Is anyone ever gonna see this? Given how hard it was to find this book, probably not. 

There were bits in here that were great. The way communicating with new species was addressed was genuinely very good. Unfortunately the plot is pretty sloppy. It drags and then a million things happen and then it drags again. It takes so long to actually get to Star ridge, it's wild. The conflict just,,,, doesn't happen after the life threatening trek. It's just a mess

The worst part of this book though is the romance between a sixteen year old girl and a 24 year old doctor. It's disgusting. He's incredibly manipulative. He tries to force her to get engaged so she can't leave him. Later he tries to talk her out of her dream career that she's really good at to go follow him around as a housewife. I hate it, every part of it sucks. Rip him out of the book entirely