New Spring

4.00/5.00 “He was better. But he thought I was finished, with only one arm. He never understood. You surrender after you're dead.”

Read this book between Crossroads of Twilight and Knife of Dreams

And he's back!! Robert Jordan delivers in this short novel a incing on the wheel of time cake. I throughly enjoyed this entry. I struggled to start this book after I finished book 10, since I really wanted to start book 11 right away. I was tired of drugging through the slog and I wanted to reach the end of the slog. It was a difficult decision to read New Spring before jumping into Knife of Dreams. Having read this, I don't beleive this book is must-read, but if you are a wheel of time fan, this is a must-read. The Aes Sedai worldbuilding in this book is vital context for every other book in the series. We finally understand what it means to Aes Sedai, portrayed a story of adventure and courage in Moiraine's POV. The story composes several good characters, and mostly importantly, it elegantly avoid inundating us with numerous named characters, which is the dead-weight that was caused the slog. A very fun read, New Spring may not be as grand a story as a regular WoT book, but it is very enjoyable.

Emotional Impact -> Throughly enjoyed this book, loved Moiraine and Siuan, their friendship and FWB relationship? LOL. The Aes Sedai worldbuilding was like dessert after the bad soup of the slog. I enjoyed Lan's POV and the Malkier worldbuilding as well. Great read, not the best of WoT but better than the slog. Characters -> I loved how Moiraine has the childish streak mixed with a dangerous unpredictable tones. She is a wild cat. Really enjoyed the character developement between here and her "pillow-friend" Siuan. Lan is great as usual, and the book is solid fun. Plot -> Pretty decent plot, nothing overly amazing, but it does have a lot of hints dropped for the larger scale WoT series. Prose -> Solid Robert Jordan prose. All the shit of uncontrolled named female charaters are cut dramatically in this book and I was able to enjoy RJ's prose again. Thank you lord! However, this is nothing really poetic on the scale of the Great Hunt. Worldbuilding -> Amazing White Tower worldbuilding. You'd think after all this time, there is nothing much to add to the white tower. There is so much! We finally experience what it is to be in the white tower. This is an experieced I craved in Book 1 and I forgot that this is something I wanted.