Night Study

Man, I miss the times Yelena had magic.
This book was...mind-boggling, to say the least. So many new developments occurred.
The part I liked the most (no spoilers) was Valek's...er...just Valek's parts in general. Oh, and the different points of views were amusing and pretty cool but Snyder continues frustrating us (Why? To build tension but still Ms. Snyder. WHYYYYYYYY) by switching points of views when things climax in each chapter.
I got pretty bored throughout parts of the first half of the story. There wasn't much major action, and I mostly got bored during descriptions of the environment. I'm sort of discontent with how the conflict just kept getting worse and worse and basically exploded at the end. Yeah, that's what the climax is and props to Snyder for spreading it throughout the whole book but still. I guess it just rubbed me the wrong way. Since it's been a while since I read the other books of the series, I didn't really understand much of the references (old characters and situations) to the previous books.
I just miss all the old things that made up the previous series: Yelena and Valek's kick-assed-ness, the Commander as a likable person, and a better situation in general. Hopefully, things'll turn up in the next book(s). I hope it includes more fight scenes for Yelena and Valek (where they win and their skills are shown off).