Review: Wishing Amazon Allowed 1/2 Stars...
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 5, 2012
Because in my opinion this is a 4 1/2 star read.  I purposefully do not rehash the plot in my reviews very often because you can get the general idea of that from the book description and I HATE reviews that contain spoilers (my personal hang up)!When I first started reading this book two thoughts immediately crossed my mind:1.  This is supposed to be for ages YA up? - No way it's too advanced.2.  What the heck have I gotten myself into?By the close of chapter 2 I'd gotten answers to both those questions.1.  This is definitely appropriate for YA, but I believe adults would enjoy this as well if they like a good space opera.  The author does use I believe only 1 profane word a few times sprinkled throughout the story and it rhymes with spit (in fact the spelling is quite similar) :-)  PG 13 movies today use stronger language then that.2.  Once I got into the flow of the story, became more familiar with words like Zyll, Zytagg, Va'kaar, trigs, vuron etc and began to get to know some of the characters we'd be following, what I'd found I'd gotten myself into was a well written, tightly woven, action driven tale that swept me away and carried me right till the end of the story.  I cheered these characters on and at times shed a tear or two.While this is clearly part one of a series, it is also a book that could be read as a stand alone book and be just as satisfying as if you'd decided to continue on.  I'll definitely be looking forward to reading book 2 from this seriesThe Chronicles Of Jenson Quest - The Realms Of Jurriisomeday hopefully soon.