Ballistic Kiss
2020 • 368 pages

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Average rating3.8

15

FFS.

Let's forget the fact that this book and the last one were sorta boring and just paint by numbers art. They are still about subject matter that appeals to me. But of course we spend a large portion of the penultimate book in the series being concerned about pronouns instead.

And spoiler alert, I peeked ahead to the beginning of the next book due to how this one ended, and I was immediately confronted with a Trigger Warning. Really? Eleven previous books about a guy that literally lived in Hell for years, ruled it for a time, has murdered probably hundreds (thousands?) of sentient beings, dealt with every kind of foul individual you can think of, has even died a couple of times himself...and someone needs a goddamn trigger warning on the final book??

So glad the series will be over with after the next one. I realize I'm living the “sunken cost” fallacy by saying I have too much invested not to finish the series, but man, this is one of the last series I ever thought I'd have to deal with this. At least I'll know to avoid any of his/her/their future works.

May 6, 2022