Apparently he has a long history of being kind of cunty to his fans. The sad part is he's a pretty average writer imo, compared to a lot of other names who are putting out books at a consistent pace. #1 was a solid-but-not-mindblowing fantasy book, the setting and magic system were kinda cool, but it had a terrible ending, a cringe-worthy romance subplot and a ton of derivative elements. And then #2 came out and went into full retarded territory more than once with the wish fulfillment bullshit (fairy milf, insta-kungfu master, etc). Kinda bums me out that this seems to be what they want to push as the "now you're done with Game of Thrones, read this!" series.