A read that didn’t delve into the world presented or the alien culture. Our main protagonist, Keira, is put-on trial for dismembering her step father. Unknown to the jurors or the public, the Keira’s step father has been abusing her sister at night and catching him Keira attacks him. The sentence is to work on a far off planet in a coed prison. 

 

While in prison she befriends an alien, Ylur,  that protects her but she doesn’t understand his language. After Ylur leads a riot and plans to escape she follows him and learns that he is not a prisoner but a native to the planet. The protagonist learns that her escape turns into captivity relatively quickly after Ylur’s elders voice their concern with her witnessing their homeland. 

 

Overall, this book is a quick read that focuses on the relationship of Keira and her alien Ylur. The storyline regarding the colonization of Ylur’s planet fizzles out and we’re left with a happily every after.