[H]

I'm really excited for the second installment, but as much as I appreciated the main character, I found myself longing more for the secondary character (I can't remember his name right now) than the main. I'm equally interested to see where things go from here--the ending of Fifth Season that is--as I am curious to discover more backstory leading up to said events. Jemisin pulled off a really good bate for the next book in my opinion

Indeed, I have it preordered, so I hope maybe I get this one on the release date too.  I think you are talking about Alabaster.  I'd agree he is probably the most interesting character we're presented with, even though I know I am strange in that I usually dislike most characters in books I read.  This one was no exception.  I am really eager to learn more about stone-eaters though and things like the socket.  I'm a world-building junkie, to me that is the most fascinating part.

[Hogman]

I heartily recommend Ready Player One by Ernest Cline. It's hard to categorise - somewhere between fantasy and sci-fi, although the sci-fi aspects are on technology that doesn't seem so far away anymore. Anyone who likes RPGs should love it.

[MSJ]

I'm really excited for the second installment, but as much as I appreciated the main character, I found myself longing more for the secondary character (I can't remember his name right now) than the main. I'm equally interested to see where things go from here--the ending of Fifth Season that is--as I am curious to discover more backstory leading up to said events. Jemisin pulled off a really good bate for the next book in my opinion

Indeed, I have it preordered, so I hope maybe I get this one on the release date too.  I think you are talking about Alabaster.  I'd agree he is probably the most interesting character we're presented with, even though I know I am strange in that I usually dislike most characters in books I read.  This one was no exception.  I am really eager to learn more about stone-eaters though and things like the socket.  I'm a world-building junkie, to me that is the most fascinating part.

I'm with H, I think there is a ton of potential in the world-building side of things.

[MSJ]

I have been hearing a lot of good stuff on Max Gladstone's, Craft Sequence. So, just wanting to know if any of you have read them and well, would you recommend them. Thanks