Fluency

An Auspicious Beginning

I thought that this was a great start to a promising series. The characters were believable, though I had a hard time keeping some of them apart. The alien language was interesting, but I wasn't sure why a telepathic language wouldn't just translate directly to terms we know. Sure, there are aspects that don't have neat translations that would need new terms, but it always felt a bit odd. The hyper evolved squid was cool, and he's quite a character. It says something that he and I would be frenemies at best. I'm looking forward to more. It's been a long time since I've picked up a good science fiction read. And even longer since i picked up one in a series that I want to continue.