'𝑺𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒏 […] 𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒌 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔, 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒄𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒊𝒕. 𝜤𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒄𝒆𝒅.
𝑨 𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒄𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒎𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓. 𝑯𝒆 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒅𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒄𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒊𝒎.'

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I really really enjoyed the first book, it was a bit spoiled by that ending. Jordan's fixed it this time!

I'm finding it hard to rate these books because I know there's a whole body of work coming and I don't wanna start giving out all the stars straight out the door. But I did love this one too.

I had a gap between this and the first one and it definitely impacted on my enjoyment and my understanding. You could very easily take notes reading this book. I think the plot remains comprehensible without jotting things down but I like to try and go deeper, make theories and draw threads and connections. I like spotting Easter eggs even if I'm not sure what they are linked to. I'm going to try and read with less space between them from now on.

I've drawn closer to these characters. I love Rand and Perrin. Mat, I'm still holding out for the people who say I will love him eventually...? Nynaeve does my head in but possibly only because she's too like me for comfort. I love the sisterhood between Nynaeve, Egwene, Elayne and Min. 

The story is starting to feel mega. I knew the scale was big but it feels it now. I'm nervous for Rand and these big threads of destiny that he is involved in. The end of this one was excellent. It's not a big cliffhanger that has you grabbing for the next one but it was more cohesive, better paced, better explained and all round just a huge improvement on the mess of book one's ending.

I remain ALL IN for Wheel of Time!