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Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 19, 2021
*I received an ecopy of this book via NetGalley. This has not influenced my review.*
This was a decent story about aliens living among us on Earth with some action, some danger, and a hint at romance. The POVs were well-written and all felt different, and Chase's stood out the most. The book just wasn't really for me though.
I disliked Chase, not because of his criminal activity or sarcasm or rule breaking, but because of how he treated Avery for most of the book. He kept saying things to her that I think he thought were compliments, but to me they just sounded vaguely (or not so vaguely) condescending and like his mindset was, "I'm a man and you're a woman, therefore you should want my approval, so I'm going to give it to you in bits and pieces to keep you wanting more." Which is fine, characters don't have to be perfect people, but it still hindered my enjoyment some. Eventually his compliments and kindness did start to seem more genuine at least. And even if I didn't like him much, I found him believable and his POV somewhat interesting.
Avery was the opposite: likeable enough---pretty, kind, smart---but not super interesting.
Some things were a bit silly, like when the aliens panicked because, "He heard us speaking our home language! He's going to know we're different!" But they were just speaking Latin.
There was a lot about ADHD since both the main character and the author have it, and I enjoyed learning about that and seeing through that perspective.
Overall, I had some issues and never got super hooked, but it wasn't a bad story, the main character felt believable, and others may enjoy it more.
*Rating: 2.5 Stars // Read Date: 2021 // Format: Ebook via TTS*
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This was a decent story about aliens living among us on Earth with some action, some danger, and a hint at romance. The POVs were well-written and all felt different, and Chase's stood out the most. The book just wasn't really for me though.
I disliked Chase, not because of his criminal activity or sarcasm or rule breaking, but because of how he treated Avery for most of the book. He kept saying things to her that I think he thought were compliments, but to me they just sounded vaguely (or not so vaguely) condescending and like his mindset was, "I'm a man and you're a woman, therefore you should want my approval, so I'm going to give it to you in bits and pieces to keep you wanting more." Which is fine, characters don't have to be perfect people, but it still hindered my enjoyment some. Eventually his compliments and kindness did start to seem more genuine at least. And even if I didn't like him much, I found him believable and his POV somewhat interesting.
Avery was the opposite: likeable enough---pretty, kind, smart---but not super interesting.
Some things were a bit silly, like when the aliens panicked because, "He heard us speaking our home language! He's going to know we're different!" But they were just speaking Latin.
There was a lot about ADHD since both the main character and the author have it, and I enjoyed learning about that and seeing through that perspective.
Overall, I had some issues and never got super hooked, but it wasn't a bad story, the main character felt believable, and others may enjoy it more.
*Rating: 2.5 Stars // Read Date: 2021 // Format: Ebook via TTS*
More Reviews @ Metaphors and Moonlight (link in profile)
