Aliens meets Breakfast Club ;)
595108
Great sci-fi flick, with flashback to the 90s with these up and coming actors. Fun movie!
1715217
This is an absolutely awesome, cute and funny book.  If you are an Aliens fan, I would recommend this book.

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I like the premise of this story very much.  Aelyx is from an alien world with technology and space travel better than our own.  They are humanoid without all the messy emotions and discovered us and wanted to develop trade and some sort of exchange.  It was decided that three young people would visit earth and attend earth high schools.  They could study us and we would have a chance to study them with an eye toward building peaceful relations.  They gave us the cure for cancer as an added incentive.  Aelyx came to live with Cara in her small town in America.  A girl went to France and another boy went to China.  Cara receives a scholarship to college plus a year exchange at the other planet.  Aelyx is pretty much a dud at first.  Cara is expected to give interviews and she blogs about the new culture and Aelyx.  Cara takes her job seriously and constantly tries to make his life easier and teach him social cues.  There is a great scene where Cara tries to make a dish from his home world using local grains.  Our food is too spicy for Aelyx and he is living off crackers and dietary supplements.  Cara is not much of a cook and burns the flatbread she is making.  Aelyx is touched that she went to so much trouble and remembers that honesty is not always the best policy.  He attempts to eat the burnt mess and Cara punks him good by telling him she will make it for him everyday.  The horror that comes over his face makes a great scene.  She finally gets her mom to make a pot roast for him.  Her mom's pot roast is normally so bland that Aelyx is able to eat it.

Cara's mom was cured of her cancer by the aliens and she is glad to face the prejudice of the towns people in gratitude.  As Cara is shunned by everyone, loses her boyfriend and best friend, she and Aelyx become closer.  Aelyx and his friends have another agenda and the anti-Alien  movement becomes more crazed.  Can Cara and Aelyx maintain a relationship with so much turmoil and prejudice on both sides.  I like the concept, but the writing was not in the league of writers like Maggie Stiefvater.  There were a lot of plot points that did not work and it wrapped up things to quickly to aim for the next book in the series.  I enjoyed this book and I think it is worth a read, but not enough to buy the next book.  The price point of the next book is $9.99 for a Kindle edition and Ms. Landers does not write a good enough book to warrant that amount.  Her blurb for the next book scatters as well.  Ms. Landers is a $2.99 quality author, but this book is clever.  I would definitely read her work in the future.
1474526
I enjoyed this sci-fi techno thriller. I read the full edition not the Classroom edition. It was entertaining and different than previous sci fi books Ive read. I would even bet my 14 year old would love it too (although he gets the classroom version)! Really no sex although it is known to take place. Im looking forward to the next one!
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After all the talks about the Daemon invasion, I had to try this book. This is my first time reading Armentrouts books and I definitely enjoyed her writing style. This book was cute in that Katy was a book blogger. She has scenes where shes talking about typing up and Waiting on Wednesday and doing a VLOG post for her IMM. I liked Katy as a character, she was different, shes not your typical heroine. Since shes typically quiet and a book nerd  you wouldnt think that she would have such backbone and be kind of a bad ass. Shes not afraid to stick up for herself, shes sarcastic (which I love), funny and witty.

The day my Internet was hooked up was better than having a hot guy check out my butt and ask for my phone number. Since it was Wednesday, Id typed  up a quick Waiting on Wednesday post for my blog featuring this YA book about a hot boy with a killer touch  cant go wrong there  apologizing for my extended absence, responded to comments, and stalked a few blogs I loved. It was like coming home. -Katy

Daemon is her new next door neighbor, he is also the brother of her new friend Dee. Daemon and Katy start off rough, hes kind of mean and rude, but Katy not exact sure why hes acting that way. An easy friendship sparks up between Katy and Dee. Dee is kind of girlie, sweet and very friendly.

Tension between Daemon and Katy doesnt end when school begins. There is a scene where Ash, Daemons on again off again girlfriend, is extremely rude to Katy in school and embarrasses the heck out of her. Daemon also gets in and becomes rude to Katy. This scene was written so well, that I felt so embarrassed for Katy that I wanted to kill Ash AND Daemon. I was raging inside, I could only imagine if I was in that situation. I never would have spoken to any of them again, butthe book goes on. LOL Shes better than me.

Throughout most of this book, I keep having the feeling that it was really similar to I am Number Four by Pittacus Lore. Tell me if anyone else thought the same thing. The major similarity was the heroine being a good looking alien, but also their races names are kind of similar (Lux vs Lorien), they have super powers, and are being chasing down by another enemy alien race. I will definitely say this though, I thoroughly enjoyed this book far more than I did I am Number Four.

Daemon drove me nuts through most of this book, I was starting to feel whiplash, kind of like Katy. He was hot, he was cold, he was sweet, he was rude. You never knew what person he was going to be at any given moment. His softer side was definitely swoon worthy. Ive said it before and Ill say it again, I have a HUGE weakness for men with green eyes.

Ive always found that the most beautiful people, truly beautiful inside and out, are the ones that are quietly unaware of their effect. His eyes searched mine intently, and for a moment we stood there toe to toe. The ones who throw their beauty around, waste what they have? Their beauty is only passing. Its just a shell hiding nothing but shadows and emptiness. -Daemon

Armentrout found a new fan in me. The hot and steamy scenes in this book give me just a taste of hopefully more to come. I cant wait to find out what happens between Daemon and Katy. She now has a connection with Daemon (I don't want to spoil as to why) and Im curious as to how this will pan out. I didn't give this a 5 skull rating, because even though I really liked this book, Daemon pissed me off a little too.  -_-

Great new series for YA/borderline adult readers. There is quite a bit of cursing in this book to be totally YA for me. Definitely 16+ age group.

