Battle Cry

Title: Battle Cry
Author: Jack McKinney
Rating Four and a Half Guitars

Sizzilin' Summary:
In this second book in the Robotech series, the SDF-1 is trying to get back home to good old Earth. But the Zentraedi are on their trail, and are not giving up until they have captured the ship!
Rick Hunter is now part of the army. He works with his friend Roy Fokker and two new friends. While he is an expert pilot, he faces relationship trouble as the girl he loves, Lynn-Minmei, is going after a life of fame.
Two planets are the major battlegrounds before reaching within view of Earth, but the Zentreadi's newest partner--Khyron the Backstabber--is making things difficult, even for his fellow Zentreadi! Then something really unexpected happens to Rick and some of his friends, and his superior officer Lise Hayes.
Will they all survive this? Or will the Zentreadi kill them all?

Rockin' Review:
Again, an extremely good book. At the end was another one of those moments like in Ranger's Apprentice Book 2: The Burning Bridge. It leaves on a cliffhanger, so, once again, I was glad to have the next book on me. It was a good jump-up off for a series.
The problem from the last book grew in this one. We couldn't always tell who the main character of the section was. Especially near the end: there was one phrase that belonged to a different set of characters, but I thought that it belonged to the group that I was just reading about! It confused me. I hope this gets better, or there may be more than half-guitars dropping...
Negative note aside, I still highly suggest this book, especially if you are/have watched the Robotech anime series. It's rockin'!