An awesome series but a regrettable trend occurring. All books before Uncrowned were great. Unfortunately, the trend that started from Uncrowned was bad pacing. Bad pacing can utterly destroy a story, and it was my hope that whatever began there ended there. Characters acting in a way that they shouldn’t or without reason and developing powers at the nick of time to win the day. Really? Uncrowned and Wintersteel should’ve been increased in volume or should’ve been split into two books each. That would have done justice to this series.