Ahoy me mateys. It is time for this book to walk the plank . . .

This is a young adult sci-fi novel. It takes place on a nameless moon. There are two cultures on this moon – humans and the non-humans they call the Cheese (of all things). The book has a cool cover with a girl on a horse and a flying creature:

The cover made me interested in the novel because it has been a while since I read any space-related sci-fi, and I wanted to remedy that. If only this book was as fun as its cover. Overall, the humans’ community felt like a western town. Horses in space? Usually I will read anything that has horses in it. But the horses in the book could not help me suspend my disbelief. The Cheese lizard culture was even weirder.

I only finished this book because it was short (322 pages with large-ish font). The main character, Rae, had some good qualities, and I was entertained by the sister Temple. However, the plot was just too simple and unexciting. The history of the human colony and the other native communities was never really explained to my satisfaction. The tech of the planet seemed arbitrary. And the humans had an annoying version of a seemingly simple Christian-based religion. This book also seems to set itself up for a possible sequel. I will not partake.