I enjoyed it too (mostly), but the last act felt a bit rushed and contrived, which was a shame because all the preceding stuff fell together so neatly.
Just started the first book of The Dark Tower by Stephen King after years of recommendation by a close friend. He also says to persevere, book 1 just sets the scene.
I eventually gave in on the Ben A books after initially really enjoying them. I heard he is a script/episode writer for various tv shows and by the end I felt his books read like overlong, drawn out episodes of a sitcom but I had to wait 2 years for each episode as opposed to a week.
That sounds pretty harsh but I actually like his writing style, I just found his books far to slow and by the last two, uninteresting.
I'm trying the Vorkosigan Saga at the moment in my seemingly unending quest to find a series to read. I think it's myself more than the books I've been reading this year but I just haven't been able to really get into anything. I've found the deep stuff too much of a time/brain commitment (busy at work with 2 kids doesn't help!
) and the pulp stuff just doesn't grip me, I've mainly read graphic novels this year. It's got so bad as an avid Erikson fan after buying fall of the light on day one it's still sat untouched on my bedside table.