2011:
I really enjoyed reading this book. It is huge full of plot and characters and sometimes just a bit confusing but less so than the first book in the series. This is the third. Finally some of the intrigue that is going on in the background is explained. I hope that unlike the Cylons the author has a plan.

I still get confused by the amount of characters that keep appearing.

I was bit disappointed that some of my favorite characters from the second book never showed up. But the plot of this one is mostly happening at the same time as the second book I think.

I'll definitely keep reading the series, I just need a break. This is not an easily digested quick-read.

Something I noted is the lack of romance in the books. There is romantic involvement between characters but not in the romance novel style. In this third installment there is a bit more than in the first two but still very little. Even Wheel of Time has more romance. Anyway what I noted was: I didn't miss it and I love me the romance of Black Jewels or Kushiel.

Fascinating series, it just takes a lot of time to read and that is saying something from someone who just read all seven Outlander novels in about 2 months time.

2017:
Six years later, I never ever noticed the lack of romance I complained about up there. I just noticed how terrible fate treated some of my favorite characters and how heartbreaking the ending was. My rating remains the same.