Better then the second but not s good as the first. I think I'm done with this series. Some aspects of it are really great like the general concept, the arts, the mythology in it and some characters, but the overall pace is way too slow, the Gods are not present enough, and it seem to me like we get lost in going a bit here and there. The series worth looking at, read the first and then look if you want to continue, the first one definitely worth it, I think some readers will enjoy the continuity of it as well, but it became way too slow for me.