What did you just read?

The Devils by Joe Abercrombie. This was the Broken Binding edition was was pretty nice compared to some of their other offerings. Signed by the author and some decently cool artwork.

This is the only Abercrombie I've ever read so had no idea what to expect going into the book. Did not want to pick up his First Law series straightaway and this seemed like as good a place as any since it is currently standalone (although more potential for later). I actually really enjoyed it. It isn't fancy prose or hugely philosophical and heavy with exposition or ultra descriptive language. It kind of just bounces from Fight > Story > Fight > Story. The dialogue is easy and feels like mostly quips and one-liners, but there are moments of feeling (just not a lot). The fights are done well, and he has a good grasp of the characters and how to write them to each be unique. That was probably the high point. And the ending not falling completely flat like a couple of other recent reads. Not sure if it is representative of his other books but given this one novel, I'll likely try out The Blade Itself sometime in the future.