This is a great book. I make it a habit lately of buying small house published or self-published books. Sometimes you are surprised and sometimes not. Sometimes those surprises are good and sometimes not so good. I have to say this books is a surprise and of the very good kind. While not clean enough to recommend for my children it is an excellent story. I really appreciate the strong character driven writing style. The book is a beefy 600+ pages long but none of it feels like fluff. A true joy to read that is not predictable and engrossing. Definitely one of those books that keep you up at night and you think about for weeks after finishing reading. Sara writes in a brave and unafraid style and she is not afraid to wreck havoc with our emotions. Thanks Sara and keep on writing! Great young adult Sc Fy "after the aliens" arrive book. The books opening grabs you and pulls you into the story. There is no technology in this book. No hyper drives or involved descriptions of cool transport mechanism. This story is about beings, human and alien.The middle part of the book dragged for me. The author came up with lots of new names for the aliens as well as alien phrases that are non-sensical in English. I didn't find them compelling enough to keep track of them so this part was a reading hindrance for me. However, the last third of the book and the ending moved me and whatever negative feelings I had generated during the middle part of the book dissolved. I actually got tears at the very end which shows how compelling the main character was. This is the first in a series and I might continue on to book 2. Fast read.
Not a big fan of military si fi so not sure why I bought this. Tried a few pages butnot my thing.
—LAuuuuuu
4 stars if young children didn't annoy me so much.
—gelo
Epic. A stay-up-all-nighter.
—sharan
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