Karissa E. (ophelia99) reviewed on 8/18/2018 + 2527 more book reviews

This is the first book in the Sirantha Jax series. There are six books in this series and they have all been released. This was an okay book; I liked some of the witty banter between characters but didn't like some of the story elements and the way the main heroine constantly over-explained things.

I listened to this on audiobook and wasn't a huge fan of the narration. Duff has a high pitched voice that made Sirantha sound little-girl like. When Duff did male voices they were kind of shrill and I had to turn down the volume on the audiobook because the male voices physically hurt my ears. So, I wouldn't recommend listening to this on audiobook.

In general the ideas in here were pretty typical Sci-Fi. Jax has a special gene that basically lets her travel through Grimspace (Grimspace seems to be similar to worm holes)....Farscape anyone? Jax is struggling after her lover/pilot/guide was killed in a wreck that Jax was blamed for. She's been rescued by a rebel crew to serve as their Jumper; these rebels are trying to start up a group of non-corporate owned Jumpers so that they can move trade from corporate to more private.

Jax is an okay heroine; she is rash and makes a lot of the same poor decisions over and over. She also tends to state the obvious and over-explain things to the reader. The other characters were similarly flawed and I didn't really engage with any of them very well. Additionally I thought the way the story was tied up was a bit contrived and hokey.

Overall this was an okay, but not great, sci-fi novel. It's very urban fantasy in pace and tone and reuses a lot of sci-fi themes that have already been explored. I wasn't super engaged in it and don't plan on continuing the series.

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