The Fires of Heaven

Executive Summary: I liked this a lot more on a second read than I did on my first.Audiobook: Another fantastic job by Michael Kramer and Kate Reading.Full ReviewI really liked Wheel of Time as a whole on my first read through, but I felt like things slow down a lot during the middle books. On my first read Perrin was my favorite character and Nynaeve annoyed me for much of the series.This book had no Perrin in it whatsoever. Probably because much of the last book focused on him. It also had a lot of Nynaeve. In fact I'd probably call her the main protagonist (or possibly co-protagonist with Rand) of this one. She's started her infamous braid tugging. That said, the things I came to appreciate about her later in the series are more apparent to me on my reread and so far I don't find her nearly as I annoying as I recall.I also really like Mat, who became my favorite character at some point later in the series. I'm really enjoying his parts of the early books a lot more on my reread as well. There are some big developments for him and his plot line here, especially at the end.Overall, while not as strong as the first four books of the series, this is another solid entry if you're a fan of the series like I am. If you were struggling with the earlier books, you may struggle with this one more.So far I haven't lost steam on my rearead and plan to continue on with [b:Lord of Chaos 35231 Lord of Chaos (Wheel of Time, #6) Robert Jordan https://d2arxad8u2l0g7.cloudfront.net/books/1440954553s/35231.jpg 827903] at some point. Hopefully that's another book I'll enjoy more the second time than I recall the first time.