Ooh! The End of Days quote is a great deal of help.

Thanks for the quotes.

And I rather liked the Jasmine plot. It might be one villain too many for me to handle, but I thought she was a fascinating villain.

And I think W&H has an advantage over The First in that they don't seem to be far more pragmatic. They're far more likely to just haul out their demon army while The First is still yammering about its plans. :)