The spy games were fun in Water Sleeps. I enjoyed Sleepy's character and Mogaba's character had gained in complexity and was starting to become more noble.
I really enjoyed Soldiers Live. A lot of plot lines wrapped up. There were some unexpected twists. Several personal favorites died, including the Howler, Daughter of Night, and an odd end to Soulcatcher. There was some dramatic irony in Sleepy's death. There was a sense of poetic justice in watching the Prahbrindrah Drah and his sister, the Radisha Drah lose their chance at the throne and who replaced them.
I also felt that Bleak Seasons was the series low point. I enjoyed the seige of Dejagore. However, the sub plot of Murgen jumping back and forth between his future in Taglios and his past to Dejagore was hard to follow. And then there were the names! Sarie was also Sahra or Ky Sahra. Her brother, Thai Dei, should have been something like Ky Dei. How would I know that this was her brother? Mother Gota AKA Ky Gota. Sarie's mother, Hong Tray. That was quite a lag between Bleak Seasons and the book before this. I remember thinking that I was drowning when I read this.
