I'm really hesitant to give out 5 star reviews, especially for authors I know, whose work I enjoy, and who I generally respect for their lives outside of being authors... But The Armored Saint deserves it. I might knock a quarter point off (if I could with the Goodreads rating system) because it's so short, and I have to wait till October for part 2, and who knows how long after that for part 3.

The grimdark fantasy, where demons are real, and power armored heroes protect the world isn't a new idea, and is very warhammer-ish, which meshes well with the Joan of Arc theme going on. It's a fairly brutal read, with lots of death, little hope, and over far too quickly.

I managed to not finish this in one sitting, but that wasn't by choice. I was burning through the pages at a wonderful clip... and now that I've finished, I'm itching to create a diorama of the climax of the book.