Review: A decent wrap to a good series
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 02 21, 2014
I thoroughly enjoyed books one and two in this series.  The authors writing had firmed up a bit between the two books and I was hoping to see the same in the third book but some of the characters do things that you would not expected from the first two books.  I don't want to spoil the story for anyone so no details on it.The Good:The authors has some very good timing in how he puts together many of the scenes. He has an excellent sense of comedic timing.  in books two and three, he put some great references to 20th century characters (John Rambo for one) that had me chuckling I enjoyed that.The actions scenes are still good and vivid without getting into an agonizing level of detail that some other writers get into.Some more plot twists and the true nature of the enemy is found out.The not so good.I hated the ending.  It got metaphysical quite a bit in this book (though to be honest, it was a bit all through the series) especially towards the ending.  I don't want to spoil it for anyone but I just did not like it.  The book flowed fairly well (more damsel in distress stuff) until the ending.  If someone is dead, leave them that way.....The sex stuff.  It was more prevalent in this book and a bit more graphic.  I'm not a prude by any means but it detracted from the story line and really did not have a place in any of the books.  A love interest, sure, but to watch them have sex, naaah, not really necessary and a detraction.I think book three could be rewritten to make things a bit more consistent with previous actions by characters and how we came to know them.Overall, I liked the series a lot.  I recommend reading the whole thing.  Read the afterward, it is short and pertinent to how the story even came about.  I like seeing that type of insight into why and author does some of the things they do.Enjoy.