I was so pleasantly surprised by this wonderful love story. It was genuine, had perfect flow, and the world building was truly fascinating. I am a huge SciFi nerd, along the likes of 90s/00s Star Trek, Stargate, et cetera, so I’m more about that perfect balance of character building, futurism, cultural study, and romance. This checked all my boxes! As a nonbinary individual, it was great having a nonbinary character who played an important role, not to mention, the interesting anatomical sex and binary gender role differences.
Ann Aguirre did such fantastic work developing a culture and societal structure. I’m so excited to read the second book that I received for free for signing up for her mailing list. I really hope we hear more from Beryl and Zylar in the future. I love them! I would love to know what happens next for them!