I have read this series 7 times. I started reading them in 2001 and every time a new book comes out I find that I need to reread just to stay on top of most of the side stories that are going on. When I went to Navy boot camp in 2003, my father would mail pages of this book to me (that was the book i was reading at the time). I think I've read the prologue to this particular book about 100 times ;)

This is by far my favorite book in the series. My wife and I love Perrin's story in this book, especially near the end of the book.