Finally done with this book. It was a major disappointment. I really thought I would love this series after reading Eragon, but I don't. The author seems a bit... pretentious. He likes to show off his vocabulary, but it doesn't fit the rest of the piece and he goes on FOREVER. This book could have been half the size and told the same story better. 
 There were some parts that kept me enthralled, but for the most part I skimmed it. This book made very little progress in the story for how many pages it is (748). I'll probably end up reading the final book (if it ever comes out) just to see how the story ends.