Best book of the year so far for me is Elemental Council. It pleasantly reminded me of Assasinorum Kingmaker by having more of a spy feel while also introducing a diverse cast that is hard not to care for.
No need to include me in the giveaway as I already have a copy. Best BL book I’ve read this year has been Penitent. I’ve been on a mission to complete the Inquisition Series this year after starting my BL journey either the Eisenhorn trilogy last year. Finished the Ravenor omnibus, The Magos and Pariah earlier this year and I’m about 3/4 through Penitent. Even though I already know the big reveal at the end, I’ve still really enjoyed it. You can really see how DA has grown as a writer from those earlier works to Penitent. The action is crisper, the dialogue is more realistic, the exposition and scene setting is more contained.
Also wanted to comment about the “Spend Ask” section. I feel like this was the quickest turnaround for the majority of books listed in a BL WarCom article to preorder since I started last year. I feel like they would usually show ~4 books and then have them release one by one over the course of 1-3 months. I don’t recall them ever releasing 3/4 of the books immediately in the next Sunday Preview. So I wonder if this will be a recurring theme and that second half spend balloons even more as they announce and release books at a quicker pace.
Best BL book I;ve read this year? Tough one. Hive is an astonishing bit of work, and a recent read of Space Marine for a Book Club episode of The Fluffenhammer was border-line revelatory, but gun to the head I'd probably say Archmagos, the latest in Guy Haley's entertaining adventures of Belisarius Cawl - I finished listening to it earlier today whilst riveting parts together and it's been a fun listen. Bonus points from this Long Fang for the amount of time spent fleshing out The Wolfspear and explicitly stating that there are now *multiple* Space Wolf successor Chapters running around :)
Best book of the year so far for me is Elemental Council. It pleasantly reminded me of Assasinorum Kingmaker by having more of a spy feel while also introducing a diverse cast that is hard not to care for.
No need to include me in the giveaway as I already have a copy. Best BL book I’ve read this year has been Penitent. I’ve been on a mission to complete the Inquisition Series this year after starting my BL journey either the Eisenhorn trilogy last year. Finished the Ravenor omnibus, The Magos and Pariah earlier this year and I’m about 3/4 through Penitent. Even though I already know the big reveal at the end, I’ve still really enjoyed it. You can really see how DA has grown as a writer from those earlier works to Penitent. The action is crisper, the dialogue is more realistic, the exposition and scene setting is more contained.
Also wanted to comment about the “Spend Ask” section. I feel like this was the quickest turnaround for the majority of books listed in a BL WarCom article to preorder since I started last year. I feel like they would usually show ~4 books and then have them release one by one over the course of 1-3 months. I don’t recall them ever releasing 3/4 of the books immediately in the next Sunday Preview. So I wonder if this will be a recurring theme and that second half spend balloons even more as they announce and release books at a quicker pace.
Best BL book I have read this year is Voidscarred. Really enjoyed the writing the characters and seeing more of the corsairs.
Best BL book I;ve read this year? Tough one. Hive is an astonishing bit of work, and a recent read of Space Marine for a Book Club episode of The Fluffenhammer was border-line revelatory, but gun to the head I'd probably say Archmagos, the latest in Guy Haley's entertaining adventures of Belisarius Cawl - I finished listening to it earlier today whilst riveting parts together and it's been a fun listen. Bonus points from this Long Fang for the amount of time spent fleshing out The Wolfspear and explicitly stating that there are now *multiple* Space Wolf successor Chapters running around :)
The best Black Library book I've read this year would be a tie between Know no Fear and Dropsite Massacre...