If i could have given this book 10 stars I would have. Every book I read in the Dresden files keeps getting better, and everytime I wonder how is Butcher going to top this. Except for the often prolonged and somewhat cheesy dialogue, the movie references that totally fly over my head because I am a bookworm, not a movie buff. This book lived up to its name. Harry loses his house and his car, and any hope of rekindling a relationship with Susan. The battle with the Red Court in Mexico was epic. I can't say I was commpletely surprised when Harry took up the post of the Winter Knight, though I wonder if his death at the end of this book relllieved him of those duties.