It seems that Mary Weber's writing is a drastic hit or miss for me. I loved the beginning of the Storm Siren trilogy, but to this day I'm pretty sure I didn't even totally understand the third book. The case is the same with this series. The concept and direction of the plot are phenomenal and I am so on board for that. But when it comes to the actual characters and world building, I just can't connect no matter how hard I try. Which leaves me feeling overall pretty meh about the series. I so wanted to love it, but I just couldn't get there. There were some ideas and scenes that I loved, but there were equally as many that were bland and boring or just totally confusing. I would have picked this series up because of my love for 2/3 of the Storm Siren trilogy, but after this I don't know if I'll try another Mary Weber book.