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Let me sell you on not reading it (yet): it's two extremely well crafted and lovable fantasy books and some beautiful novellas, but the author will (likely) never finish the series and has been pretty awful about it. It's been well over a decade, his editor has called him out on not having written anything in that time, and there have been some other controversies such as repeatedly using the promise of progress on his book to raise money for a charity he runs but then not delivering on those promises.
The books are a trilogy and not satisfying without an ending that may never come. If he finishes this trilogy then it's a must read. But until then it's a cautionary tale.
I REALLY appreciate the warning. I hate getting stuck in a series waiting to finish, but walking in blindly makes it all the worse.
I don't really agree with this pitch. Each of the two books tell a great story that could be argued to be complete in its individual telling. Yes there is an over arching story that ties their telling together and remains incomplete but that doesn't matter given the the told tale in each is complete. I've read through each multiple times and will read them again regardless of whether or not the third is completed.