Review: Very interesting concept
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 5, 2012
While I enjoyed this novel (truly a novel...the length is 450+pages), I was upset the author didn't see it necessary or important to have it edited.  The alien species is Derf, not Deft.  The planet they discovered was Providence not Provinance.  There are a great number of sentences that are missing words and misspelled sound-alike words, or words that appear to have been auto-corrected wrong.  I wouldn't complain about it except there were quite a few of them.The redeeming factor is the story is good enough to ignore what appears to be a first draft instead of a finished product.  I loved the premise, the plot, and the interaction between all of the characters.  The author obviously put a great deal of thought into the consequences involved in a species-species adoption (spelled adaption many times in the book) as well as the societal differences between humans and aliens.  I originally knocked two stars off for editing, but the book is still above average as it is, so I give it 4 stars and still recommend it as a good read.