Anne McCaffrey is a favorite author. I've read all of the Pern books -- some of them several times -- including Todd McCaffrey's Pern books. I wanted to love it but couldn't quite get there (& it's not because Todd wrote it, I like his book in the universe just fine). But it did like it. I think I just got a little lost with all the timing it. Or maybe I need to go back & read this trilogy in order back to back. Anyway, for me, it's good but not great & there are some great books in this series.