The Olympian Affair by Jim Butcher
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Every once in a while I come across an audio book that I can’t stop listening to. This is one. I have spent the better part of the last few days listening while I occupied my hands with a project.
Jim Butcher has once again created a world that is interesting and engaging with characters that I want to spend time with and learn more about. Before purchasing this book I took the time to revisit the first book in the series, The Aeronaut’s Windlass. If you are new to the series, do yourself a favor and read that first.
Butcher takes his time with a series and each entry is carefully crafted to build upon the prior book and to add a new layer of the story.
This new addition has expanded some back story, added characters, grown characters, created a bigger world and, as if that weren’t enough, upped the ante. Just when I thought I knew where we might be going, I discovered I really hadn’t a clue.
The ending was a twist I did not expect … actually more than one twist. I don’t know how many books Mr. Butcher is planning for this series but he has definitely created some captivating story lines.
My only hope is that he doesn’t take as long to write the next one as he did to write this one.
Oh, and the cats are probably the best of the bunch, which is saying a lot because I like a lot of these characters.
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