Book 1- I’m not at all opposed to explicit content for appropriate audiences, and I’m not going to clutch my pearls at the mere suggestion of sexual activity. With that being said, the frequency of sexual encounters and the focus placed on them, along with the continuous sexual overtones, are completely unnecessary. There is a good story here that would serve as a much needed warning on what could happen, the existence we would be forced to endure, and how it might be combated. Unfortunately that story is constantly being interrupted with sexual encounters that read as though they were written by someone who has never actually had one. These sexual encounters aren’t necessary to move the story along or for character development. The conditions in which they unfold are also extremely unbelievable. Also- I understand that this is a work of fiction, but (without giving away details of the story), there are several other components to this story concerning some characters behavior and reactions to certain situations, that are so far from behavior and reactions that any normal human being would exhibit, that it makes it very difficult to take this book seriously. Or enjoy it.