Finished Honor's Knight the second in the Paradox series by Rachel Bach. This was a book which probably put an end to my reading the trilogy. First, her habit of having Devi (the main character) become hopeful that she has found a way out of a dilemma, only to find that "No, she's still a minor piece on the chess board of the "great game" that's being played. Second, and worse, every time you think a main character has been taken out of the story s/he reappears full of life to cause more heartache or trouble. Third, the last book Heaven's Queen is at this point only available as $9.99 ebook. That's too much to pay for a book that has a good chance of being tossed into the hamper like yesterday's laundry.
I've picked up the last of the Man of War series by H Paul Honsinger, Brothers in Valor. It's the third and final book. It's like its predecessors, good enough. What I like about this series is the well thought out space battles. What frustrates me is that the quality of writing is juvenal and he has used the same tactic of having the captain explain to the ship's doctor about the tactics time after time. I'm sure his intention is to keep the reader in suspense as the battle develops which allows him to draw the battle scenes out. In the end I believe that the space tactics are nearly the equal of David Weber's, but his books read more like a high school honor student, is doing the writing.
