Oh, dear god. I'd almost managed to wipe the memory of C/7 from my mind. WTF was that shit? God, that was awful. Ugh.

I'll probably wait till the end and then see if I can go back.

That's the point I'm at now too. The thought of reading one of the books right now makes me nauseous. I tried to read the start of Pale Demon and couldn't do it. You were right to be weary, I'm sorry I dragged you back into the web of despair that the Hollows became.