2022: back for a reread and I like it a lot better this time! Funny how time can improve a story or make it worse. I liked the characters more and I hope Iko and Thorn end up as a couple. Things are not looking good for planet earth at this point in the story, but I bet the heroine can turn things around!

2016: This series started out strong and went seriously (series-ously?) downhill from there. Character work deteriorated from being interesting and vaguely multidimensional to flat and stereotypical. Anyways, I won't be finishing the series.