High school senior Cara Sweeney gets more than she bargained for when she agrees to participate in Earth's first intergalactic high school exchange program.
High-school senior Cara Sweeney gets more than she bargained for when she agrees to participate in Earth's first intergalactic high-school exchange program. The plot contains profanity, sexual situations, and violence. Book #1
I liked this book a lot more than I thought I would. So many good things. The premise, although not entirely original, was done very well. Cara is selected for a scholarship/exchange program, where a student from an alien planet will live with her family on Earth for the school year and she will will live with him, on his home planet the following year. Once Aelyx arrives, Cara's life is turned upside down. We get a blend of teenage politics, social commentary, prejudice and media antics, which was very interesting. However, for me, the love story is most central. Watching Cara and Aelyx getting to know one another and seeing their friendship bloom kept me turning the page. I fell in love with Cara and Aelyx, as well as, CaraAndAelyx. Landers did such a wonderful job getting us into their heads and describing their worlds. I am more than eager to read the next book.
