3,5 / 5 
 A bit unevenly paced between book 1 and 2. The second one being more to my taste (there was just so much going on in such a little time in book 1, I was glad to get to know characters a bit better in book 2). 
 It lost 1,5 pts because so far the plot twists or revelations were all a bit too obvious. They were guessed (and I'm sure not only by me) wayyyy in advance. Also the dialogues in book 1 really took me out of the book most of the time, they were really not realistic. And it was all going way too fast. 
 Anyway, I already ordered Rise of empire which I hope will get here soon ! There is one thing I don't know : how the hell this is all going to turn out politically.