I recommend stopping reading the series at book 10, and not bothering with the last 2 books.

Meh. Just felt like Stark pinballing from fight to fight. Wasn't a point to it.

Changing Janet from a manipulative thrill seeker to a complaining timid damsel in distress made them even more annoying. How are we supposed to like them as a love interest if the entire book is Stark missing Candy?

The entire book is a pandemic, with people always concerned about masks and social distancing (it's not a respiratory virus but a magic plague, but whatever it can just join the rest of the plot holes). It's entirely tiring to have Stark complaining about wearing a mask all the time, then preaching to the audience about needing to wear masks. This is not the kind of escapism that I'm looking for.