A review by aninnocuousbunny
The Aeronaut's Windlass by Jim Butcher

5.0

Excellent book. About 80% as much character as Dresden Files, but the bar is so high that it’s still easily one of the best books I’ve read all year. The gotcha I was afraid of (and which Butcher avoided, for the most part), was making it feel like Dresden Files just with a steampunk theme. In fact, the only thing similar to Dresden Files was the story arc, which I think of as a bit of a Butcher fingerprint. Each book neatly wraps itself off, leaving a few trailing ends for the next book to catch on to, but not leaving the reader annoyed they can’t get a hold of the next book quite yet. Perhaps not the best strategy for selling books, but the quality of the story and editing makes up for that in spades - I will happily read every Butcher book I can get my hands on when I get the chance.