_Cult Classic_ by @sblackmoore
Finished this one in a white-heat over the weekend. Honestly, I think this is the best Eric Carter novel so far. It really feels like the whole series was leveraged here, characters, events, everything smoothly flows into the events in the novel. Additionally Carter shows some real character growth. I know he will always be a sort of anti-hero, having to engineer undesirable solutions to impossible situations. That said, it works better when he is reacting to poor choices earlier in life (such as Jimmy) and less external forces just kind of crapping on him because he's available. And there's more of an introspective realization that not everything is his fault (even if he gets blamed for it.) I think that's definitely healthier and shows in his wonderfully maturing relationship with Gabriela (please @sblackmoore don't feel like you have to take nice things away from Eric!)