I am only about a third through "
Forest Mage" at the moment. However, I've hated the characters with a vengeance though the writing keeps me going
I could sort of understand Nevare's character and his rather chauvinistic views in the first book because he is a product of his world. However, the beginning of this book just exasperated me.
Leaving aside the detailed description of each food item that Nevare eats as if this was a book of recipes, there's the whole "It's my fault, no it's not my fault, it's my father's fault, it's x's fault" business. It was just too damned annoying to be reading about somebody so sanctimonious, self-righteous and whiny
Perhaps the book will change (as will Nevare) as I go into the second third (yeah, that sounds weird doesn't it? second third?) of the novel but I have a feeling that it isn't going to change all that much ...