By now it is all so dour and hopeless that I get tired of the series. The characters have run out of interesting twists to their lives and developements. I'd be really pleasantly surprised if the author manages to tie it all up in a satisfying conclusion.
That said, I still enjoy the book, it doesn't break anything stated previously and I look forward to the next part.

My favourite part was the meetin of Clara and her eldest son: "You don't know who I am..." "Mother? What are you doing here?"
The sulky dragon not being that big of a deal is also cool.