Review: Caught Me by Surprise
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 8, 2011
I stumbled upon this ebook in a discussion where the author was self promoting his book in a topic that was not really related to this type of book.  Since that tends to irritate me I jumped over and bought the book for 99 cents with all intentions of giving it the critical scalding it deserved since almost all self publish types are badly written, poorly edited and inconsistent IMHO.  Surprisingly I found myself pulled into the story against my will and I am enjoying it at present.  I am about halfway through the first book in the series and the only thing I have found distasteful (ignoring the subject matter for some) is the "host", she needs work as a character. I will update this review when I finish and move on to the next book unless it falls apart in the 2nd half, so far I am engrossed and wish I had it in a physical book form since I do not "do kindle' and reading a book on my PC has obvious drawbacks :)  Hang on for the update and so far the author gets kudos for a appealing idea and so far an entertaining work of fiction.  UPDATE:  Well I finished the book and while it was very entertaining, engrossing to be honest I felt a bit cheated in the sudden ending but since I am about to get the next installment I can't complain too much but obviously there should have been a few more chapters or perhaps book 1.5 should have been part of book 1.  So with all that said I still find myself throughly engrossed and waiting to start book 1.5 to see where the several story lines go.  I can safely say I have paid much more for books I could not even finish reading so we can probably give it another half star for 4.5 Stars.  It is the best 99 cents I have invested in many years and I can highly recommend it for most anyone who likes a good drama in a science fiction setting.  My only concern now is that the author may drag this out too much and I have to start skipping pages but so far its a pleasant addiction....... I still can't warm up to Maria but that might be getting better, now on to the next book.