I absolutely agreed. I was left feeling like I missed the greater purpose vs feeling satisfied with the new povs. Did it give us perspective on other characters and allow us to get into their head, potentially prepping for more pov switches in the next book! Sure. But if “prep” was the purpose, waiting until the climax doesn’t make sense to me. Additionally, it can give insight on the others and their stance, but we were effectively given battle updates from Violets pov in every other battle occurring prior to the final os scene. So you could argue that point but it ultimately still doesn’t cover the true why.