Wonderful news, gang! I finished the new Fulgrim book!
Gonna put the review I put on audible under the cut, plus some assorted notes I was taking while listening
Spoilers ahead
Assorted notes (plus commentary):
bitter bitch fighting is what I’m here for lmao
oh I see what y’all meant with Fulgrim’s ex LMAO
take a shot every time they say perfection. You’ll die by the end
I know I’m on, like, chapter 2, but I missssssss Juliuuuuuuus where’s my (second) favorite 1st captain pspspspsps (I complain about this again later and I get these characters are probably just off doing other things/Lucius and Eidolon have their own books BUT COME ON, at least MENTION THEM)
oh I can’t believe this
no sorry but “this is not perfection this is excess” is such a cheesy fucking line
FROM A TRIED AND TRUE EC??? WHAT???
okay but “My father has his champion after all. Why should I deny myself the same?” IS SUCH A LINE
oh to be Fulgrim’s cup bearer
CHRIST BUT FULGRIM IS GAY WITH HIS ASTARTES JESUS
well wow you guys really weren’t joking, they ARE exes
terms of endearment? Such close intimacy? ARE YOU KIDDING ME MS. REID? (Mauvais and Fulgrim were so. Just so)
why aren’t Lucius, Eidolon, Julius etc. here. You know. Slaneesh’s/Fulgrim’s ACTUAL CHAMPIONS (again, see my earlier notes on this. Also I don’t know if Julius is even still around. Nobody tell me, I’ll live in ignorant bliss)
“A sharp breath forced itself into [his] lungs” is a killer line
“As if they were lovers falling into each other’s arms instead of sworn enemies” HELLO???? (Johannes and Tamaris should’ve made out)
Johannes could tell Tamaris his fucking name
rude as fuck (I didn’t like Johannes all that much, can you tell?)
also if Tamaris dies I’m killing someone
[insert I’ve only had him for a day and a half but if anything happens to him I will kill everyone in this room and then myself]
this might change, he does annoy me sometimes (it doesn’t. He’s my boy)
OH TO BE LIFTED OFF THE GROUND BY AN ASTARTES TO BE EYE TO EYE WITH THEM
KISS ME WHILE YOU’RE AT IT SIR WHY DONT YOU (they make the Astartes hot on purpose I swear to you)
I like Tamaris, I do. He has something human about him that not many Astartes do, methinks (this bites me in the ass later, iykyk)
“You understand nothing of what was once between us” COME ON MAAM ARE YOU KIDDING ME
will this be my reaction every time it is insinuated that they’re exes? Yes
“and then his love for me faded” HELLO????
I love The Three. Literally not they/them (gender neutral) but they/them (multiple). Hilarious
Tamaris could stand to be,,, more eccentric? And obviously. Not enough Fulgrim. Not NEARLY enough Fulgrim. What is it lately with Primarch books with too little of their Primarchs in them? (I read Sanguinius’ Primarch novel before this, where he’s also sorely lacking in appearances)
But other than that. I’m really enjoying her writing
but I might also be biased because the narrator is FIRE (he is, it’s the first time I’m hearing him, but Andrew James Spooner is killer, I can provide some examples)
oh Venakhar will betray the Perfecti, won’t he (spoilers: he will. I called that)
oh to be a naked serf sitting by Fulgrim’s side
yknow, while Fulgrim isn’t in it a lot, but when he is, is presence overshadows everything else
“When was the last time you saw someone draw? Sing? Make something?” Oh,,,, no,,,, I get it,,,,,,, (I didn’t care for the human POV but this line had something to it)
For the next bit, I’d just like to:
(Wasn’t a good time)
oh to be a cultist taking care of a heavily injured Chaos Astartes…..
The Black Templar as Fulgrim’s champion would go kinda hard ngl (wouldn’t it? I know it’s never gonna happen but man, that would make for one hell of a book or short story)
YO TAMARIS LETS GOOO!!!
Tamaris makes me feel some sort of way I swear (I love him)
GET HIM TAMARIS BABE
Tamaris kissing Venakhar’s decapitated head,, that’s,,, oh boy,,, I had to stop the audiobook, Jesus Christ
MORE OF THAT
why couldn’t this entire book have been this insane
is heretic the only insult Johannes knows istg
GET HIM BABY LETS GOOOOO TAMARIS
YES TAMARIS BABY
MY BELOVED
a rare win for chaos lets GO (I don’t actually know if a win for chaos is rare but)
I don’t know how happy I am with this ending
hm. Well. At least Fulgrim’s back (which really, sums up really well how I feel about this book)
