When I saw some of the reviews for this book I was worried and when I started to read it, it seemed at first to agree with some of the reviews that said it was slow, did not expand the characters and so on. But as I read further the book picked up and then started to hold my attention. While it is true that the main characters did not seem to expand, it did expand some of the side characters and added some new twists to the series. The ending was not what I would have ever guessed and left me waiting to see where the next book will go. The reason for 4 stars instead of five was the slow beginning. If the first part of thge story had been as good as the last I would have been happy to give it five stars.