Note: I'm breaking my own rules by reviewing a book that I've not read recently. I read these books as they came out, so there's the possibility my opinions might change were I to read them again today, but I doubt it.

The first book was interesting, but here we get the first clues that this isn't going to be a trilogy as the pacing drags (I read this when it was first published, so I didn't realize that the series was going to go on so long that it would outlast its author!).

I still had hopes for the series at this point, but the book wasn't as good as the first one.