The Entire and the Rose: Bright of the sky

I was just glad to have it finished, which is probably not a good sign.

Interesting premise, plot was decent, some very good alien creature and world building, but I simply could not relate to the characters. There was a lot of telling the reader how the characters felt (particularly toward each other), but not a lot of showing. Actions speak louder than words, right? I often found myself thinking, “What?? Where did THAT come from?” Having not seen the emotion between characters develop over time it would comme as a suprise when BOOM!, all of a sudden we have significant feeling between them. The characters seemed not just reserved, but robotic.

Frankly, I started out liking the main character, but by the end I thought he was an ass. Maybe he redeems himself in later books, but I don't know that I want to spend the time finding out.