Review-
I liked this book. The authors pacing is pretty steady, and she lets us (the reader) put two and two together, which is how I prefer my books to be written. lol.

I’m intrigued about the world she has built and how our FMC Ava is going to navigate it.

Also, love a MMC with main reading abilities. I’m also excited to see how that plays out.

My favorite line: “It was so quiet her mind began to slip, the neat box that contained memories from her past bleeding into her thoughts.” – pg 22.

"Spoilers, Spoilers" – River Song

*The following is an open discussion about the book. Details will be discussed here and in the comments. If that's not for you, this is where we part.

Hey, if you are reading this I don't want to hear "but spoilers", you had ample warning. lol

Okay, let’s get into it.
Pacing: The pacing started off really well, but I felt it was a bit rushed at the end. Not in a manner that was extremely obvious but it did feel like we were jumping through some bits.
Ava: I am so glad the author decided to have Ava push to rescue more humans. My note literally says “I like the way you think Ava.”

I have a love/opinion in her distaste for the mind reading. On one hand it’s new to her, and I totally see how it violating. On another is their preferred way of communicating. So I’m a bit back and forth. I think I’d lean more towards “well that’s annoying” if it was something they could control, but the Vorbax do have to tap into to so I’m giving a lot of leeway.

Hopefully she comes around. I think it will be culture shock once she’s on their planet.

Also I wish we got to see more of here engineering mind, I was stoked when she jumped into a plan with the vents on the Torga. Hopefully we see more of this as elthe series continues.

Vox: You know… I didn’t really like or dislike him. I really don’t have much to say here. 🤣😂
Sex Scenes: Okay. I feel like the scenes should have just been ‘fade to black’, they get rushed/mechanical. I felt like the author was uncomfortable writing these scenes. Perhaps it was edited down, and that’s why it feels off. So I would have preferred they weren’t in here at all. Don’t get me wrong I love a good scene, I devour a Kathryn Moon scene whenever I can (IYKYK). These just felt awkward, like it was either edited way down or it really wasn’t suppose to be added to begin with.
Rhutg: Y’all…. Not them killing his mate. I was actually so upset. I really don’t want him to have a human mate. And I hope that’s not why we killed his mate off.

Characters/Species for discussion: Ebel, Nuor, Lirell, Erox, Rhutg. Vorbax: Mind readers. Tuxa: Our big bads. reptilian. Phot: Bee like?

I figured I’d add these, I’m bad with keeping track of characters and species names.

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