Any one else read the Witches of Eileanan and/or Rhiannons Ride?

i finished "the Shining City" and after a lil' near tear-shedding after the later chapters (and wishing to jump in and kill a few of the characters) i was wondering what everyone else was thinking, the murder was mean and the reaction reminicent of the early days of the character. but the most annoying part was the royal brat.