Finished my second eARC in the last week. This was
Fire Season by David Weber and Jane Lindskold. This is a YA entry in the overall Honorverse, and is a direct sequel to
A Beautiful Friendship by David Weber which told the story of Stephanie Harrington's first discovery of TreeCats and ultimate adoption by Climbs Quickly/Lionheart.
Fire Season continues the story of Stephanie and Climbs Quickly, but is far less successful. I nearly put this book down half a dozen times, but eventually slogged through it. Somehow, it never become compelling or even particularly interesting. It isn't a
bad book, just not nearly good enough to bother getting as an eARC. Save your $15 and wait for it to be part of a Webscription/Monthly Bundle. At best, this is a 3 stars out of 5.