This book has been on my TBR for years. I really have no idea why I haven't picked it up, but for some reason I just didn't fancy the concept of what I perceived the story was. 
 After finishing it I am glad I read it, enjoyed it, will read more, but not a fanboy. I guess you could say this was pretty much a similar story to Starship Troopers. Instead of having your planet blown up and going to war against bugs. You get old leave your planet and go to war against bugs, spiders, one inch leprechauns etc 
 I did enjoy the story, it is certainly a very easy read, but two thirds of the way through I started to worry that this is all it is. One planet after another blowing up aliens. Fortunately the last quarter of the book starts to develop some alternatives to the daily 'kill an alien a day' story and I am very hopeful these will be expanded on in book two. 
 3.5 Stars for this easy read. (Not as good as The Forever War though.