3.75 star

This was a difficult rating. The story of course is character dominant which is fine, I enjoy the depth of them but that means the story will loose it's momentum. The bit that didn't sit well with me was the lack of alien interaction. That's what made me fall in love with Becky's stories to begin with, the unique way of life they all brought into the mix. It made the seires colorful and alluring. So it was difficult to focus on the humans. The ending was marvelous though and almost made up for it.

Rarely did any character, main or side, get described in any detail. I'm almost certain this was done on purpose because it became blatantly obvious after a few chapters. So if anyone understands why please comment below. I was not a fan of that all. For instance I didn't know until pg. 327 that Tess had curls and as far as I'm aware that was her only feature mentioned.

The story started off very disjointed for me. I couldn't get much of a place for reference. Honestly a little space diagram would be cool sometimes. Now the description of the ship peaked my interest a lot. It was even more wonderful having a picture on the book cover and made for a great visual effect. So as I mentioned the beginning, you go thru 5 perspectives in a row which was daunting to be frank, and it centers around a disaster. Even though I wasn't pleased with the human line up, the plot actually did come together rather beautifully in the end.

Also I especially loved Ghuh'lolan observations of the Exoden's. Honestly it didn't become exciting until she visited. But Ghuh'lolan made many unique statements that had me using my brain for more than a hat holder. Aside from the one alien in the book, the humans were diverse in there manners and partners, though I wasn't sure about appearances as I mentioned. The story really became bogged down after a while but luckily the author has a soothing writing style and I was still able to finish.

It's beautiful how you are still within the universe but seeing it from different characters in each book of the series. So just because I didn't love this story I'm still confident in the next one.

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