This was a fun book to read at times, and at other times just a little dull. The main plotline of this one is a little weak and is mainly supported by all its surrounding subplots. Ibb and Obb's development from start to end is a lot of fun, the odd dream sequences are also quite nice. There's a huge amount of world building going on in this book, like in the others, but it feels it's been done at the expense of the plot itself. Literary references abound of course, and are generally appreciated, but perhaps the volume of them is a little much. It makes sense given this novel is set entirely in the fictional world, but it still starts to feel a little OTT at points.

I'm still excited to read some more of this series but hope the next books are an improvement as right now this series is trending a bit downhill.