I've finished Cherryh's Chanur novels.
Unfortunate as it may be, I think this is one of those series that I liked out all the way through . . . until the end.
The ending(s) leave me just so . . . meh. This is very disappointing to me.
Ah. I just re-read book 1 and decided to buy 2 and 3 which are on my to-read pile.
Currently on a re-read of Kate Elliot's Jaran series. Other than book 1 (which I've re-read twice now) it is my first re-read. Enjoying it both as a reader and a writer. It is interesting to see how she picks new point of view characters in each book, as well as continuing some of the old ones. The story telling stays fresh with the new characters and of course they give totally new angles to the story, go where the original characters would have no reason to go. For anyone who has not read it - it is science fiction but an interesting mix of futuristic and past, as a lot of the action takes place on an interdicted world where the level of development is Medieval. Can be read just as an adventure story or you can also enjoy the complexities of interaction of both people and very different cultures.
One of the interesting parts with the new PoV characters in some places, is having several different cultures represented - so you are getting views on each other which are enlightening regarding both what is seen and how it is seen. Not cumbersome and info dumpy either.