See, I loved The Thief purely on its own merits for, oh, years, without getting what people liked about the other two. And I loved it partially because I never, ever saw the ending coming. In Queen I did, sort of, and in King I knew exactly what was going on the entire time. So in some ways King was the least satisfying, but at the same time the most. Hm. If that makes sense at all.

I'll be interested to see what I think of Conspiracy.

We shall see how long it takes for White Cat to show up. I wasn't in love with Black's Modern Faerie series when I first read it lo these years ago, but after reading her short story collection I'm looking forward to seeing what it's like.