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A review by sleepey
Human Omega: Trapped in the Alien Jungle by Eileen Glass
4.5
The story picks up directly after "Discovered on the Slave Planet" - I'd recommend reading that first if you can (though there is a bit of catch-up exposition at the start so you wouldn't be totally lost)
Our main trio spends the first half of the book surviving in the jungle while trying to get to know each other a little better. The language barrier is promoted to main villain status here. There's some lovely worldbuilding as they travel further & come across remnants of civilisation that had to be abandoned when the bugs invaded.
I'll spoiler tag the 2nd half but still not going into specifics:
They end up meeting more of Siel's people & being taken to stay at a military outpost. I was kind of dreading this shift from the very intimate, isolated survival adventures to more broad relationship drama & interpersonal conflict, but of course the author handles it really well. The barracks are small & remote so they're not quite "home" yet, giving everyone a chance to ease into the new status quo.
According to the author's note at the back, she was considering ending the series here, & I'm very glad that didn't happen because I love spending time with these characters. Plus the way it ends would have been absolutely infuriating without a follow-up!!
Our main trio spends the first half of the book surviving in the jungle while trying to get to know each other a little better. The language barrier is promoted to main villain status here. There's some lovely worldbuilding as they travel further & come across remnants of civilisation that had to be abandoned when the bugs invaded.
I'll spoiler tag the 2nd half but still not going into specifics:
According to the author's note at the back, she was considering ending the series here, & I'm very glad that didn't happen because I love spending time with these characters. Plus the way it ends would have been absolutely infuriating without a follow-up!!