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Children of Ruin, Adrian Tchaikovsky. Finished this, it was nifty -- so many life forms! so much uploading! Also ends with a sequel hook, so I hope there will be another book (with corvids?).
Imaginary Numbers, Seanan McGuire. This is also a series whose worldbuilding is all about different species and types of life-form learning how to coexist (or not), except that that the worldbuilding here is grounded in the urban fantasy/superhero genres. The protagonist of this book is Sarah, who's from the species of telepathic mathematician humanoid wasps, who are also generally antisocial and can use their telepathy to manipulate people into taking care of them. Not actually much math in this book, but also nothing cringeworthy other than including 1 as a prime number (really, couldn't the author have gotten a fact-checker!).
The first half of the book was a big Price family reunion, which was entirely charming and included Sarah and her incubus love interest finally getting together after years of mutual pining of the "he/she only loves me because I'm of a species designed to make humans love me! sort. Then plot happened, Sarah became less relatable, and we got a new POV. The book ends on a cliffhanger, which will be resolved in the sequel, called Calculated Risks, though I'm not convinced that any of the many risks taken by the Price family members (Sarah included) have even been calculated. Fortunately they have the plot watching out for them so that they never actually have to permanently sacrifice their love interest/family to save the world or vice versa. (McGuire does claim that this series is a Greek tragedy, but if so it's a very slow-acting one.)
Imaginary Numbers, Seanan McGuire. This is also a series whose worldbuilding is all about different species and types of life-form learning how to coexist (or not), except that that the worldbuilding here is grounded in the urban fantasy/superhero genres. The protagonist of this book is Sarah, who's from the species of telepathic mathematician humanoid wasps, who are also generally antisocial and can use their telepathy to manipulate people into taking care of them. Not actually much math in this book, but also nothing cringeworthy other than including 1 as a prime number (really, couldn't the author have gotten a fact-checker!).
The first half of the book was a big Price family reunion, which was entirely charming and included Sarah and her incubus love interest finally getting together after years of mutual pining of the "he/she only loves me because I'm of a species designed to make humans love me! sort. Then plot happened, Sarah became less relatable, and we got a new POV. The book ends on a cliffhanger, which will be resolved in the sequel, called Calculated Risks, though I'm not convinced that any of the many risks taken by the Price family members (Sarah included) have even been calculated. Fortunately they have the plot watching out for them so that they never actually have to permanently sacrifice their love interest/family to save the world or vice versa. (McGuire does claim that this series is a Greek tragedy, but if so it's a very slow-acting one.)