Summer Knight: A Novel of the Dresden Files by Jim Butcher, 3/5

I much preferred this plot’s faerie angle to the last book’s vampire theme and, as an added bonus: no love interest.  I might have dropped a couple IQ points while reading it, but probably no more than would have evaporated after a couple hours of watching TV sitcoms.

[Why I read it: Partly because the fans promise the series gradually improves, partly because I’m not in the mood for serious literature right now and partly because I’ve come to view the Dresden Files as an old pair of stained sweatpants–not something I’d show off in public, but pretty all right for days of lounging around and eating junk food.]