The Cost is Too High

Sometimes the cost is just too high...
I have a problem. My problem is that my favorite genre of reading is what is termed 'space opera'. (I would prefer it being called something else 'cause that is a pretty strange term, but unfortunately no one asked me) Back to my problem, why is that a problem, you ask. I am glad you asked. The problem arises due to the fact that this is my favorite genre, and yet there is not much to read that I like. Why is it my favorite genre then? I think I like the idea of it more than its usual incarnations. The Star Wars influence on my life probably. There are some good ones out there, Lois McMaster Bujold's Miles Vorkosigan series comes to mind, but by and large the genre is lacking.
As a result of this issue I am forced, Forced, I say, to read shall we say, less than excellent books. To be fair most of the books in David Weber's Honor Harrington series I have enjoyed. However he throws in some weird ones, and the last two in particular have gotten a bit over the top.
I just recently finished At All Costs and the scenes that I enjoy, the space battles, the intrigue, stuff like that, was good, but the protaganist of the series is getting into some very strange personal stuff. I try to run a fine line when writing this blog about spoiling stuff, but if you don't want to find out about a book, don't read my blog. So, anyway, she is sleeping with a married man, gets pregnant, then decides to marry the married man. Yes, that's right a threesome. What is future society coming to? Anyway, the whole story line where she is in love with a married man is just a waste of valuable 'space opera' pages. What can you do? I think that this series has finally reached the 'wait for paperback' status for me. A sad stage that has previously claimed such one time greats as Tom Clancy.
Dragons falling from the sky is on the clock...