Review: really enjoyed it,  such an interesting alien world!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 15, 2013
Often when m/m and science fiction/aliens meet,  the aliens lose out and it's just an m/m story in costume.  I love it when I find a book where the aliens actually feel alien.  Lynn Gala is rapidly becoming one of my favorite authors.  She has created a well thought out alien culture here and has some wonderful moments of cultural confusion between the linguist trader/soldier Liam and the alien Ondry. I liked the play around what the tail means and I really liked the ideas explored around rape and consent,  sexuality and submission.  This is not a long book,  I read it in one bite,  but it's a rich, dense read and I will definitely be rereading it.If you like alien encounters and you like m/m books,  you'll love this. (it's not quite as light hearted as the title seems to imply)