I've started my own first-time reread from the beginning today in preparation for Amazon.de finally sending my the fourth book sometime this month and now that I know more of what is going on in the later books, the initial starting-points for the intrigues and the reasonings behind some of the events become clear much earlier, which I appreciate. Knowing the characters better it also becomes easier to remember who is who (although my initial read of Inda was two years ago, I believe) and whom to keep a closer eye on.

The more I remember how much gets set in motion in these three books, the more I'm in awe of the fact that those who have already read the fourth book say that it brings ALL of that to a satisfying conclusion. I'm sure I wouldn't have minded it being spread over two books, though ^^, the more Inda the better.