I enjoyed this book, to my immense surprise. I was impressed with the amount of worldbuilding the author was able to do given the book is so short, and none of it felt like I was being lectured. However, this book relied a little too heavily on the miscommunication trope for me (especially since Alex was supposed to be a highly skilled first contact specialist. It's also one of my most hated tropes—sorry not sorry). It also grated on me how much the nassa would not listen to Alex. Still, Alex and Saar were sweet. I would never interested in continuing the series to see where it goes.