I love the Wheel of Time series, I started reading it about twenty years ago and have read the first 3/4 of the series multiple times. My love for this series is strong, but I have tried to be balanced in my review of this particular book.

Robert Jordan is an amazing writer, and this seventh book is no difference. However, my favorite part of this book is how he is able to balance the diverse cast of characters to the point that the reader can keep them all separated. This is truly masterful, as some of the names are very similar and there are A LOT of characters. Some characters will only show up once or twice in a specific book. Yet, I am always able to know what is happening and who is narrating.

It is important to note that the books are long, and the series is a commitment. However, if you have made it to the seventh book you hopefully know that it is a well spent investment. Keep that in mind, because this book is mostly meant to move along a much larger plot. The first half of the book was gone when I realized that most of the characters were still being introduced into this next "chapter" of the overall story.

While progress is made, nothing majorly epic happens in this book. Yet, everything that happens is still important in the overall story. You will want to know all of it as you continue on.

I tend to switch back and forth between the kindle version and the audio version of this book. It is important to note that the audio book has some production errors. While the narrators are amazing (they stay the same through the series) someone decided that whole scenes should be missing out of the narration. Also, there are times where sentences are missing. I am hopeful as the WofT increases it's popularity that someone will finally fix this.