I tried to read this many times and every time I could not get past the 5th page because I just didn’t care about anything I read. It read like very bad fanfic to me (telling, never showing) and I am already not a fan of SJM due to her immature craft and horrific glorification of abusive relationship dynamics. The names were also a NIGHTMARE and WoT (The Wheel of Time) is one of my favs so it’s not because I can’t deal with fantasy names (if you were gonna make them this hard to look at and read then at least give us a pronunciation guide). I was also told that the series doesn’t get better till books later and I don’t care because from my experience with SJM even if it gets a little better it will not be worth it for me. Additionally, imo, if your series fails to be good from the first book you’ve already lost me. I’m not suffering for the potentiality of a better story from a writer I already wholeheartedly distrust. All in all, no thank you.