I must admit I'm hoping for Tiffany to become a bit more self-righteous. She's very level-headed - again, a quality that I admire in real people, but I like fictional characters to be more wrapped-up in themselves. (Susan and Agnes are level-headed, too, but they're still beautifully messed up. It's something Pratchett is really good at.) Tiffany's problems, so far, have been mostly caused by external factors. That's why the hiver was such a good plot device, because it brought out Tiffany's dark side. Hopefully, it will become more pronounced when she gets older.

I don't even remember Wintersmith all that clearly. I know I found the beginning very touching (the vision of the village dying under the snow), but the rest seemed so... blah. In his recent books, Pratchett has always managed to put a new spin on the Discworld universe, but I don't think he succeeded with Wintersmith.

Teddy isn't much in the books, that's the problem. We get a lot of interaction between Emily and just about everybody else, but not him. LMM only tells us that they were close friends, but she never shows the friendship. We get to see more - and more poignant - interaction between Emily and Teddy's mother!