Like the last one, dragged on a bit. But I enjoyed the parts with the girls and the parts with Mat. Avienda got a chapter--interesting to see things from her POV. And finally someone talked to the girls re: how poorly they've been treating Mat. Overally, enjoyable. But it's getting harder to power straight through the books!

** spoiler alert ** This was the first book in the series where I noticed that the prose was getting much more detailed. I wonder if this would hold up to some kind of analysis.

Rand's storyline in this is so sad: he's going mad, convinces himself that he'll be okay and that he is on a roll (hard to do after Dumai Wells), and promptly gets himself hurt worse than ever.

Egwene really takes off in this book as Amyrlin. Love her storyline.

Honestly rather bored of the Ebou Dar storyline, but I enjoy seeing Nyn and Elayne progress.