I am an instant fan of this author! What an experience this was- I devoured this book, looking forward to the time of day I could sit down and dive in. I loved that the world building was complex but understandable. The main and side characters were all varied and complex and the pace was fast enough to keep my interest but I still felt able to explore the themes as they unfurled.

Thank you for this book, I look forward to working my way through other titles from this author!

This is quite a hard book to rate. Some parts of this were really good, others fell quite flat for me.
What I loved was the beginning and ending. They were chilling and satisfying and the only part of this story that I would consider horror.
The middle of the book on the other hand felt like a completely different book.
There’s a lot of introspection from our main character Stasia about who she is, who she loves and where her allegiances lie. But it all felt very repetitive. We spend a lot of time going over the same ideas just set in different situations as the invasion gets closer and closer.
The story is full of social and cultural commentary about immigration, climate change and colonialism.
Nature vs Nurture is another very heavy theme in the book and the ending gives us an interesting conclusion to which one wins out in this story.

I think this is a book that will stay with me because the things it did well, it did really well, I just wish the middle had been more fast paced and less repetitive.

Thank you to Daphne Press and Netgalley for the eARC!

I never thought I’d be rooting (excellent pun given the contents of this book) for the alien invaders but Grant has done it. A beautifully moving story meditating nature of humanity and found family with a surprising amount of humour given the subject matter. I can’t recommend this book enough.

Omg where do I start? This book was so good I couldn't stop reading it for a second. So so good. I rated it 5 stars because it's THAT good. I recommend everyone to read this book as fast as they can.