THE POLKA WILL NEVER DIE!

Dead Beat is just about my least favorite Dresden Files and for the life of me, I can't figure out why. All I know is that after ( spoilers for all published Dresden books )

Tamora Pierce Sure Has Spotty Luck With Cover Art

 Some of it is excellent (I prefer the original Alanna covers, sans Lioness Rampant and this reissue series, the original Daine covers sans Wolf-Speaker and In The Realms Of The Gods - that artist couldn't draw Numair right to save his life, and this reprint series. I like the original Kel covers and think her UK covers rock) and some of it is terrible (the UK reissues, the Japanese Alanna covers).

In case you couldn't guess, I'm falling in love with Pierce all over again.