This third book in the series felt more finished than the second (which I also liked quite a bit), and things really got crazy by the end of Surrender to the Will of the Night, in a good way (for the reader). I'm looking forward to the fourth book and, frankly, hoping Cook is not writing a fifth, because if there's another cliffhanger ending to the fourth like there is in this third book I'm going to get a bit annoyed that I have to wait for Cook to finish writing another book before I get to resolve the cliffhanger.

I enjoy the heck out of Glen Cook's writing, and this series of books is no exception. I don't mind cliffhangers, and they can even help heighten the enjoyment of the reading, when I do not have to wait several years to find out what happens next. I definitely do not feel a burning need to wait a few years for the next book, though. A wait for Stephen King was much of what killed my interest in the Dark Tower series; it had just taken long enough to get to the next book that I no longer cared, and because the books immediately followed previous books in a way that relied on a clear memory of what had just happened at the end of the previous book it would not be easy to get into the next book with too long a span of time between books. So, to make a long story short: I hope that doesn't happen at the end of the fourth book in the Instrumentalities of the Night series, because these are great books, and it'd be a shame to just give up on them.

This is far from the most useful review I've written, I know. Sorry about that. ( )

Overall a good read if a bit tedious. I will read the next book when it comes out. ( )