I just finished Sword of Kings tonight having read on and off as time allowed since starting it last weekend. Great timing in that the last chapters were posted yesterday. I enjoy a good fantasy (heh, talking stories here--not the fruits of my imagination), and I definitely enjoyed this one.
Of course there were times I would have liked to have jumped in and slapped some sense into Kieren. I'll have to pass the incongruities in his behavior off as a teenager struggling to cope with a serious life change and serious new responsibilites, but I guess this was another way of conveying the realities of such situations--heroes aren't perfect and you don't always finish a task with all those you set out with.
Thank you, Bill, for writing (may I call you Bill? ). I for one wouldn't be adverse to seeing more unfold in this world.