I actually wanted to like this but somehow it didn't work all that well for me.

The Braxana and the Azean have been at war for generations. Braxana have a complicated society that's obscure to all but the initiated. Azeans are masters of genetic science and have their own rules that are also complicated and strange. Neither like each other and both consider that they know best. Zatar and Anzha are two generals on each side and they have made this war their own.

Somehow it just didn't work for me, it was interesting but I just didn't care all that much about any of the characters and when there were leaps in time I often didn't follow what was happening quick enough. I can see why some people would love it, but I could also see why some would dislike it. Maybe if I had read it earlier in my life I would have preferred it. I'm going to read the sequel to see if I want to keep them both. ( )

I liked it ( )

A bit confused - the viewpoint of the story changes to new characters far too often, and the main protagonists are hidden from view too much. Not bad, though. ( )

June09:
I forgive her some since this was her first book. It definitely is not where I'd tell someone to start out.
Characters: Only the main two were memorable. Took half the book yo be able to tell who they were tho.
Plot: Intersteller war. Really, the plot was rather forgettable. The universe was built up with tons of details though.
Style: Jumpy. Gave so many POV though that the universe really did come alive in the end. ( )

While reading this book, I finally made the connection in my head that "space opera" was the amalgam of "space" and "soap opera" -- it was not a reference to the epic and tragic nature of these tales. Nevertheless, an interesting read. The main chick was pretty kickass -- had powers, overcame a tragic past, was able to torture a powerful male into submission with her sexual powers...tho, not necessarily so much that last one. It was her psychic powers that beat him into submission. Ending was the kind that one calls "smart" -- the author deliberately avoided a happy ending or a truly tragic one, it was just rather bittersweet and somewhat realistic (if you can call the passage of psychic powers from one individual to the other "realistic").
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