Review: Surprisingly Touching
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 20, 2013
I'm surprised how much I liked this book. I don't generally read sci fi, so take that into account, but I thought the author did a pretty good job of imagining and then conveying the Rownt world. Enough so that I wanted more detail. She definitely could, and probably should, have expanded on the interesting tidbits about language and culture. At 104 pages the book's too short especially at the price.But all is forgiven because the relationship between Liam and Ondry is so touching. At first I was put off by the idea of a seven foot tall,lipless, purple, alien with incompatible-with-humans genetalia being a love interest but Ondry was just so lovable in his desire to possess, protect and understand wounded Liam that I got over it quickly. Thankfully, Liam's not a swooning damsel in distress. And he's so hot for Ondry! The author just makes it work. The writing's a little clunky and it's too damn short but I really enjoyed the book. I even read it twice.