This week for me has been a week of Skull Thrones and Star Wars and Shakespeare, Oh My! One of the big releases of last week was The Skull Throne, the fourth in Peter V Brett’s Demon Cycle fantasy series. I have read and enjoyed the three previous ones so I was keen to read the fourth. More accurately, I should say listened to as I experienced this book in audiobook format. In general, I did enjoy it, but I did have a few issues. The biggest challenge I had was the sheer amount of in world vocabulary Brett has invented for this series. I admit it’s been a while since I read any books in the series, but at first I found all the jiwah Ka, khaffit, Shar’Dama Ka, inevera rather disconcerting and it threw me out of the story on many occasions. I ended up having to keep the Krasian dictionary open on my computer while I was listening. Eventually I was able to move beyond this and enjoy the story. For me one of the highlights of the book were the beautifully written interpersonal relationships, notably that between Ahmann Jardir and Arlen Bales. These are two men…