I very much enjoy both science fiction as well as fantasy. A series I've enjoyed considerably these last few years have been The Laundry Files Wikipedia summarizes the Laundry Files thusly: These books mix the genres of Lovecraftian horror, spy thriller, science fiction, and workplace humour. Last fall, being fully caught up on Laundry Files novels I jumped into The Dresden Files, which are a series of books that are a mashup of hard boiled detective crime and fantasy/magic. These books follow the adventures of Harry Dresden, a private investigator in Chicago and the city's only wizard to put an ad in the yellow pages. A couple of weeks ago, Charles Stross, the author of The Laundry Files, came out with the newest book in the series (Book 9: The Labyrinth Index) and, having read seven Dresden Files in a row, I bought the Kindle of the Labyrinth Index version and began reading. Imagine my horror when I discovered that the hero in this novel was not Bob Howard, as in the previous eight books, but Mhari Murphy who was nearly (but not quite) Bob's nemesis. Please provide me with some advice: I'm around a hundred pages into The Labyrinth Index and I'm not really enjoying myself. I suspect I'd prefer to continue the Dresden Files but I've already spent the money on Labyrinth Index as well as spending all this time reading it. What should I do? (Make sure to explain the reasoning behind your recommendation).