Things haven't been going so well for Harry Dresden. Business is next to dead and he doesn't even have his usual bread and butter work as a consultant for the cops since irritating the captain with a previous case. But the murder case that gets dropped in his lap isn't the one to wish for: one or more werewolves are on a killing spree. Desperation brings the police knocking on his door asking for help, miring Harry in a tangled web of death and deceit. Just when Harry thinks he's found the killer, more werewolves crawl out of the cement works. Soon Harry isn't just worried about innocents getting killed, but for those he cares about and himself.
Impression: I liked this one better than Storm Front. the plot was deeper and more convoluted, the characters were more complex with a few unique and intriguing folks thrown in. My one complaint is when the murders are solved, there hadn't been much of anything to point to the killers except the most tenuous thread. While a surprise ending can be a good thing, a reader should be able to look back and see the little clues initially missed and how the author revealed the smallest of fragments to reveal the culprits. That can't be done with Fool Moon, at least not for me.
Despite this, I would still recommend Fool Moon as a fun read. The story keeps moving, digging Harry in deeper and deeper as it progresses, and the ending, while aggravating in the feeling that it comes out of nowhere, is still satisfying in all other ways. It's complex enough to keep a reader's attention, not an overly difficult read, and entertaining. This makes it great filler for between the deeper novels that require a little more from readers . . . or to read while preparing for testing since it's easy to read and won't interfere with any thought processes that need to be directed elsewhere.
