The Stars Change

A contemplation of love and sex, both human and alien, and its many forms, The Stars Change explores the desires and motivations of a group of multispecies characters caught in the opening salvo of a xenophobic intergalactic war that they can do nothing about, or can they?

This short novel has an interesting style and I was moved by a number of passages. The varying types of relationships examined range the spectrum and were interesting to explore. Be forewarned that there is good amount of sex in this brief book and that it also ranges the spectrum. Most of it is found in memories or reflections and doesn't seem inappropriate. Even given the looming invasion, the very public sex scene that opens the book doesn't seem ill-fitting. But the closing scene, involving equally public yet tamer affections, seems out of place given the context of the preceding events, even if it is emotionally earned by the characters.