Review: Alien encounter anthology
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 1, 2014
This anthology will leave your emotions in a whirl. I loved everything about it, even the violence which I found true to life (I think that was the author's point). How can you have the yin without the yang?It's not everyday that I can be fooled by a plot. I usually figure out the endings far in advance. But not this one; it had twists and turns, blind sides and it made me gasp. I just love to be fooled, and it's rare I can be blind-sided like this.My second favourite book is one that contains creatures and this had them galore! An unusual surprise was the mixture of central characters of all races. Black, white, Latino and Muslim make up the cast of "'good guys." There are also plenty of "bad guys" in the three books, including the slimy Armonie and the despot husband of Netty's.I will mention one additional thing. I had a strange feeling of being uplifted and many of the chapters stayed with me long after I read them. The author had created memorable personalities that jump off the page. If you can handle the realism of our screwed up world and the magic and wonder of family love and loyalty, mixed in with two enigmatic and complex aliens, you will not want to miss this one.