The first half of Ash and Quill is slow and repetitive, but it's still interesting. The second half of Ash and Quill... WHAT IN THE WORLD! I CAN'T EVEN! There's so much of scheming and the plot twists and turns kept me hooked.
I've grown so attached to the group of characters in The Great Library series. I love their camaraderie and their sense of family and I want them to succeed. Jess is cunning and intelligent. Khalila is a gift to mankind. I love her so much. Glain is an amazing soldier who is perceptive and does not stand for any nonsense. Thomas is still an optimistic and friendly farmboy, but he has a darker and unpredictable side in Ash and Quill. Dario's character becomes more fleshed out with each book in The Great Library series and he's becoming more comfortable about who he is. The only character that I don't really care about is Morgan. She has a self-sacrificing, I'm-better-than-anyone-else attitude and needs to do everything to prove that she's capable. I wasn't really interested in her character arc in Ash and Quill either and I usually live for character arcs like hers.
Also, Wolfe and Santi are amazing and I would read 50 000 books about them doing mundane things because the way that they love and protect each other is so pure. However, I do not want to read about Jess and Morgan's romance. I don't like them together. They have no chemistry.
I also enjoyed reading about the complicated relationship that Jess has with his family. Jess's father is a piece of work. Also, Jess and Brendan's sibling relationship is so complex. They love each other, but they'd still stab each other in the back.
Ash and Quill did an extremely good job in raising the stakes. The characters make sacrifices and have to see just how far their willing to go to stay alive and change the world. And, after that cliffhanger, things are going to get even more interesting.
Ash and Quill is an amazing read and I couldn't put it down.
"It was the start of something. And the end of something else. And in that moment, he couldn't find the thread of what was right or wrong, in any of it."