User blog comment:Superherofanatic1999/My review of 2018/@comment-27818075-20190104133817

I suppose everyone has different tastes (except for ILB, I think everyone loves this story) :) I agree with most of your points, but not with all.


 * AME is OK for me (because of Jen and Piper subplot mostly), but not breathtaking at all. I like Ivy's character, though - but I hate the fact that she became a cartoon villain at the end. And I'm certainly not thrilled for Book 2.
 * BSC is just blank. It's like a better version of HFTH (and the music is really great, maybe one of the best in all books) - but still it's a local rom-com story with a tiny plot. It doesn't even need a sequel.
 * Bloodbound is a Discount Twilight (and, at some points, also Discount 50 Shades of Grey), the only enjoyable part for me were Camilla and Marcel Lafayette. I got really tired of Adrian and Lily. Didn't like this book, not thrilled for a sequel.
 * RCD was quite okay for me, because Chazz :) Also, the fight against the evil business guy was MUCH more believable than in PM.
 * PM - okay, because androids and Khaan. But Book 2 was a lot dumber to me than Book 1.
 * ACoR - I think I'm the only one here who likes this book (except for music), but I think it's really good. It's way better than D&D, it has politics and some historical accuracy at least. Also, action protagonist who can fight! Yay! :)
 * As for ATV... I don't like this book, but I disagree about 'unlikeable characters' part. I like Eos and Pax (they remind me of Carver and Bethany from Dragon Age II a little), I like Kepler (what? She's cute and quite a good person), I like Meridian a bit (snarky doctors are becoming a cliché nowadays, but who am I to judge). And the game is really well-drawn. It's a shame that there is zero plot, zero lore explanation (we know nothing of those alien races and planets except for Kepler's planet) and zero interest in going anywhere good. Oh, and it's also Discount Mass Effect, but a bad one. A really bad one.