Very disappointing

Stone & Sky is very disappointing. I'm a huge fan of the series, and this is by the worst entry. I didn't mind switching to Abigal's POV, but the romance thing was terrible. The main plot didn't make a whole lot of sense. As others have said, there were too many characters who were briefly mentioned and had no real purpose. It was like Ben felt he had to include them for some reason.

Hopefully this is just a one-off bad book and not the beginning of the end of a great series.