Review: I ACTUALLY FINISHED
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 05 26, 2014
I was very proud of myself for getting through this whole series. Well there's more and I'll probably read them but they will also get nothing more than twos or threes because this author needs to get her stories to be more clear cut and give them a bit of depth. The ideas presented here are wonderful and unique but they are executed poorly. It was frustrating to read this but I also couldn't stop reading because the story when fleshed out is really good, too bad most of the good writing was done by me while trying to make sense of the leaps and jumps in these books.Just as a warning the writing does not get better as the series goes on and new characters that are essential to the plot do not get introduced they just simply fall into the storyline as if the reader knows who these characters are through osmosis. However, it is worth saying that the third book is the worst one because the concept does not make a whole lot of sense throughout the book because there are a lot of time jumps where important plot points could have been explained but instead we get nothing and then it's a month later and /Melanie/Elizabeth should be dead according to the previously presented timeline but inexplicably she is not even though Elizabeth is growing stronger.The second book with the romance between Missy and Roi is the most fleshed out book but the changing attitudes of the characters is rattling to say the least. Every time you turn around Roi or Missy's feelings are completely different than the previous paragraph.The first book seems to be the best overall because although it's very fast-paced and everything seems to be flying at you from left field it happens to be the least confusing, the most consistent, and the relationship is the most heartfelt with a natural progression.Now I know I've gone out of order here but the final book which is Wilson and Kim's story is good and the "science" behind the immortal ops begins to make sense in a very Dark Angel season two sort of way. And at the end I was annoyed because unlike the other previous books in the series there was no hint as to what immortal ops agent they would be following next.One thing I can say for Mandy M. Roth is that she creates an interesting world and engaging characters. There is great potential in her work.