The going-slow thing is a bit annoying. I'm still reading, but I just bookmark whatever page I left it on, leave it alone for a couple of months, and then catch up again. Rinse and repeat.

I don't think Tarvek's dead. Well, depending on when the time stop came into effect relative to the effect of the poison. But. Probably not dead.

I hope not, anyway. I love the squirrelly little schemer. Him, Klaus, Moloch, Violetta, Axel, Zeetha and Mama Gkika are my favs, with Da Boyz in behind them.