This is yet another instalment to the fantastic Wheel of Time series. This book marks the 13th in the series and the 2nd book written by Brandon Sanderson.

SPOILER FREE:
While I do LOVE this series, this book definitely seemed to suffer from the 'middle book syndrome'... even though it's the 13th book! Let me explain:
So much of this book feels like build-up upon build-up, and while I found myself enjoying all the twists and turns, that's all it ended up amounting to. Storylines don't develop much further than where they stood in the last book, barring some like Matts (who, THANK GOD, finally got off his ass!). After leaving my feelings for a few weeks, I could not tell you what happened in this book, which probably means no single scene had a big impact on me.

Saying that, I did love the conclusion to the Matt storyline (I'm keeping it vague as I can not begin to explain 13 books' worth of build up) but this conclusion was long overdue. So, I am glad we finally got to see it on paper, and it gave us a pretty satisfying ending to that particular narrative. I also continue to love both Egwene and Perrin PoV chapters. I see my girls getting so much hate throughout the series, and I genuinely don't see what there is to dislike. Egwene has undergone such fantastic growth as a character over the last few books, and this book felt like the culmination of this growth. This same feeling goes towards Perrin as well. Seeing them both interact with other characters who haven't seen them since before this growth puts into perspective just how far both them and we as a reader have come.

Overall, I did really enjoy this book even if it didn't hit as hard as some of the others in the series. I'm still 1000% invested in both the characters and the narrative.

I am both scared and excited for the final book.