Personally, I love the series, but then I've always been a sucker for any kind of fantasy. However, the quality of the stories greatly varies from writer to writer. Starwolf's stories tend to be somewhat flat- that and they need to remember that there is more than one form of 'your'- and Heather O'Malley's stories often seem very reliant on 'Show, Don't Tell' though she seems to think it's 'Tell, Don't Show'. E.E. Nalley, J.G. and Diane Castle are by far the best of the authors; I enjoy reading the Outcast, Lit Chix/Loophole and Phase stories far more than any of the others.
About the Team Kimba characters: Chaka is, honestly, boring. I don't generally find her stories interesting and there's really nothing about the character that appeals to me. Fey is a Sue of the highest degree, and her stories bore me too. Bladedancer actually is quite interesting in that O'Malley has done a decent job with the 'fish out of water' part of Bladedancer's life. I do wish that someone would write some Lancer stories, he's quite entertaining. Generator often irritates me but I do often enjoy her stories. I do like Tennyo quite a bit, but I wish her stories were better. Carmilla I like quite a lot. Phase is by far my favourite. He's probably one of the most well thought-out of the TK characters and he's written incredibly well.
About the side characters: Whateley has fallen into the same trap as several other series for me in that the side characters are often more interesting than the main characters, and I'd prefer to see more stories involving the side characters. I'd love more Lit Chix/Murphy/Loophole stories; I'd love to see a story about Zenith, or Sahar, or Belphoebe- one that didn't involve Jobe- or Prism, or Verdant, or Vox, or Screech, or Gabriel; and I'd definitely love some more Outcast Corner stories- especially a story about the Fury Twins, or the end of Call The Thunder. Some of the side characters, like Gabriel or Zenith, are incredibly interesting, more so than some of the main characters.
To sum up: while the series is good, it does need improvement.
After reading a lot of the series...
I thought I might put in my two cents.
Personally, I love the series, but then I've always been a sucker for any kind of fantasy. However, the quality of the stories greatly varies from writer to writer. Starwolf's stories tend to be somewhat flat- that and they need to remember that there is more than one form of 'your'- and Heather O'Malley's stories often seem very reliant on 'Show, Don't Tell' though she seems to think it's 'Tell, Don't Show'. E.E. Nalley, J.G. and Diane Castle are by far the best of the authors; I enjoy reading the Outcast, Lit Chix/Loophole and Phase stories far more than any of the others.
About the Team Kimba characters: Chaka is, honestly, boring. I don't generally find her stories interesting and there's really nothing about the character that appeals to me. Fey is a Sue of the highest degree, and her stories bore me too. Bladedancer actually is quite interesting in that O'Malley has done a decent job with the 'fish out of water' part of Bladedancer's life. I do wish that someone would write some Lancer stories, he's quite entertaining. Generator often irritates me but I do often enjoy her stories. I do like Tennyo quite a bit, but I wish her stories were better. Carmilla I like quite a lot. Phase is by far my favourite. He's probably one of the most well thought-out of the TK characters and he's written incredibly well.
About the side characters: Whateley has fallen into the same trap as several other series for me in that the side characters are often more interesting than the main characters, and I'd prefer to see more stories involving the side characters. I'd love more Lit Chix/Murphy/Loophole stories; I'd love to see a story about Zenith, or Sahar, or Belphoebe- one that didn't involve Jobe- or Prism, or Verdant, or Vox, or Screech, or Gabriel; and I'd definitely love some more Outcast Corner stories- especially a story about the Fury Twins, or the end of Call The Thunder. Some of the side characters, like Gabriel or Zenith, are incredibly interesting, more so than some of the main characters.
To sum up: while the series is good, it does need improvement.