Review: So disappointing - rushed and not fully developed
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 08 11, 2011
Unfortunately, Kaitlyn O'Connor has become more of a miss than a hit author for me.  She has in the past put out some outstanding Sci-Fi romance novels that I read over and over again.  This book was a HUGE disappointed.The plot is about some Sirians that are accidently taken by earth scientists from a planet, that is being considered for colonizaton, back to earth where the Sirians escape.  The action revolves around the ability of the Sirians to adapt to any environment, the sympathetic female scientist, the quest to return the Sirians to their world, and the colonization by earth of the new world.It had SOOOOOO much potential and promise but was never fully developed.  It was as if a starving person was promise a 5 star meal and ended up with a bowl of oatmeal.  It was really that bad.Cons:The internal dialogues - Kaitlyn O'Connor uses this in many of her books successfully to add in-sight to her characters - in this one, it only added to the length of the novel and slowed down the action.In way too many occurrences, when the reader is able to finally get involved in the characters and what is happening, the scene comes to an abrupt end.  The characters or actions were not fleshed out or felt rushed.With so little character development, the reader is unable to really connect or care about the heros/heroine.This book was put out first in serial form with six parts at $1.99 each.  The sixth part contained the last two chapters - 14 & 15.  And, yes, I was foolish enough to pay the $11.94 to read this novel before it was offer as a full novel.  I also made the mistake of purchasing and downloading ALL the installments at the same time instead of just the 1st installment and going from there.  That was how much I loved Kaitlyn O'Connor's Cyberevolution series (except for Abiogenesis), her Genesis series and the novels WHEN DAWN BREAKS and WHEN NIGHT FALLS.While the internal dialogues and monologues got to me at times, I kept on reading.  Then I came to the final installment - the wrap up - the climax of the story.  After reading the last two chapters - the only thing I could think of is - "HUH"!!!!  I felt angry, ripped off.  The ending chapters, which was 58 pages long, could have easily been reduced to one or two pages - the ending was rushed with "filler" words and no development.  It was as if the author got "writer's block", put the last installment aside until the deadline came up, stayed up one night to burn the midnight oil so that she could "wrap" the book up.That is why I gave this book 2 stars instead of just 1 - it taught me some very valuable lessons:- Never, ever buy a book that is issued in installments- For any future Kaitlyn O'Connor books, wait until others have purchased and rated the book before considering buying