I've decided to play through Witcher 3 again (because it's just that amazing), so of course I had to start reading the next instalment in the series. I need something to keep me going when I have to be AFK! 
 As in Blood of Elves, there's no real structure to this novel. There are three distinct episodes - Ciri and Fabio's Big Day Out, Geralt At The Ball, and Ciri On The Run - but nothing except chronology binds them together. Each one has its own structure, as though perhaps Sapkowski is more comfortable with the shorter format of the first two books but was compelled to publish full length novels. 
 I read Blood of Elves after playing Witcher 3. Now that I'm playing with two books under my belt, it's been such an interesting experience. For example, there's a side quest where Geralt comes across some sort of travelling carnival with a caged wyvern it claims is actually a basilisk. PC Geralt challenges the identity of the creature, but the argument ends when the cage falls apart and it escapes, endangering the audience. It's was an amusing little side quest on my first play through - a Thing To Do as I work my way into completionist heaven - but this time it was delightfully amusing. 
 I have several of these experiences, or ones where I caught a reference made by a character. It's added a whole extra depth to my enjoyment of the game. 
 The lack of structure is a bit jarring, but not distressingly so. I enjoy the characters, and I love the richness of the setting. I'm not sure that I would be enjoying it quite as much without all the emotional baggage I'm bringing in from the game, but it works beautiful in tandem.