Review: Sci-fi, fantasy or could it be Sci-fan.....
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 24, 2012
I published a review of this trilogy prior to reading to the end and my 5 stars still stand. I am sorry that I did not read this when first given a free copy in order to review it. I found this story to have great characters and wonder at some of the comments about cardboard characters and wonder if those that find the characters not developed have left their immaginations in TV Land..... I can exactly picture Keris(amazing woman who needs to relax), Alondo(he makes me smile but has deep commitments), Lyall(guy who needs to relish in accomplishments and stop beating himself up), Shann(a little growing and she will be an amazing person), Rael(how our past influences can  shape us), McCann(oh yeah, he is the human). Now Boxx, I am having a little trouble with.... not because he isn't well described and fleshed out in the story but only by my lack of imagination or maybe too much imagination. I find that reading a story and my imagination of the characters so different than what Hollywood decides for me on the screen be it big or little. I am not saying I don't enjoy the movies, just that they are different than what I imagined from the books.I am disappointed in the area of prejudice in regards that the Kelanni find humans so ugly and gross mostly because their skin color differs. I would hope that on planets and worlds away that there would be differences but alas it is not to be with the Kelanni.I find myself wanting to return to Kelanni and the world of 3 suns or 2 as the case maybe, just as I found myself wanting to return to Pern over and over again. Yes, sometimes it seems unfathomable that the characters escaped from impossible situations but didn't Captain Kirk always escape and didn't MacGyver make it out somehow?!? This is a story, and the author dictates what happens and how. Nice Job Mr. Whiteway!I don't know enough about science to refute claims in regards to this story but I do know enough about reading stories and what I enjoy and I really enjoyed all 3 books in this trilogy. Please keep them coming and I hope someone with PTB recognizes these books.