Review: Overabundance of  characters!!!!
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 08 15, 2013
I bought this book on a whim and can agree that it is well-written action packed book. However, there were some turn-offs that makes me disinclined to even read anymore. (Spoiler Alert!)First, the story is exhausting because instead of it being about the main character, Cosmos and his woman and their relationship, there is an excess of names of the previous characters that is dumped in this book so that only someone who's read the series from the beginning will truly get the gist of who everyone is.Another dislike was the lack of privacy or personal space between Cosmos and Terra from the other characters. Whether he is showering or in bed with his mate, the invasion of privacy was written like an 'aw shucks' cutsie kinda thing.There was no building of a relationship...Cosmos and Terra already had the mating mark in their hand so it was a done deal! They were already professing love and mind-talking by the middle of the book!Finally, Terra's father made a decision that a fearful dad would make, albeit it was not the right one, but rather than using that as an opportunity to bridge the gap between humans and aliens, the author resorted to the clichéd 'female power' response. Mom/Wife withheld sex, check, all the other females glared with the evil eye, check, and the obligatory disparaging name calling (even though it was by the computer, but wait...She's female too),check!On the plus side, as I stated before, the book is well-written, and has some funny heartwarming moments. I liked Cosmos and enjoyed the camaraderie between him and the computer, didn't really get to know Terra much.