Deceiver (Foreigner, #11)
by C.J. Cherryh (Author), Daniel Thomas May (Narrator)
It was ok. We are still dealing with the repercussions of the uprising against Tabini-aiji. Bren returns to his home at the coast, where he is reunited with Toby and Barb. Cajeiri runs off to be with Bren and Ilisidi follows. Rebels have infiltrated the neighbourhood and they all end up in another violent conflict.
A bit of a middle book, with a touch too much filler. Yes, there is the shooting and the kidnapping—very exciting!—, but the rest is a bit same-old-same-old. When will the aliens arrive?
One of the perks of this book are the relationships, not only between humans and Atevi, but also between those conservative, planetary Atevi and Cajeiri & the modern Atevi who have been in space.
Not quite as good as Conspirator.
3.5/5 — 🚌🚌🚌½
Progress report: (links mostly lead to Goodreads)
- Foreigner #1 ⭐️⭐️☆☆☆
- Invader #2 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ My GR review
- Inheritor #3 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️☆ My GR review
- Precursor #4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️☆ My GR review
- Defender #5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️☆ My GR review
- Explorer #6 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ My GR review
- Destroyer #7 ⭐️⭐️⭐️☆☆ My GR review
- Pretender #8 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️☆ My lazy GR almost-no-review
- Deliverer #9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ My review
- Conspirator #10 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ My review
- Deceiver (Foreigner, #11) ⭐️⭐️⭐️½☆
- Betrayer (Foreigner #12) — planned for Dec/Jan ´24
Cathy's Reading Bonanza 
Seriously, those blogpost headlines are so much fun! 😀 And I see you’re going through the series, which is great – I wanted to read the Foreigner series once upon a time, but the length and the possibility of not enough female representation (is that correct?) kept me on the fence.
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Lol, yes, I am having fun with the headlines. The recent ones have all been quotes from the respective books.
We tackle a book every two months, which I do by well-done audio, its doable.
Female representation—well, there is more men than women and the MCs are male. There is Ilisidi, the grandmother of the current ruler and clan leader in her own right. There is Bren‘s ex Barb, very annoying at first… And there is his current bodyguard and friend-with-benefits… yes, could be more. She started writing those books in the 80s, so I tend to be lenient.
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