Title: A reader betrayed
Product review: Let me first say that I couldn't put down the first two books of this series. They were well written, tightly plotted, and the story moved at a rapid pace that made me stay up far later than I should have more than once. However, the last three books in the series bogged down horribly in irrelevant side-stories. I kept waiting for something to happen. I ended up skimming 300 pages of this book, looking for a relevant plotline.Worst of all, the moment toward which the series had been building for so long, the confrontation between the main protagonist and main antagonist, NEVER HAPPENED! Instead, the authors betrayed their readers by avoiding that confrontation in what was an obvious ploy to provide material for future books.Sherwood Smith's excellent collaboration with Andre Norton in the Solar Queen series drew me into this series. However, after this disappointing experience, I don't plan on trusting this author again.
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