Definitely the whole bit about the secret lodge. I loved finally properly being told about falka and lara dorren. I got so into tracking how Ciri got the old blood I even made a gene tree to keep up lol.

There is also the arc with regis, and I think the climatic standoff between regis and geralt, after he's freed from the camp, and he tells regis to go away, is fantastic. I thought that would be a perfect send-off so that regis shows up later, but him staying with the gang was pretty funny and cool too.

Zoltan Chivay is a good character, but for people who were supposed to be a reference to the 7 dwarves from sleeping beauty, I honestly think they all, in genral were a bit too much stereotypical witcher dwarves you know? I don't know, maybe I was expecting more from the other dwarves, and we really just got anything out of zoltan.

I didn't like where they went with Ciri though... she's straight up a murderer now. I found myself hoping that she'd get caught. She's just killing everyone in her way, and for money at that. That's horrible man. She's in a very bad place, with her being in this abusive relationship and all, but that doesn't excuse massacre now does it? I really hope she makes up for it hard in tower of swallows, otherwise, if she ends up without punishment, I'm just gonna end up really disliking her.

The ending, where Geralt of Rivia becomes Sir Geralt of Rivia, is just perfect. That's all I have to say about it.

I do have one question though, which I couldn't understand when I read it. I'll copy and paste the paragraph here:

"So this is what Yennefer and Francesca have in common, Triss thought feverishly, still avoiding her close friend’s gaze. Cynical duplicity. For, after all, pairing off and breeding turned out to be unavoidable. Indeed, their plans for Ciri and the Prince of Kovir, although apparently improbable, are actually quite realistic. They’ve done it before. They’ve placed whoever they wanted on thrones, created the marriages and dynasties they desired and which were convenient for them. Spells, aphrodisiacs and elixirs were all used. Queens and princesses suddenly entered bizarre – often morganatic – marriages, contrary to all plans, intentions and agreements. And later those who wanted children, but ought not to have them, were secretly given contraceptive agents. Those who didn’t want children, but ought to have them, were given placebos of liquorice water instead of the promised agents. Which resulted in all of those improbable connections: Calanthe, Pavetta… and now Ciri. Yennefer was involved in this. And now she regrets it. She’s right to. Damn it, were Geralt to find out…"

.....is yennefer responsible for Ciri being born?? Is that what triss is saying? Did she interfere, so that adela had calanthe, with dagorad, so that the elder blood was revived? If not, then what the hell does she regret? Can anyone explain it to me?