I loved the first book a lot, so I was excited to finally jump in to The Well of Ascension. In the end this book was really good, but did not fully live up to my excitement. At times, particular scenes or sections were just drawn out and over done. This was especially true for the first 2/3rds of the book. Thankfully the last third of the book was what I had been waiting for and was amazing. If possible I'd give this book 4.5, but giving it a 5 by rounding up seems too high.