Review as originally posted at Readers Confession, [...]
2790428
I enjoyed this immensely. I think the end was something that you don't see much. Aliens view of man=indifference lol.
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Could easily be an X-Files government conspiracy episode in space.  Surprisingly entertaining for a story without many subplots.  The universe it takes place in seems pretty interesting, and I'm looking forward to reading the other books by Cherryh set in this universe.
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After about five pages into this book, I thought this was not my kind of book.  Here I am, 65 years old, and Im reading about a bunch of 5-year old aliens going to school!  Then I told myself, OK, just put the book down.  Yet when I actually stopped reading for the night, I shockingly realized I was already fifty percent through the book!  Where had the time gone?  I read fast, but only when Ive got a very, very good book.  So, after finishing the book, I can assure you this book is good, very good.

The author has created a very detailed view of an alien tribe going through the normal process of growing young people in to contributing adults.  While they are alien, we never get a really clear picture of what a Goolian looks like.  They do act like all very young children who seem to want to one-up each other at every chance they get.  They also are quick to pounce on anyone thats just slightly different from the rest.  Young kids do it today in our society, but these alien Little Ones are a little different in that they are also training to fight, at 5 years of age, no less!  I found the interaction among this group of very young female aliens to be very, very interesting because it seemed so very plausible.  Youll read in the story where these Little Ones are told that they have to contribute to the good of the tribe by determining their worth in learning (school), working (mostly in the fields), and in fighting (usually, but not always, at the Sparring Field).

I like the way the author pits two of these very young girls against each other while at the same time making them best friends.  That happens in real life.  Everyone is measuring themselves against the person next to them whether by conscious act or not.  These kids do the same thing, even to the point of ostracizing one that isn't developing like every one else.  Alytchai or Aly for short, and Cattalice or Catty for short,  are best friends, but also very competitive in just about everything.  These two Little Ones look forward to the day they can take their Evaluations which is a test to see who has learned, worked and fought well enough to be worth something to the tribe.  Unfortunately, young Aly has a serious shortcoming that will stay with her for life.  How she handles this is very interesting considering she is the only one that doesnt know about her condition.  And her condition could lead to the death of anyone around here in mere seconds!

So, is this book just for young people?  Absolutely not.  I don't think young people would understand some of the lessons that these young aliens are teaching themselves.  I don't think any of our young people at same the age as these aliens would have the maturity to go through what these Goolians have to go through.  We just don't have that kind of a society.  Maybe we should.  The author has a great imagination.  I cant image what its like to begin developing a completely different alien society and describe the interactions like is done in this book.  I guess thats why Im a reader and not a writer!

Oh, did I say I thought about not reading this book after the first 5 pages?  Well, forget that; Ive already bought the second book in the series!
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I'm not usually a fan of sci-fi and certainly not sci-fi that includes aliens. That said, this is one of the best books I've read this year. To both authors, congratulations on a terrific book! Hope you have another joint project planned-you are an awesome team.
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Who would ever believe it?? Aliens in cahoots with humans.......a small group of UFO believers who sky watch and blog about what they see is targeted by the aliens. But what happens when they get too vocal??
Unlike anything else I have ever read. Fantastically addictive reading
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I am a die hard Aliens fan. Im impressed. Points for mention of miss Amanda herself!! I own the Isolation game so when I saw that this follows the Isolation timeline, I had to have it!!
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I liked this one a lot. Really intriguing hook -- yeah, humans customized by resident aliens! What's not to like, especially because the customization is so very cool. This would probably make a good classroom choice. The MC is a teenaged solider with a messed-up family and relatable doubts & frustrations about living up to expectations. There are also nice, meaty underlying questions about things like duty, identity, forgiveness. At heart though, it's a cracking good read. Highly recommended.
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If only our first encounter with an extraterrestrial could be with an altruistic and generous refugee. The enforced nap and geology lesson were engaging. Of all the scenes I have read this one is very uncommon and entertaining. Good read.
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Almost as good as dragging a cheese grater across your forehead. It does feature an alien Dominatrix!
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I really enjoyed this book - didn't want to put it down.  Creative idea - a new slant on aliens living among the people of earth.  The characters, both Attal and Terra, were fun to get to know.  Looking forward to the next one in the series.
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So I wasn't really sure what I would think about an alien romance, at least he looks human and isn't a different color. :) He is just from a different planet and a space pirate.

So Rafe thinks Earth is a space pirates dream because of all the goodies he can get and sell off in space. He orders things and they are delivered by the sexy and cute Emma whom he loves to tease and she has no idea he is an alien, until some ruffians come after him and they have to make a getaway in his ship.

Emma can't believe she is in a space ship, and there are aliens and people chasing them. It's all a lot to take in, especially being all alone up in space with one sexy space pirate.

Of course, it wouldn't be a Langlais book without some sort of mystery that will go from one book to the next probably. Rafe has a lot of secrets and they might be catching up to him. Emma is in for one heck of a ride.

Like all of Eve Langlais's books it is full of laugh out load moments and a bit of suspense surrounding the ending which makes you want to dive right into Sinner to see what is going to happen.

Not my favorite series of hers but it was fun and low key and I really needed that as I have been having some reading duds lately. :)
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I don't know about you guys, but damn that was an SPECTACULAR book! By far my favorite alien book. It has everything I want to read, Romance, Supernatural, some Action, and HOT GUYS! I literally could NOT put it down it took me about 3 hours to read, and I read it without any breaks, except bathroom breaks, of course!
  I don't understand why people wouldn't like these aliens, they aren't trying to murder you everyday, be grateful!