" I was thinking this was the final book in the Rain Wild Chronicles since Robin Hobb has always written her books as trilogies but it turns out there will be four books in this series and the next one will not be out for another year. I have to say I'm getting irritated with authors dragging out a story just to publish it book by book to make money. This series is one of the worst examples of that. These are not thick books and the story could easily have been published as one longer book. Not only that, the reader is left hanging at the end of each book, wondering what happens next. Even though I enjoy the story, it's very frustrating for the reader to have to wait, once again, for the story to be wrapped up. "
— Shannon, 1/31/2014