Review: Definitely worth a read!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 8, 2014
First thing to say is that I am really not a fan of the sci-fi genre; but here I will definitely make an exception and any non sci-fi fans I suggest you do to! I always love being able to read a series in a single box set as it means that the tension doesn’t let up and it keeps your attention throughout and that is really important when trying to empathise and build up your understanding of the characters. But before I get ahead of myself firstly, a little plot summary! In the first book we meet the adorable alien Baby, who although a little scratched due to this bumpy landing on earth. When he lands he meets Nettie, a woman suffering from a life plagued by domestic violence and Will, who is trying to fight for his new families safety.  Baby’s mission is to see whether humankind has the compassion or ability to change their evil ways; but after observing the terrible actions that humankind make he starts to wonder whether humans are capable of really looking over their planet at all! We then suddenly skip forward into the future 200 years and meet Baby’s sister Echo; unlike her Baby, she was not hurt or damaged in the landing and therefore starts on her mission to get humans working together and on the program or they must be exterminated! However, like her sibling before her Echo falls for a human family; will she be able to separate herself from them and save them? Will she be allowed to? Read through the stories and learn not only of the alien species but also gain the message of how terribly we are ruining our own gift, the planet.Now onto the good bit, my best bits! One of the first things to note is the level of writing is brilliant. The description that J K Accinni puts in is very distinct but makes the reader really think and intake what the author is trying to portray to the reader, which is really brilliant. You can tell from the writing style that this is a problem close to the author’s heart and this means that she is extremely insightful and it allows the reader to really get inside the character’s heads and understand their emotions, which isn’t easy to do! This also means that it is extremely easy to emote with the characters and therefore find yourself being drawn deeply into the story, which is really lovely! It is easy to see that the author really puts her heart and soul into this book and it really shows! This book is definitely worth a read, sci-fi fan or not!