Review: I was a bit disappointed...
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 17, 2013
Call me an old-fashioned curmudgeon, but I'm biased against authors who set out to write series.  This book doesn't have a true cliffhanger, but it left me hanging all the same.  Books in a series should stand alone as much as possible--otherwise, they seem like soap opera segments (that's why people are starting to view a whole season or more of some cable TV shows).I liked what I read.  The plot and characterization are good--there's definite entertainment value here, and that's what counts.  I suppose that anyone who feels let down at the end can go ahead and buy the next novel.  I'm not sure I'll do that.  And I'm sure that Mr. Wells writes well enough (hence the four stars) that he doesn't have to write books this way.  Yes, I do series too--they come naturally because characters and/or settings have more to give, for both readers and the author.  Here the story isn't finished in "Book 1"--i.e. it isn't a complete story.  'Nough said.