Not by any stretch of the imagination.
I've been re-reading from HoX 01 since this story started because there is so much to process and in so many layers. Plus the art is just beauty-full. I've 're-read' the books just to gaze at the artwork.
Even if I had gone in with high expectations (I kept my expectations far removed because I wanted to embrace the story openly and as it's given) I could honestly say, those expectations would have been surpassed. And we have yet to arrive at the finally.