Wheel of Time (Part 2)

Now that I'm finishing the third book in this series I decided it was time to write another piece on this series.
It seems that the author had two choices when the first few books became bestsellers, he could either prolong the series thinking that the people who had already bought the book will purchase the entire series guaranteeing him more royalties OR he could have kept the story fast paced and exciting thus enticing new readers.
Unfortunately he chose the former approach, throwing in characters to try to keep the story alive like a soap opera writer at the twilight of his career.
And as if this was not enough he decided to write a prequel to the original series BEFORE finishing the already crawling series. This at a time when prequel has undoubtedly become the most hated word in the entertainment industry since George Lucas released the Phantom Menace.
We can only hope that the author dedcides to write an exciting conclusion to series in the next two books.