Review: The Best Laid Plans Gone Awry
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 08 14, 2013
Side Note: I'm not a fan that they don't give you a "1/2" option as far as rating because technically I'd rate this at about a 2.5.Warning: Baby spoilerI would like to confess that I haven't read too many Sci-Fi novels: fantasy, fiction or otherwise.  However, I'm open to reading different types of genres.I was given this title to read as a member of Y. Correa's Read and Review.  I was drawn in by the blurb.  Who wouldn't be taken in by the fight for Earth, aliens, assassination, and sprinkles of romance here and there?Yes, it is the blurb that draws the reader in, but it's all about the execution that keeps the reader there.  If the execution in conveyance is not successful, the story will lose its' luster, no matter how exciting the blurb is.I found myself experiencing "anticipation drenched" once I delved in.Some of the chapters went into great details about the various ships, such as the USF Excalibur.  I know the author's intent was to make me feel as if I was on the ship.  Yet I felt the detail was so excessive; I almost forgot some of the purpose of some of the chapters.  Example was Chapter One.  It was about the crew coming home, yet the author went into such extensive detail about the USF Excalibur that I thought the Chapter was about detail specs of the ship.The amount of time spent on describing the ships could have been invested in the physical and emotional development of certain characters, like the people who plotted against Admiral Angus as well as the depth of the love (the love story) between Admiral Angus and his wife.  It was a missed opportunity to give life to the highlights of romance that were mentioned in the blurb.In addition, the constant back and forth with the action and the recollection of events made me a bit dizzy.  At times, I had to stop and re-read certain parts, even jot down side notes to make sure that I kept each crew with each ship to track the action properly.My Best Laid Plans were to enjoy this read, but the pace and style of this work thwarted that goal.