Last but not least, this is just Book One of what will presumably be a trilogy….ĭiscussion: One wonders (rhetorically) why so many YA authors have races of vampires, aliens, werewolves, and even angels decide that the best place for them to infiltrate and influence society is in high school. They seem way too anecdotal to be persuasive, however, given the treatment of the L’Eihran ambassadors and the history of violence on Earth. The author has Cara successfully defend the worth of humans by sharing tales of human kindness. (The school principal was “happier than a pigeon with a French fry.” When Cara felt nervous it was “like she’d eaten a dozen Taco Bell double-decker burritos in one sitting.” To raise her grade point average, she was “sneaky as a senator.”) Fortunately, as the plot evolved, the prose settled down. The author’s use, in the beginning of the story, of bad metaphors was almost a deal-breaker of me. Aelyx has to explain a lot to her that shouldn’t need explaining, like about how big the universe is. The story would have been more subtle and persuasive had Aelyx had his same personality but with more alien features, and not necessarily so great looking.Ĭara is the school valedictorian, but doesn’t seem all that bright. In a fun side plot, Cara runs a blog, and her posts are interspersed throughout the text.Ĭara is a good character, and defends Aelyx out of integrity rather than lust, although we don’t have a chance to question whether or not she would behave in the same way if he weren’t “hot.”Ĭara has supportive, loving parents – a rarity in YA books! But as ecological devastation of the Earth accelerates, the Patriots blame the aliens, and the opposition turns deadly. At first, they just bully and harass Cara and her family and friends.
However, there are many on Earth who are terrified of these “others,” such as the growing membership of HALO, or Humans Against L’Eihr Occupation, also known as The Patriots of Earth.
Not only is he from a race with the same DNA as humans, but he is 18, and hot, hot, hot. In this case, 17-year-old Cara Sweeney doesn’t have much trouble falling for one of three L’eihran exchange students, Aelyx, who comes to stay with her family. This is yet another entry in the recent spate of books featuring earth girls having relationships with aliens.
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