Felt as though its only purpose was to set up the last book, which we'll (judging by how long this one took) have to wait for for several years /cry
Didn't seem to further the plot an excessively far amount, as I said previously it pretty much just set up the story for the final book
Though considering that all this stuff was taken care of in this book the last should be a lot more rewarding as the stuff in this one is very much out of the way.
