I am a confirmed bookaholic and have most of Catherine Asaro's backlist in my possession. My problem is I have no time to read the many, many books I have in my huge pile of books I own. With that being said, I was given the opportunity to read and review DIAMOND STAR. Having not read the earlier books in the Skolian series, I was a little hesitant but upon starting this amazing and intriguing book, I discovered that it only enhanced my desire to read the other books of the series!

I was intrigued by the fact that Catherine Asaro bared Del's soul to her readership. We saw his highs and lows. Del is an engaging character from the get-go and I found myself pulling for him throughout the entire book. When Del has the opportunity to become a rock star, even if it is an accident, he jumps at the chance. Maybe now he will amount to something and will make the members of his family proud. After all he is just lowly man on the Ruby Dynasty empire totem pole, right? He feels he has so much to atone for in his life.

DIAMOND STAR may have been the first of Catherine Asaro's Skolian Empire books that I've had the opportunity to read but this certainly won't be my last. I'm only glad that I have so many available to read on hand already! The neatest thing though is that I also received the music CD with the book and now have it in my car to listen to as I'm driving! It's an excellent companion to the book!