Takeaway: Quite a recovery for the series. Probably best book so far. Very interesting cliff hanger.
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As I get older, I have less and less interest in long series. Maybe it is impatience. Maybe it is justs that there are so many good books. But I do still read series fiction. In part it is because a long series can develop characters in ways that traditional single novels cannot. But series are often very uneven. After book four, I was almost read to drop this series. I felt like book four was just treading water.
Book 5 was much better. It really developed the story, gave lots of depth to the characters (I really like that the good and bad characters are not just two dimensional characters.) The twins at the center of the story also were characterized better this book. The last book I complained about the lack of motivation for the actions, but this book was much better about that.