Brief review: It's OK; an interesting story which suffers from the overuse of some writing tricks that don't do the story justice. The main characters make too many decisions that stretch credibility and constantly seem too oblivious to what's going on around them or make inexplicable choices that even the writer seems to have trouble justifying them. At its core is an engaging story and I will certainly read the final book, but so far the books have not lived up to the hype and praise I have seen levelled on them and my expectations for book 3 have been duly lowered.