Transition book...
Oy. This is the transition book that transition from the neat story of book 1 into the longer arc that would take us through book 4. The pace in this book was intoreablly slow. Now, I think the only payoff for reading this book is that so you could continue to read book 3 (and maybe 4, I'm not there yet). But, unless you're committed to finishing the series, I wouldn't bother with book 2. Just let your mind wander in the world created in book 1.