User blog comment:Man Mountain/The Unofficial Choices Awards/@comment-35059467-20190305144907/@comment-33814320-20190305175056

I think you're right about The Crown & The Flame. I think the way they set up the world was really good and interesting and I thought it was fun with the fact that every book, they just kept on exploring the world more and more. It's a shame they ended on Book 3 because I could honestly see them carrying it on. But I also respect their decision not to even attempt to tarnish the series.

ES 1 did definitely set a high standard, but it's weird because I actually think that without finding Rourke at the end of Book 1, the beginning of Book 2 wasn't so bad, it was still extremely tedious but not bad. But like you said, the book as a whole and Book 3 were quite bad.

I don't know about Isa, I didn't think she was that bad. I liked her character. Admittedly, HSS Book 2 was extremely tedious in the middle parts but I thought it wasn't bad as a whole.