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Xenophilia and Diversity: My two favorite things!

Against my better judgement skills (and time constraints), I desperately wanted my first post to be on a book that I've wanted to read for a very long time, Lilith's Brood . Personally, I expected something vastly different than what I read. Lilith's Brood tends to be spoken of among different circles and after finally having a chance to read it, I immediately jumped on it. To start off, while I felt that Lilith's reactions were more than realistic for most people, I'm not gonna lie, I was hoping for some serious alien sex. Instead though, Lilith spends a majority of the book rather upset about her current situation, working solely to escape it. And don't get me wrong, that's normal, but maybe it's my love of anthropology mixed with aliens, but I would've adored that kind of opportunity. So much language and culture if you're simply willing to take the time and learn it; but of course, every character encountered (living) take no interest what