I'm a sucker for series written with intelligence and appeal. This is one such series. The author can really do no wrong, and I trust her instincts more than I do mine. There have been some remarks about a different direction or unsatisfying ending, yet to me those aspects make it all the more appealing. It is a new direction and it is time in the series for this to happen. I hope it's very interesting new direction and keeps me a customer for several years to come.