but you can read it yourself!Ītticus is living in Arizona and has been off the radar from said jerko for years, but apparently gods or demons, minions, whatever can surf the net and find people. The sword is named Fragarach the Answerer and it's bad to the bone, it will kill you deader than dead in a second. Sooooooooooooooooooooooo, this evil god dude <- was he a god? Now I can't remember, either way he was a jerk evil demon dude and he blames Atticus for stealing his sword. This book is both funny, narly and plenty of awesomeness. OMG! He's my new book boyfriend, er, druid. He has a talking relationship with his Irish Wolfhound, Oberon. Atticus poses as 21 and owns a store that has crystals and herbs and what not. gah! there is just so much.Īnyhoo, so Atticus is a 2100 year old Druid, the last Druid I might add, unless of course the author brings another one into the story later. We have Vampire and Werewolf attorneys, goblins, ogres. I mean this book has so much stuff in it! All kinds of gods, references to gods, God, the devil.

At any rate, this one took off for me after a little bit and I freaking fell in love. I loved this book! ❤ I wasn't sure at first because lately when reading my urban fantasy books, they are taking me longer to get into and that's sad because I used to read them all of the time. But given that it's the author's first book AND the fact that I know I was unfairly comparing this book to the Dresden files all the way through. Normally, I'd probably give this one a 4/5 stars. It gives the books their own distinct feel. I'm saying that I like them because those are the things that make these iron Druid books distinct from the Dresden files. Mind you, when I say I like these differences, it's not because I dislike the way things were handled in Butcher's books. Atticus is less emo than Harry, and he starts off as a huge badass who is able to go toe-to-toe with some serious mythic shit right off the bat in book one. These books are more lighthearted than the Dresden files. And the vast majority of the things that set Atticus apart from Dresden are good things. That said, there are a lot of differences. it's nigh impossible to avoid putting the two books side-by-side in my mind. When the book is in first person, and the magic wielding badass is also a snarky, sarcastic wise-ass.

When the main character is a magic-wielding badass that interacts with mythological figures, it makes it harder to avoid the comparison. It's hard for me to read urban fantasy these days and not compare the books to the Dresden files.

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