Sci-if romance with a strong black female lead, sign me up every time!! One of the things that intrigues me most about science fiction is the character’s thought process and decisions on how best to survive. Carmella is alone, living in post apocalypse earth. She is strong and self sufficient and She seldomly allows herself to sit in the grief that she still feels for all that she has lost. Bilal is WILD, a free-spirited alien to say the least, he honestly reminds me of a male hippie alien version of Ariel from the The little mermaid :). I enjoyed watching Bilal mature and truly seek to gain understanding of Carmella. He started to take responsibilities for his mistakes and he found something live for, he found his purpose. This book takes you through of variety of emotions from curiosity, to sadness, grief, anger, and hope. Call me sentimental, but this book was inspired by an Olivia Butler novel and there’s just something about a black woman being inspired by another black woman that makes me smile.

Overall I really enjoyed this read and I plan on reading book two.