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Rating: - Metz' writing is truly commendable
Metz is an excellent writer, and for the most part Roswell High reflects her literary abilities. All of the books are humorous, serious, and intriguing. I especially appreiciate the contextual continuity between them. After buying books 1 & 2 from a store, I purchased books 3-5, and read them all in a night, the week before finals. Book four, seemed to me, to take a survey-course attitude toward the material at hand. Max's and, to some extent, Liz's reactions to Max's condition were vividly and subtly displayed, but the rest of the characters' responses were not expanded. The cliff-hanger ending was, had it been necessary to wait for the next book, something between excrusiating and annoying (because everyone knows that most series make it a point not to kill the main characters, its bad for readership, but there is still the "what if," x-file fourth-season-finale-feeling.) I do not believe that the aforementioned characteristics in anyway depreciate Metz' literary ability. I believe that the book's seemingly flat nature comes from the restrictions that come with writing in the young adult genre. In my estimation I think that metz should consider asking her publisher whether she or an equally brilliant writer could produce a spin-off Roswell series that would be more indepth and better suited to the broader science-fiction/fantasy audience. Overall, the book (as well as the series) is great. I would love to see this series spin-off, it's characters and plot-lines have an appeal that is ageless. I hope that in the future Roswell High will expand and be enjoyed by a broader audience. Metz' is a truly gifted author.

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