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And then the second book, I'm bringing this up just to explain why I was like, , the second book I didn't really like that much.

I just thought it was pacing wise not as strong and I feel like we were pulling in maybe a little too many different directions. The Sander Lanch just felt like each time we were trying to be bigger and bigger and I actually found the Sander Lanches in the first two to be more emotionally compelling than in the third one still well done.

I've described before that while reading it, I thought, "Wow, this is amazing." Because I thought it was a metaphor for something that it turned out it was not a metaphor for it was actually about something else. And the something else in my opinion was less meaningful than what I thought it was saying.

The fact of the matter is, I loved Rhythm of War. I know that it's hit or miss for a lot of people.

This first book was really good. I really liked this first one. I thought it was such a great genre blender.

So, I went back and reread the first book in the David Boda series, and then I read through the rest of the series, and I fell in love. Both Age of Madness and the David Ba trilogy are now among some of my favorite series of all time.

And then I did really like Addy Laroo. I was very sucked in. I was connected to the character.

I probably don't have to elaborate too much. I love that book. It's so good.

So, I really liked all those themes quite a lot, but I did feel that it maybe I wanted it to sink a little bit deeper, and it didn't.

I am like some others not as into Wind and Truth and upon reflection I think Wind and Truth is indeed my least favorite of the five. Obviously, it was, I think, less of a conclusion than I and maybe some others were expecting.