Best Book of November
Today's question: What was the best book you read this month?
November was an upgrade from October where I read a whopping one--yes, one--book. This month, I finished two. *throws confetti*
Out of those, The Digital Plague was the best. It's the second book in the Avery Cates series and when I had finished the first one during last year's NaNoWriMo, I got all fangirly and pretty much forced the book down Hubby's throat*. So reading the sequel during November worked for me.
Avery Cates is a very rich man. He's probably the richest criminal in New York City. But right now, Avery Cates is pissed. Because everyone around him has just started to die - in a particularly gruesome way. With every moment bringing the human race closer to extinction, Cates finds himself in the role of both executioner and savior of the entire world.What I loved about The Digital Plague and it's precursor, The Electric Church, is Avery Cates. He's an anti-hero and his voice is awesome in it's grittiness. He doesn't censor himself in his narration. He's pretty much a bastard, but even when we see his more human side, he's still a bastard. Oddly, this makes him very likable.
The other thing that's great is the world building. Jeff Somers has a terrific eye for it. I could see the futuristic, dilapidated version of New York that Avery lived in with such clarity, it was scary. Yeah, I could totally imagine this as the future.
Don't forget to stop by YA Highway to see more best of November picks. In the meantime, what was the best book you read this month?
* He still hasn't read it.
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Last.fm hit of the day: As Tears Go By by The Rolling Stones