In Adrian Tchaikovsky's "Children of Ruin" the Humans and their allies the spider-like Portiids set out to investigate a signal they were receiving from a distant star system. The book flashes between two time periods, one when the Human terraformers first arrive into the system and the other when the Humans and the Portiids arrive. They find two planets, one terraformed by the Humans and another hiding a terrible secret released centuries ago.
I liked the first book and I liked the second book too. The life forms introduced in this series are interesting with varied societies and adaptations.
It took me a month and a half to read this book, not because it was long (it was) or uninteresting (it was interesting). I read when I go to bed. It's my unwinding time. Unfortunately I have had the urge to stay up later lately and this means when I start reading I am already a bit tired. The result is I only read a chapter or two (usually around one or two percent of the book) per day. At this rate I will not get anywhere close to the twenty books I set as a goal for myself this year.
I gave this book four stars out of five on Goodreads. I am looking forward to reading the third book in the series someday.
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