Gush request for The Realm of the Elderlings series

I'm wanting to get into The Realm of the Elderlings by Robbin Hobb, and so far I've read book one, and am about three chapters into book two, 'Royal Assassin' right now. Basically from what I've heard, I feel like this has the potential to become one of my favorite series, or maybe even my favorite of all time. I love good prose, the focus on one character throughout his life, and the melancholic emotional destruction and heartbreaking feelings the books are said to give you. I did kind of struggle to love book one that much, but I heard it gets better so I am excited to continue. I heard book two is way better, and the series mostly just gets better and better. But I also just finished Wind and Truth, Stormlight 5, so the shift in tone from that to this feels a lot slower and boring at times. Basically what I'm asking for is, for superfans of this series to just gush about it for me, and tell me what this series means to you, and what specifically you love about it, and basically just hype me up to get into it and get excited about it. Like I said, I overall like it so far and am excited to continue, and it seems like I'll really love it when I read more, just feeling like I need a little extra push. And of course spoiler free except the first book please.

Also: (VAGUE SPOILERS FOR CHAPTER 3 OF ROYAL ASSASSIN, BOOK TWO)

Also I know a lot of sad stuff happens to Fitz, but like can you just spoiler free tell me if some good stuff happens to him too, because after Molly left the room at the end of this chapter, thinking that he rejected her when he was so into her the whole time, like that's just too cruel. 😭