Let me ask all you Erickson readers a question: Do you need to read these books in order? Is it a full fledged series, or is it more episodic? Can you start with any one of them, or do you need to read "Gardens of the Moon" (or whatever it's called) first. Because I couldn't get through that one. I just could not get into it. But I keep on hearing how great it is from everybody, and I know all the descriptions I read of the various titles make it sound interesting, but man, after the first twenty or so pages of that first one it went downhill fast for me, and by the time that little animated doll started walking around I closed it's covers.
And speaking of covers, I won't even mention how awful that first one is. I try not to let that effect my opinion of the book, because I know it's not the authors fault.