Book Review: Storm Front

My favorite genre to read and write is urban fantasy. Many people have differing definitions of what that is, meaning sometimes Harry Potter ends up on urban fantasy lists, despite it being children's fantasy. But to me, urban fantasy is fantasy and mystery genres mixed together, usually set in a big city. Example series include October Daye by Seanan McGuire, Alex Verus by Benedict Jacka, Iron Druid by Kevin Hearne, and, important for today's review, The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher1. Storm Front is the first of the now long-running series, initially published in 2000. Apparently book 18 was just published this year, and 19 is coming out next year. That's a lot of books, and it's one of the mystery genre hallmarks that set it apart from regular fantasy series'. I can't remember when I first read Storm Front. It was probably sometime between 2007 and 2010, as that's about when I discovered and really got into the genre. The second time I read it, according to my Goodreads review, was…