Review: Great Book!!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 6, 2013
I received a copy in exchange for an honest review.NayéLi has been on Earth for 400 plus years observing - Learning - about the planet Earth. She goes undetected from everyone due to her memory shield - that is until the bus accident. NayéLi is hurt but he is coming and it will change everything.Jared, a doctor, was on his way to fill in at the Red Pine Hospital Emergency Room when a bus sped past him. Shortly he hears the breaks squeal and the sounds of crumpling metal and snapping trees.  Jared was the first to the scene.  He comes across the most beautiful woman he has ever seen. Another first responder reaches Jared and asks about the woman. She was dead, so they moved her body gently off to the side. After helping everyone Jared could, he makes his way back up the hill. As he passes the spot where the woman was - she was no longer there.Jared can't keep the woman from his mind; he asked the other first responder about her. He doesn't recall moving the woman. The news reports 2 dead, not 3. Jared is puzzled by this for weeks; until one day he sees her! She had been dead -  he personally checked her at the scene. There is no way she could have survived those injuries.NayéLi has always followed the rules and never interfered with humans. But Jared proves to be different. He REMEMBERS her! She tries her best to stay away from Jared, but he seems to keep finding her. Eventually, NayéLi breaks the rules and interacts with Jared. She realizes that Jared did change everything.The first thing I noticed when reading The Learner was the alien terms.  I had thought, "Oh Boy!" To be honest, Alan does very good incorporating the terms so you know the meaning and eventually you learn them as well. It adds a nice touch to the alien aspect of the book.Alan does a wonderful job of building the characters and I enjoyed the 2 person view of the book - NayéLi and Jared. NayéLi changes throughout the book so I found myself enjoying the parts of the book from her point of view the best.The Learner is the first book I have read with aliens so I was very surprised how much I loved this book! I can not wait till book 2! I would like to leave you with a small excerpt that really stayed with me:"I nod, wiping my cheeks. "Remember me, baby.""I'll never forget you."Oh yes, you will."