Why to folks feel they have to retell the stories in these reviews?No matter.I read all three books, rather lengthy for YA books, in three weeks. I read the last in one day. They are magnificent page turners.The hero, Tally Youngblood, is character that will stay with me.It is science fiction but bares little resemblance to the space operas of Heinlein and less to the end-of-the-world stories of my youth (I am 55).Tally and her friends have developed characters. At sometimes it seems not but over 1,000 pages even minor characters evolve in unexpected ways.I was very sorry when the books came to an end and will be looking for more of Westerfeld's books in the future.Note that some of the tags for these books include vampire & vampire romance. There are no vampires in these books.