So I think if you took a big break after reading the first chunk of books and needed a refresher this book makes sense. But if you are like me and are binging all the book this is definitely a skip in the series. However if while you are reading the other book and need background on a character or anything else you could find in this book. So I’m giving it one star because I wish I would have known this so I could have skipped and just started reading the next book!