Showing posts with label SPACE. Show all posts
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Friday, July 13, 2012

PUG REVIEW: WANDERLUST BY ANN AGUIRRE

WANDERLUST (SIRANTHA JAX #2) BY ANN AGUIRRE
                                               
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Sirantha Jax doesn’t take chances…she jumps at them…

Sirantha Jax is a “Jumper,” a woman who possesses the unique genetic makeup needed to navigate faster than light ships through grimspace. Jax has worked for the Farwan Corporation her entire career. But now the word’s out that the Corp deliberately crashed a passenger ship, and their stranglehold on intergalactic commerce has crumbled—which means that Jax is out of a job.

She’s also broke, due to being declared dead a little prematurely. So when the government asks her to head up a vital diplomatic mission, Jax takes it. Her mandate: journey to the planet Ithiss-Tor and convince them to join the Conglomerate.

But Jax’s payday is light years away. First, she’ll have to contend with Syndicate criminals, a stormy relationship with her pilot, man-eating aliens, and her own grimspace-weakened body. She’ll be lucky just to make it to Ithiss-Tor alive…


  • Genre: sci-fi, young adult, 16+
  • Chapters: 55
  • Pages: 312
  •  Published August 26th 2008 by Ace
 
Paws rating:

Key points: Aliens, war, space, female heroine, sexual content 

In short: Another great, fast pace, action packed, heart wrenching book

 
Ginny’s review:

Wanderlust is the second instalment in the Sirantha Jax series and it just as feisty as Grimspace and I loved every minute of Sirantha new adventure.

This adventure is very emotional for Sirantha with her past coming to haunt in ways she could never imagined and this plotline leaves the readers shocked and surpirsed when the cloaked is finally removed and we finally find out who plan and started the mishaps that occurred in Sirantha attempt to complete the job she has been given at the beginning of this book, I also believe this was a great and interesting way to learn more about Sirantha before she was kidnapped off of the psych ward way back in Grimspace. 

This new adventure takes us far across the galaxy with Sirantha and her beloved crew mates March, Diana and a host of new crew mates that they pick up on the way. Each characters is made memorable and loved and hated for all the right reasons, the author has done a great job of making her characters very 3D with also leaving plenty of room for development.
The readers will also be shocked to find out what happens to March and Sirantha and I hope we hear more about this subject in the third book as this is left very open at the end of wanderlust.

This was a great fast paced read with unexpected twists and turns with an interesting plotline and lots of character development and change. A recommend read for anyone. Can’t wait to get my paws on book three Doubleblind.
Another thing I loved about this book was it use of the Wanderlust in the story, how many times can you find the title in the pages of this book?

OTHER BOOKS IN SIRANTHA JAX'S SERIES:
 Doubleblind (Sirantha Jax, #3) Killbox (Sirantha Jax, #4)Aftermath (Sirantha Jax, #5)
Endgame (Sirantha Jax, #6)  

HOPE YOU ALL ENJOYED THE REVIEW, SEE YOU NEXT TIME!
GINNY


Saturday, June 30, 2012

PUG REVIEW: GRIMSPACE BY ANN AGUIRRE

GRIMSPACE BY ANN AGUIRRE (SIRANTHA JAX SERIES) 1#
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)

                                         
Grimspace (Sirantha Jax, #1)                                                                             Blurb:
By all accounts, Sirantha Jax should have burned out years ago…

As the carrier of a rare gene, Jax has the ability to jump ships through grimspace—a talent which cuts into her life expectancy, but makes her a highly prized navigator for the Corp. But then the ship she’s navigating crash-lands, and she’s accused of killing everyone on board. It’s hard for Jax to defend herself: she has no memory of the crash.

Now imprisoned and the subject of a ruthless interrogation, Jax is on the verge of madness. Then a mysterious man breaks into her cell, offering her freedom—for a price. March needs Jax to help his small band of rogue fighters break the Corp monopoly on interstellar travel—and establish a new breed of jumper.

Jax is only good at one thing—Grimspace—and it will eventually kill her. So she may as well have some fun in the meantime…


  • Genre: sci-fi, action, young adult 16+
  • Pages: 312
  • Chapters: 53
 

Paw rating:

In short: An action packed fast read with a great group of characters.

Keywords:  sexual content, space, Aliens, female heroine, violence, romance

Ginny's (THE PUG'S) review

I got this book by chance in a bungle with other Ann Aguirre books; I’m so glad I choose to read this book even though it’s not normally my type.

This book is fast pace and from the very first page we are thrown straight into the middle of things, just like the main character, we are left to try to figure things out by the small bits and pieces that are given to us as the plot progressive at a high speed. This book is full of ass kicking action and attitude that has a life threatening deadline.

This book has a great set of characters that I loved and was genuinely upset when some were thrown to the waist lines never to resurface again; they have a great 3D present.
I can’t wait to get my paws on book two I hope it is as fast paced and as feisty as Grimspace.

OTHER BOOKS IN THIS SERIES:
Wanderlust (Sirantha Jax, #2)Doubleblind (Sirantha Jax, #3)Killbox (Sirantha Jax, #4)Aftermath (Sirantha Jax, #5)Endgame (Sirantha Jax, #6)

Hope you enjoyed the review, see you all next time,
PIG xxx