I had to swallow my pride and accept that we'd only see a very little of the AoL and that the story was not about the Forsaken, so they wouldn't get much time. I think the bigger issue is how they're actually used.

They can be bland as heck, for all I care, but they should still be used in a way that's reasonably logical and satisfying for the reader. The inexplicable torture that Rand mysteriously sees, the bondage scenario... Hell, she's a world-wide torturer/psycho who wanted to sell out the world and destroy his marriage, so torture = "tough luck, murderer."

This use of Lanfear/Cyndane feels awkward and a little wasteful...