Much to my surprise, this was actually pretty okay! Aside from the painful writing style, of course. After the past two books in the series have been not great (#7 was almost pointless in terms of the long-term arc, and #8 was one of the dullest things I’ve ever forced myself to finish; I couldn’t even bring myself to write a review), I wasn’t really expecting much from this book. Prior books in the series, even if I didn’t really like them, were always at […]