Lorelei's Reviews > Emergence

In Book 3 of Eclipsed Evolution, things have started to heat up. The world has been made aware of the Neighbor’s existence, and not everyone is thrilled or thinks we can trust them. And with good reason – it turns out there’s more history between the Neighbors and Earth than we know. In fact, even most of the Neighbors don’t know about their own past. We’ve been told they’re only visiting Earth to try and save their dying planet and ecosystem, but it turns out the truth is something much different.

Renee is finally forced to admit to herself and August that she is seemingly able to use some of the Neighbor’s magic abilities. That’s not something they want either humans OR Neighbors to know, and the consequences could be severe.

There’s some predictable bits, some very satisfying bits, and some very worrying bits – this definitely isn’t a trilogy. I don’t know how long it’s going to go, but I am very curious to see what happens next. So far the majority of the action has been on Earth, with brief interludes on the Neighbors world. This is setting up the next book to have some major action on their world, and I’m looking forward to seeing more of their society and how things are managed there. It seems to be very corporate in structure – explains the corruption! – but I’d like to see more about how their people function day to day, and get some more world building there.

As with the first two this is very light sci-fi, very fast paced, and a great choice for people new to sci-fi who tend to prefer fantasy. We’ve got some very light romance, but no spice, and the romance definitely isn’t the focus. This one clocks in at 192 pages so a bit heftier than the first two, but still perfect for a quick little read.