Loved:

Ferus and Folly
Captain Grimm as the cook
Rowl's perspective when dealing with other cats (Rowl's POV when dealing with humans less so)

Liked:

Cavendish as nearly as spooky as Mab
Gwen Lancasters bombasity and the trouble it caused
The arial combat was very well done

Did not like:


Not much
The pace seemed to slow here and there but maybe I'm too used to DF's rapid fire pace and a comparisson is unfair?
Super nitpicky but twice (I think) Jim said something to the effect of "This is the point in a story where you would expect "x" to happen, but this is not that story". Jim is too good of a writer to resort to explaining what kind of writer he isn't. Took me outside the book a bit. Like I said though, that's really nitpicky.


Great new adventure for me overall. Will reread it for sure ahead of Cinder Spires two. Also my first steampunk novel and I may just have to seek out some more. Great fun.

Agree, so far I think it's quite well done as well. I was mildly concerned as this is my first non-Dresden Files Jim Butcher read but 200 pages in and I'm loving it.

Kudos, cheers, hip hip hoorays and so forth.

This was my first signing and it was great fun.

It's true for that for the fans, who were told of a travel snafu (can i say that here?) just as the event was to begin, it felt like almost no time before Jim arrived. If he was haggered he covered it well and he was very engaging. Tons of questions were answered and Mr. Butcher was very gracious to both me and my brother, and I even dorked out a bit.

That mattered to me as I had driven my brother down from Cincinnati for his birthday. The Aeronaut's Windlass and dinner at Burger King, what more could a brother ask for? And after all, older brother bought me the original Dresden Files trilogy for Christmas just a few years ago.  Favor returned.

Alright, kinda schmaltzy for a first post but glad to be here. For anyone yet to get to an event like this... go!