I received a free e-copy from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

This book requires a serious suspension of belief in just about every field, I believe. However this pretty much matches up to the feeling the description gave me so it was not a surprise.

I am not typically an alien invasion person, but there are not nearly as many trans books or main autistic characters as I would like, and this one fulfilled both concepts. While it is not my favorite book, I think it was an enjoyable experience outside my normal reading preferences.

As an autistic person myself, I mostly understood how Denver (any, prefers xe/xem/xyr) was feeling in regard to xyr social interactions and sensory issues. This made it very frustrating when reading how other people reacted to xem, especially Ezra (he/him). I personally often had to work really hard to understand why Ezra especially was upset by something Denver said. Maybe a neurotypical person would understand more, or if I read it from Ezra's pov, but personally a lot of the misunderstanding was more unbelievable to me than an alien landing in a small town.

However, I was happy with how it ended and the way things come together and grow. The pacing was occasionally a bit off and it was a tad confusing, but I think this is a good edition to sci-fi books.

Side note, I included character pronouns to make it easier for understanding, as well as to reflect neopronouns are used in this book, as it is especially hard to find main characters using neopronouns.