Luray was a risky pick for me, not only is it a book that was not published too long ago it was also a sci-fi novel, and for anyone who knows me, you know I’m not a Sci-fi fan.

I’m not entirely sure what the plot of this book is, but it follows our main character 31 year old Luray, who from what I gathered is kind of like an investigator dealing with criminals all over space ( because yes you can now travel through space, how cool) For her new task she gets set an assignment where she has to research this new civilisation and convince people that they do not pose a threat to human civilisation. As the story progresses we very quickly realise this is far from this truth, and that this new civilisation is a lot more advanced than we think.

I loved Luray, she is incredibly sassy and smart. It was fascinating reading about the different situations she was put in and her reasoning behind what she did. I also really liked the character of Kailioon, he is a great representation of a fair leader, he is full if life and lets be real I like a bit of a cocky bad boy

This book poses a lot of questions in regards to humanity and how we make certain decisions. Would you kill 1 person to save 15 others? It asks the reader to think about good and evil and why we consider some actions to be better then others. It also looks at the idea of rulers and whether too much control over human beings can be damaging, after all is free will and the idea of self expression not something that makes humans, so human? Take those away and we become robots!

So for all my sci-fi nerds, and anyone who likes some good ol philosophical questions being asked in their books then this novel just may be for you!