Harry building a bike for Maggie while aided by Mouse was incredibly cute.
Mab has seen Frozen confirmed. And of course her gift is scary.
Molly seems to heading into surrogate sister territory since her kiss on Harry’s cheek is described as sisterly. Also she seems way more comfortable in her Winter Lady role.
Kringle delivering that cup of coffee was wonderful. Also Harry owed Vadderung a favor from Cold Days and their meeting seemed a little tense.
Peace Talks stuff - According to Jim it would be all right, everyone would have tea and lunch and go home just fine.
HA!
Tens of thousands injured and in need of medical care. Thousands dead. What the fuck. And some of them seem personal?
Who is dead? Thomas? Justine? Murphy (who was in bad shape at the end of Skin Game only a few months earlier), Ramirez? Luccio? The Alphas? Ebenezer?????
I knew the masquerade would be broken in this book since Jim confirmed we’d get a battle in view of mortals that could not be covered but nothing on this scale.
All in all this was a cozy slice of life short story that was perfect for Christmas. And just enough teasing of things to come in Peace Talks. Seriously, thousands dead……wtf….I need that damn book….
Yup. I think that’s the pairing Butcher wants but he’ll save it for the end when the story’s done and the fan reaction (good or bad) isn’t likely to matter. You’ll notice Molly has been quite literally put on ice. It’s gross but I think Butcher is preserving her for whenever he decides to have Harry and Molly be a thing (probably somewhere in the last 3 books).
