** spoiler alert ** 
 They are many things that bother me in this series, it took me forever to pick it up again, and yet I have to admit it reads really well, even if everything is over-dramatic. 
 It's not very subtile, characters grin a lot, everyone is a badass and I sometimes have the feeling I'm reading a fanfiction of a book I haven't read, if that makes sense? 
 But well...I love fanfics anyway, so that's not too strong a critic from me. And like I said it reads well. 
 This one even better because the characters are FINALLY teaming up/meeting each other, which is always better. 
 Also, I didn't miss Chaol a bit. Oops? 
 So it's far from my favorite, even with my 4 stars rating, but Empire of Storms kept it's end of the deal by keeping entertained and I cannot deny it that ;)