Review: Is the series too long?
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 06 19, 2013
I have read the first 5 books and have already purchased the last two.  I am reading book 6 right now so it would be correct to say that I have enjoyed the books.  However, I have to say that I am getting a little weary of the same plot over and over again.I have read the other reviews that were not 5-star and agree wholeheartedly that the plot is repetitious - bad guys threaten the existence of everyone else only to be brought to the edge of defeat where they understand the error of their ways and then help everyone to defeat the next bad guy higher up the food chain.Another thing that I feel strongly about is the numbers game.  These are so over the top that they are more than a little annoying and detract from the story, which is actually well written.  We are now at the point where the number of ships to defeat are in the thousands of millions and are many tens of thousands miles long in size.  This is just rediculous.Some of the 5-star reviewers have also expressed the view that the characters and their relationships have been well developed but to me, too much time is spent on their personal relationships.  The main premise in every one is that they have underdeveloped psychic powers that suddenly increase immensely at the touch of their destined partner in life and the author spends a lot of time on the characters telling everyone how much they love each other.  It gets monotonous and doesn't really add anything to the story.I have enjoyed the series so far and am reading each book quite quickly so it should be all over soon.  I am looking forward to learning who or what can be worse than the bad guy in book 6 but the fact that the plot is pretty much the same in each book is the only thing that stops me from giving the book a higher rating than 3-stars and 'Yes, I think the series is too long'  With such a talented writer, I would have preferred it if he had written more books about something entirely different.