Starshine

This book, the first in a trilogy, started with great promise, and I enjoyed the author's writing style and initial introduction of the various characters. Also, there was a decent amount of action in the various venues and the plot moved forward nicely. However, after a good start to the tale, things began to get bogged down, focusing instead on building a romantic relationship instead of moving the action forward. I understand that many readers may be looking for this type of direction in a book, but for me it fell flat and left me wishing for less romantic/emotional tension and more plot-advancing action. I also had a problem with the foul language regularly used by the main protagonist; it turned me off, quite frankly, the opposite of what I think the author intended. I found myself skipping large sections of the text (especially when [no spoiler warning needed] the relationship went to the “next level”). After getting through about 3/4 of this first book, I realized that I would have to wade through another 2 books at least to get to some sort of resolution, at which point I bailed.