I'm not sure why I wanted to continue this series. It's been 5 years since I read the first one, and I only remembered small fragments. I gave it 4 stars back then. But somehow it nagged me, so I re-read it now and will continue the series. Let's see how it goes.
One thing is for sure: I got a bit better at reading books, so now I also caught parallels and trope twists that probably should have been obvious the first time around.