Review: Entertaining rainy Sunday read
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 06 1, 2012
Author takes a standard military/space opera storyline and changes enough to make it less standard. Starts with the usual alien invasion and goes from there.The changes (U.S. not a world power, main characters not your standard Caucasian/white, etc.) make it more interesting although I did find it a little under-explained.Overall, I found it an undemanding but entertaining read with no major flaws. I would have liked more vivid characterization as I found even the main characters a little stereotyped. I definitely found the personal relationships, which impacted the actual ship command unrealistic and unprofessional and these sidesteps into romance/angst bumped me out of the story at times.I also found the battle sequences a bit flat, which may be a more personal reaction on my part ... my favorite space opera series include the Honor Harrington series and the Vorkosigan series and I think most authors find it difficult to write space battle action sequences that measure up to those two.