Review: Think Spanish western...vice aliens
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 11, 2014
Hmmm... glad to see there is a follow up to this one, because the ending was a bit..abrupt. And think more Spanish western than sci-fi aliens...This story was a Fantasy January Pick-It-For-Me BOM, and i actually put it off for a bit, as i couldnt tell from the blurb if i was going to be able to get into it. But, this one had me going in circles and kept me on my toes, and I enjoyed it, surprisingly, more than I thought I would. I was forced to concentrate, and had to get rid of distractions to stay in the story.It took work trying to understand what was going on. Its not a lightweight read, most definitely. And the world-building/ set-up of the Santuarion society was very fascinating, even down to the differe ces n climate. There's a lot of politics and violence, and I cringed and flinched for Alex sooo much! I was really starting to hate Luiz, grrrrr!I like the way the authors dealt with the MCs fumbling through their way of communicating...or not. Was very believable. And the preconceived ideas of how their different worlds, ideas of family, connection. Or lack of in Alex's case, and what it meant as far as coping skills. Alex had to be so very lonely.I really liked both MCs, and didn't actually expect to when I started reading. I only figured it out in closing *smile* And the way bits of some form of Spanish was used as the Santuarion's language was interesting..and I actually saw Bengt as a big ol' Swede or Norwegian LOL.This book dealt very well with prejudices, and the idea of hope. I would definitely recommend it as a good read, but think it can't be fully appreciated unless you follow up with the next in the series. Which, of course, I have to get now *waiting for word of release date, impatiently*