Towers of Midnight

Executive Summary: While I feel like [b:The Gathering Storm 1166599 The Gathering Storm (Wheel of Time, #12) Robert Jordan https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1442815923s/1166599.jpg 1920889] moved at a rapid pace, this one suffered a little bit from moving some pieces around, but nothing like the middle books of the series, and the end was fantastic.Audiobook: Another fantastic job by Michael Kramer and Kate Reading. They're what's made this reread not only possible for me, but even more enjoyable.Full ReviewDuring my original read of this series, I found this book to be the weakest of those written by [a:Brandon Sanderson 38550 Brandon Sanderson https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1394044556p2/38550.jpg]. That doesn't mean it was bad, far from it. I just didn't love it as much as the other two books.This book has two huge highlights for me. The first is that Perrin is no longer annoying me. In fact his story is now where I thought it was going to be a few books ago. Perrin was my favorite character for most of the early books on my original read, and this book finally brings his storyline back to a really enjoyable place for me.The other major, highlight was Mat's story. Mat became my favorite later on in the series, and has remained so throughout my entire reread. I've been eagerly awaiting the events of this book since I first started my reread a year ago.But Mat and Perrin weren't all I enjoyed here. First there is Lan, whose long been a favorite secondary character, who gets an opportunity to shine here. In addition I found much of Egwayne and Rand's stories enjoyable.The parts that dragged more for me where anything to do with Elayne or her brothers. Gawyn especially, but Galad isn't much better. I still find them all pretty insufferable, even when they are doing remarkable things.Overall this is a pretty solid entry and sets things up nicely for the final book. I had planned to jump into that right away, but the timing didn't quite work out. I will be finally finally this reread soon however, and even though I know how it ends, I can't wait.