Wow, this is an old post that I only found through search-lemmy.com.
It’s only got better for the core story. Though I feel like the author has written far too much filler, and given many characters far too much ‘screen-time’ like in GoT for instance.
I’m excited for the rest of the series.
The holiday chapters with the Italians, Blaise’s ‘lore’ and everything was basically bloat for me. It was interesting, and I’m sure it will impact the main story later but I’d rather hear more about the more important characters. Which is the aspect of the story that keeps me hooked still.