I wasn't exactly thrilled how the FotJ series ran up till now. But nonetheless this latest installment in the story arc was simply enjoyable. That it's the seventh in a row to handle the same characters, factions and ideas seems to finally pay off after some rather disappointing books where the balance and weighting between those same elements did not really work out to a fine result. What's more important: now we have reached a point where those same elements extort a feeling of "what? No! it can't be the end of the book, i want to know what happens next" rather than "ah good there we go again" or even worse sentiments. it might even get to the point where the whole awkward storyline will be worth the amount of attention that it has got with a complete 9 part series.