In the new Adventure Path (Council), there is much content in the front matter that is critical to convey to the players but can often get buried in paragraph after paragraph (this is nothing new to this mod). For example, I identified about 6-7 key scene points that I had to roleplay for the players but needed to be dug out from inside a paragraph somewhere. When combat sections appear, things go more smoothly.
My suggestion: create Guide Points or some sort of Key Markers that allow the DM (through a shaded area or section) to identify a section that will be relevant to convey via speech to the players.