I still enjoyed this but having a series of 6 books means we need some variety and the writing is very formulaic so I can guess what is coming next very easily. I am holding my judgments until I finish but I have a feeling this could have been condensed into fewer books had we cut some of the frivolous mundane things that don't need to be in the book. It's also hard to keep all the side characters straight when there is almost nothing distinctive about them.