![A tall grey-skinned man in a black overcoat and hat stands with a staff in his right hand.](https://sites.lafayette.edu/newquisk/files/2017/03/jim-butcher-storm-front.jpg)
I’m finally reading Jim Butcher’s urban fantasy novel Storm Front, Book 1 of the The Dresden Files series. My friends have been raving about it for years, but urban fantasy isn’t one of the genres I typically read. I decided to branch out, and Butcher’s book seemed a good place to start.