Oh my sweet seas, the vibes... I love this.

Oh I adore this style! Handsome fella~

Iskra: Can truthfully claim to have killed a Spartan with zero special forces training or special equipment.

José: Extremely solid xenomedical knowledge, has all his medical certs for human, Unggoy, Kig-Yar, and Sangheili patients and has performed life saving operations on all threee.

I'll argue the Skyrim argonians are a night and day improvement.

I hated the aesthetic of them in Oblivion... Such a downgrade from Morrowind.

Bond brothers 💔

Extremely handsome! Is he single?

I love all these guys. <3

Me waiting for any kind of Halo fiction since Mortal Dictata where my favorite characters aren't bullet sponges or purely there for obligatory war crime scenes, victims of perps.

Listen, the Halo writers won't listen to me beg and plead so I'm trying leverage.

I hope they don't call my bluff though. All I got is a BoomCo. Toy M6 and plasma pistol I'd just get my ass kicked.

Now for the positives... The prose was quite good, and I liked the pacing in terms of it being an immediate sequel. I've given up investment in Chief's story after Halo 4 but the surrounding characters were good. Like, really good.

I just wish we got something that felt... New. Added something.

Glad that the Swords FINALLY make an appearance, of course in a book where it's a "safer" and more economical choice.

Felt like the book was kind of a holding pattern until Microsoft knows what to do with the franchise that's safe and marketable for their investors more than anything fresh.