Paul

Its ok, but but it becomes clear very quickly that all problems will be solved - so there's no real feeling of jeopardy.

And Grace's relationship with rocky beggars belief. Adrian Tchaikovsky's Children of Time and the film Arrival do a much better job of first contact communication

Very deep and thought provoking.  Asks interesting questions.

Save your time.  Not a patch off the first book and the romance plot is just delusional

The first two books in the collection are decent, but save yourselves some time and don't read the rest. To say is was a struggle to finish would be an understatement.