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Yea I kinda took the "Unite them" to have many meanings too. I think it was mostly just about how Bondsmiths seek to unite everything. I was initially disappointed to learn there could only be 3 Bondsmiths at a time but it makes sense now. You can't have hundreds of people walking around that can unify all three realms. Super powerful

Hmm. Yea I didn't notice that the first time through either but I was blazing through lol. I am almost to that part on my second slower readthrough so I'll be sure to keep a close eye on it. Nice catch.

I considered this or possibly that maybe Nightblood has an unknown power that inhibits the spren from formally bonding his weilder. All good possibilities that you pointed out. I suspect that it may have been as simple as "Hey I got a sword right here, guess I'll use that" not to mention that I am sure Nightblood was screaming "USE ME!!!!! LET'S DESTROY SOME EVIL!!!!!" which may have gave Szeth a one track mind as far as weapons go.

My personal favorites are either WoR or in WoK

So by the end of OB, Szeth had said the Third Ideal of the Skybreakers and bonded a spren. My question is why would Szeth use Nightblood instead of summoning his shardbalde when fighting in the battle at the end? Seems like it would have been less of a risk rather than having Nightblood constantly draining stormlight and almost killing him. I assume it is because Szeth didn't consider summoning his spren because he hasn't summoned living shardblade before but I find it odd. Also, will Szeth keep Nightblood and have his spren as shardblade? I know Nightblood is supposed to be more powerful than a shardblade but kinda seems like the risks outweigh the rewards when weilding it.

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I read the pre-release chapters on Tor.com and while I do not find it slow, I do find the almost the entire book to be slower than WoK and WoR. That being said, I am on my second read-through now so I obviously still love it.