Review: Better than I expected
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 12, 2014
This is the third book I have read from this author.  The first two (Different series) I gave 3 stars to.  I gave this one four stars because in my opinion, for the type of book this is as I see it, the writing has improved.  In this book, the author has done a bit more character development  with the main human characters.  The author is trying to build some anticipation in the human species introduction to the Universe at large.  This book brings to mind some of E.E. Doc Smith (Galaxy Primes, Subspace Encounters) in writing style.  As in the authors other books, we have the top percentage of the human race finding each other, getting over dis-likes and falling madly in love.  There is a bit of variance in some of the attributes the people have but they are basically perfect human specimens.There is SCI-FI (the lens effect to see back in time, or the Ninja that Jillian uses).  In this book (as in other series), Humans take something they have never seen before and make it better than it was before (Theme to the Six Million Dollar man heard here...)  All in the line of Classic Space Opera.  That's not a bad thing, just accept it for what it is.In this book, I had no issues in following who was speaking to whom and we did not have such a shift between points of view.  We got a small measure of introduction to some of the aliens (The Moet, The Alliance and the Blue Ships from Andromeda) but no great detail.  We get glimpses of past events but nothing in detail which would make the book a better read.  Unless this is going to be expanded upon in the future issues, it should have been done in the first volume.I am looking for entertaining reading.  If I want to read some science, I'll watch the new Cosmos series.  It was an enjoyable read (if a bit short) and if you are just looking for some entertaining reading, this will fill the bill.