I think my mistake was binge-reading this series. These books all blend together. This universe is feeling smaller and smaller as we just keep going in circles around and around with the same characters and slightly different dramas between them.

This installment features minimal action with Arlen, Jardir et al. We are mostly just back at home dealing with petty squabbling between the different city-states and Jardir's sons. Leesha is not being her smart, compelling self but is wandering around being weak and pregnant and I'm not into it.

I'll probably read book 5 but right now I feel like I made a mistake in reading these so close together, so I'm going to wait a while.