I mean no one ever reads these things. I know no one ever will but yet I insist on doing this. ...oh well. It has been a VERY long time since my last one and now I have about seven books to critique. Oh dear gods... here we go...

SOOoooo I read Dead Men Walking by Steve Lyons, Purging of Kadillus and Angels of Darkness by Gav Thorpe, Legends of the Space Marines by Various people, FireDrake by Nick Kyme, Prospero Burns by Dan Abnett, and The Blood Ravens Omnibus by C.S Goto
[This will take a while so I may do this in installments]
Dead Men Walking - This is the first Guardsmen book I had read in a while and it looked really good but... it wasn't. The story focuses on a Necron invasion (and people can know how fun they are to read about) and the Death Korps of Krieg attempts to deny them ground. Now the Necrons are not exactly the most entertaining foes but this is generally offset by the protagonists of any 40k story but the Death Korp are about as slow and entertaining as the Necrons themselves, which made the book rather dull. Some parts about how the sons of Krieg are rather interesting but not enough happens to actually grab interest. [6.75/10]

Angels of Darkness- I had seen this book around a handful of times but never bought it because of the super big and bulky omnibuses that are kept around it but when I did buy it, I was actually to find that this relatively small book packs a rather big and surprising story. The story follows two different people: a 'Fallen' Angel who claims that the Dark Angels are the true traitors, and an Interrogator-Chaplain, whose purpose is to make the Fallen confess while also dealing with some other truly epic stuff. The story was really great not only because of the massive bombshells it drops on the Dark Angels history (Things that I found rather shocking and will either make you hate or love them more) but Gav Thorpe also did such a great job making me feel for the Fallen Angel's side of the story. Overall, an amazing story that had the correct amount of shock value (which includes the surprise appearance of a certain Fallen) and all the story needed to make it great.
[9/10]

Purging of Kadillus- Another one of the hit-miss-hit-miss Space Marine Battle Series and it was a foul ball. I say this because it hits but it really doesn't go anywhere. This book confused the hell out of me for the longest time until I stopped caring because it occurs somewhere in the middle of Angels of Darkness and I couldn't figure out where but anywho... It follows various Dark Angels and their missions and admittedly some were less epic than others but it was still good ol' fashioned Ork killin' none the less. But the main problem I had with this book was that there was nothing truly epic about it. It had all the right things but it just didn't really make me grin or chuckle when something great happened [Can only recall 2 truly epic moments]. It felt like there was no force behind it and it was written for the simple fact of that, to be written. But it was a fairly decent read nonetheless, and though I would only recommend it to someone who either loves the 1st Legion or just likes reading about Orks dying, it is worth looking at. [8/10]

Legends of the Space Marines- I had been avoiding this book for quite a while because of some reviews I had heard but eventually bought it only to discover that... it did not suck as much as everyone said it did. In fact, I thought it was an extraordinary book filled with stories of unsung Chapters such as the Mantis Warriors, Dark Hunters, Doom Eagles, and more. Almost all of the stories were great but the stories involving the Space Wolves and Ultramarines (this one ties into the already massive Ultramarines storyline) really seemed devoid of anything truly awesome and were hardly worth reading. But overall, it was a great read and made me truly excited for Victories of the Space Marines. [8.75/10]

[...stopped caring at some point. If anyone has a problem with this (which no one should because NO ONE CARES) don't let me know]