I read this years ago, as a young adult, and it remains one of my ultimate favourite reads.

It's not my favorite of Cherry's works. However, it is still way better than the run-of-the-mill science fiction novel. It has strong characters, thoughtful world building, and plot that makes sense and is unified. You don't see that everywhere.

This might have been the first Cherryh I read. An absorbing, excellent read.

I did not know this was a 3rd book in a series, but from what I read it seems it doesn't matter. This should have been a quick read, but I read two books in the middle of this one. Most of the book is just following a confused human child being raised by an alien and not being properly communicated to. The end made a lot of sense and I did like the ending, it made the rest of the book make more sense. I probably won't reread this book in the future. This was the first book by this author I have read, but I won't judge on this one book. In the future I'll try to come back to this author and give them another try, but with a different title. Their books always seem to have interesting plots.

Thorn reminded me a lot of Bren from the Foreigner series, which was pleasant!