Review: Good, but could have been great.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 06 25, 2012
The premise for this story is compelling, if a little far-fetched. The animalistic nature of Earth's galactic neighbors I felt was overly simplistic, but still not a deal breaker for me.What I simply couldn't get past was the main characters. EVERYONE is a ultra-beautiful super-genius with no character flaws. There is no subtlty used when introducing the characters or in their interaction with each other. The romantic sub plots are extremely heavy handed and juvenille, so much so that it actually becomes a distraction to the story. Every smoking hot 20-something multi-PhD-holding woman and her warrior husband (who also happens to be in 99th percentile intellectually) all get their own "couples battleship" to tool around in and play footsie while, literally, the end of the planet is on the horizon?All of that aside, this is still an entertaining book to read. For the price I won't hesitate to buy the next books in this series to see where the story goes.