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Finished Superior Saturday. It was shorter than the others, but that meant less filler, as well. From the cover, I had sort of expected Arthur to be involved with the sorcery training that Saturday is known for, but there was surprisingly little about that. I have mixed feelings. I thought Nix got a little carried away with clever little details in some of the other books, but I was actually looking forward to reading more about the sorcery college/exam system. On the other hand, the pace of the plot really didn't allow for much dawdling at this point.
Arthur's increasing struggles with the influences making him less human seemed a bit abrupt, but I suppose that was part of the theme of the book. There had been some lead up to this in Lady Friday, but it still seemed to come out of nowhere sometimes in this book.
As I had known from reviews, it has a rather abrupt ending, and is clearly setting up for the final volume (Lord Sunday). I'm not sure where Nix is going with the story, which is good. I'm hoping for a really interesting, clever, surprising finale.
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