Review: Kindred Series 2.0
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 28, 2012
I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who loves sci-fi romance and action (YES, please!) and secondary characters you will want to follow in the future.  This series (start from Book 1!!!) is definitely an emotional and enjoyable investment.  I thoroughly enjoy travelling through the stars where Mrs. Anderson's imagination takes me.As other reviewers have mentioned, this is not a stand-alone book - I felt that because "Revealed" is the start of a new story arc, Mrs. Anderson had to spend some time introducing us to new characters (good and evil), providing essential character backstory to our hero and heroine, and interweaving beloved characters (e.g., Sophia) into this one book - whew! Makes me tired thinking about how she did it./* Some Spoilers */Another reviewer mentioned that Rast and Nadiah fell in love too quickly.  I reluctantly agree, however some of their romantic development started in book 4 "Found".  I felt this book highlighted the personal growth of Nadiah and Rast (Mrs. Anderson comments on the character growth several times from Sophia's perspective).  In book 2, we are introduced to Nadiah as a precocious young lady and in book 3 we meet Rast as a single-minded and loner private detective, however by book 5 they have to grow very quickly to represent lost Kindred royalty (and communicator to a Goddess!).  The onus of this newfound responsibility (seems like the responsibility of the entire free universe) is lightened and motivated by their selfless love for one another (which they demonstrate many times).Mrs. Anderson has also utilized her Scheherazade-like (Can I use this phrase as an adjective?) skills by providing some background to Book 6 (Merrick and Elise's story).  Based on their character descriptions, these are two adults with a history of physical and emotional abuse.  Mrs. Anderson has written about abuse in her earlier works (e.g., Sophia and Sylvan in Book 2) and I hope she spends more time (in Book 6 - YEA!) establishing the emotional and physical relationship between these two characters.  I have grown to expect some extensive `alone time' between the romantic leads in her books and felt that that time had to be rushed over in Book 5.  Every couple we have met so far has had the opportunity to be together for an extended period of time - whether by marriage contract, cash landing on Earth, abduction by alien overlords - which give us (the reader) and them (the characters) a chance to make their romantic development more believable.Another reviewer also reported a few grammatical/spelling errors. I found 3 or 4 typos, but it didn't detract from my reading.  Her writing is so fluid and her descriptions are so realistic that my eyes eat up every page (even descriptions about mud worms)!Mrs.  Anderson has hinted at FOUR MORE BOOKS in the series!  I am so excited and eagerly anticipate a book about Priestess Lissa and her `older brother'.  I enjoyed meeting Lissa in Book 5 and can't wait to learn more about her and her story.  I also look forward to learning more about Elise (I felt like I was just getting to know her character, when Book 5 ended - hopefully, she'll be more conscious in Book 6?).  The fate of Lauren's clone was also cleverly placed as a reminder - as if we loyal readers could forget?  So, I think I guessed 3 books so far, who is #4?  The new villain is also an ominous change - Draven is an intelligent and driven sociopath who will challenge our past and future heroes and heroines and keep us up reading until the story is finished. I can't wait for more sleepless nights!