This was still good, but I liked it somewhat less than the previous one. I liked the newly introduced characters, but I missed a few from the previous books. The plot rhythm stayed on par with the previous one, even if the plot itself was less to my liking. The latest chapters did make me raise an interested eyebrow and I'm looking forward to the fourth book (I'll have a break before I start with the fourth one, though :) ).
But I was bothered by the "mysticism" that shrouded parts of the plot, and I cringed a lot at some characters' sudden demise.