Entertaining and interesting.

The Darkover series is unique in that while all books take place on the same world, they do not have to be read in any chronological order and can be picked up and read ad hoc. That would be a lot easier to do if the author had given some background on the terms, devices, and abilities that are present in each book, but the reader comes in having little to no knowledge of these, is given few hints, and has to pick apart for themselves what they are. It's a little frustrating, but by the second or third book within the series, you get (kind of) used to it.

Stormqueen! (the exclamation point is actually part of the title, yes) was an entertaining read and good sci-fi that holds up reasonably well in the modern day. While I wouldn't compare it to some of the excellent works by modern sci-fi authors, I wasn't bored.