" It's never a good idea to read (or in my case listen to) the 5th book in a series when you haven't read the first four. I have seen the movies based on the books thus far, but that really isn't the same. So I was not up to speed with some elements of the story. Also, it is a very long book and so for a third of the way through it I really considered quitting. Then things got really interesting and I ended up enjoying the rest of the book in spite of the fact that (as in most stories and especially movies of this sort) the hero and main villains should have been dead at least 20 times before the end. "
— Bonnie, 1/8/2014