Yeah, I didn't read the BS books when they came out. I bought them and held off reading them until AMoL was released. I did a complete reread at that point and when I got the his books it became really difficult to continue reading the story. It was almost a physical blow. I read some Mat chapters and I had to put the book down for days because I was so distraught. These were not the same characters! Some were not even close! Did his wife not even read these books! How could she have let this happen! I'm ranting on, I'm sorry. I was just very disappointed because I cared so much about these characters.
I started reading it. I'll continue reading it as I progress through my reread.
Yeah, and there is some cool swordplay in NS when Lan kicks some ass, but I just decided I have read it numerous times and I just wanted to get to Rand and the boys.