The reborn series

So this is kind of a question, I personally never managed to get into the reborn series. After connecting with the original garde and how everything wrapped up it was hard to get into the first book especially when a ton of new characters were added chapter by chapter and the government started to do some annoying shit… So i am correctly trying to read the books but again I just dont feel a connection like I felt with the originals. Are the boks worth powering through? Like is the plot rly worth it or should I just skip?