A very good return to form, with somewhat of a novel mystery, and fairly high stakes. The return of some friends from the past make the book a lot more interesting, and the plot was given some room to breathe in places, not rushing between events, which greatly helped out.
Suffers a little bit of similar-name-itis amongst its characters, exacerbated by the fact that two of such characters are related, but the characterization throughout the book is a bit more in depth than we've seen in much of the other books.
Also explores some more backstory of some other characters in the series, which is always welcome
A very good return to form, with somewhat of a novel mystery, and fairly high stakes. The return of some friends from the past make the book a lot more interesting, and the plot was given some room to breathe in places, not rushing between events, which greatly helped out.
Suffers a little bit of similar-name-itis amongst its characters, exacerbated by the fact that two of such characters are related, but the characterization throughout the book is a bit more in depth than we've seen in much of the other books.
Also explores some more backstory of some other characters in the series, which is always welcome