Well. . .that's done.

Ok, so, all in all - this was good reading. The story (stories?) were interesting and the overall setting was engaging. I was not bored at any point (well, maybe a little during the political stuff. lol). There were quite a few 'errors'/mistakes/bad editing. Characters mixed up, sentences that were. . .less than clear and should have been reworked, cultural 'errors' (IE, Lord Preston sitting in his 'back yard'. Um. Last I heard, they don't have 'back yards' in London, they have 'gardens'. Same thing, as far as I can tell, but - yeah, try to get it right? I have no problem with writing something set in a 'culture' that is not your natively, but I do believe in trying to get details right as much as possible!)

Personally, I still found there was WAAAAY too many characters and way too man years sped by to really get to know or love any character all that much. But. . .yeah.

But errors and personal preference aside, this was a very intriguing series. I did find the last part of the book a little confusing and hard to read. Once the bomb storm started and people started dying. . .it got REALLY hard to keep track of what was going on and who was dead and who wasn't and . . .yeah. I can't say I care for this was handled at all. I get not everyone could reasonably survive. . .but yeah.

All in all, worth the read - but - not a favourite.