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3.87 AVERAGE
3.87 AVERAGE
I really do love this series. Sure it isn't the best writing in the world, but I empathize with the characters, both their strong suits and their faults which makes up for anything and everything else. A perfect blend of Sci-Fi, action, and Romance.
Loved reading this book, loved all the developments, and I'm so excited to continue the series!
This is book three in the Sirantha Jax series. Sirantha Jax, a Jumper, is sent to Ithiss-Tor to broker an alliance between the Ithtorians and a human Conglomerate. The people-eating Morgut are attacking human outposts, and the Conglomerate thinks the Ithtorians can intimidate the Morgut out of attacking. However, not all Ithtorian leadership is on board. Meanwhile, the criminal Syndicate and the disgraced megacorp Farwan are trying to take advantage of the political situation. Jax also needs to win back her lover, March, who has detached himself from feeling anything.
For such vivid characters in earlier books, Doc Saul and Hit are given small roles that left me wondering if there could be more involvement with them.
I wasn't super stoked by the interludes from the press. Since we're cooped up on the planet, it's nice to know what's going on out there, but the articles felt a bit scattered to me. The end felt a bit cliffhanger and unexpected..
Jax, March, Constance, and especially Vel have come a long way since the first book. They have suffered and laughed together, and their trials have made their relationships deeper. Jax continues to process her grief regarding her lost love, Kai, and it’s good to see her less tangled up about it, even if she has to go through a lot of pain to do so. She also struggles to process her new responsibilities without going crazy or becoming someone she can’t bear to be around. She has to make some choices she feels awful about in which she would have decided differently one book ago or at the beginning of the saga.
There’s action with the politics, for those who would worry about a book about diplomacy dragging. We learn lots about the Ithtorian world, which feels richer than any other place we’ve been. The culture is sufficiently alien that I had to think about the customs, but civilized so I could keep track of secondary characters easily.
This is not a standalone book. Reading the previous books gave me a richer experience with the characters, not just the plot background. I'd advise reading Grimspace and Wanderlust first.
For such vivid characters in earlier books, Doc Saul and Hit are given small roles that left me wondering if there could be more involvement with them.
I wasn't super stoked by the interludes from the press. Since we're cooped up on the planet, it's nice to know what's going on out there, but the articles felt a bit scattered to me. The end felt a bit cliffhanger and unexpected..
Jax, March, Constance, and especially Vel have come a long way since the first book. They have suffered and laughed together, and their trials have made their relationships deeper. Jax continues to process her grief regarding her lost love, Kai, and it’s good to see her less tangled up about it, even if she has to go through a lot of pain to do so. She also struggles to process her new responsibilities without going crazy or becoming someone she can’t bear to be around. She has to make some choices she feels awful about in which she would have decided differently one book ago or at the beginning of the saga.
There’s action with the politics, for those who would worry about a book about diplomacy dragging. We learn lots about the Ithtorian world, which feels richer than any other place we’ve been. The culture is sufficiently alien that I had to think about the customs, but civilized so I could keep track of secondary characters easily.
This is not a standalone book. Reading the previous books gave me a richer experience with the characters, not just the plot background. I'd advise reading Grimspace and Wanderlust first.
I liked it, but I don't know that it's anything I'd ever re-read. These are just short fun books.
I'm thrilled to have been introduced to this series! I love the characters and the setting, which is surprising for me given I've never been a space-fantasy fan. But Jax and her crew have won me over and I'm hurrying to get the next book in the series as soon as possible!
Yaaay! While this book is certainly an emotional read, it wasn't as dark a book as the previous in the series. At the end of the previous book Sirantha finally made it to the alien planet she was assigned to delegate negotiations for an alliance. The beginning of this book starts right where it left off. Things are much more complicated than they seem and Sirantha has to rely more on her crew than usual. She especially has to rely Vel, whom I love, since March is still in a state from events at the end of the previous book. I don't want to give away much since it seems like more people are finally picking up this series. This series is still awesome though and each book has been just as great as the others. So far it's been my favorite that I've read all year.
Book 3 of the Sirantha Jax books continues the saga on the "bug" planet where Jax must stifle her natural instincts to achieve diplomatic impossibilities under ever hostile circumstances. Plots to undermine her efforts come from all facets, her lover, her friends, her mother, her enemies and even herself, as Jax struggles to figure out who, and what, to trust in time to save face and her life.
At first I thought "oh no! Not a political saga" but that very paragraph, as I should gave known from Aguirre got exciting. Again this wasn't a perfect read - very obvious hints to a twist on a missing person made me want to slap Jax for dragging it out 60 pages. Also her relationship with March, and constant angst over it - I could handle for the first time, bug the second time, I just had to skip the "oh my aching feelings" bits. Definitely got repetitive at the end, even using the same metaphor from the previous book of 'prongs' for a complicated (and clever) plan.
The author has done an amazing job creating Jax and her world, with its various species and their different cultures, behaviors, customs, way of life and everything in between. And yet that story was not my cup of tea.
Perhaps it was just bad timing or perhaps too much politics and diplomacy and descriptions of the bug-like race and their world, or maybe even both, but it was hard for me to get through that book.
The series is a solid science fiction fantasy, and a pretty awesome one at that, but after having tried it I find I'm not a big fan of the genre. I am not sure if I will continue on with the series, but if I do it will be after a sufficiently long break.
Perhaps it was just bad timing or perhaps too much politics and diplomacy and descriptions of the bug-like race and their world, or maybe even both, but it was hard for me to get through that book.
The series is a solid science fiction fantasy, and a pretty awesome one at that, but after having tried it I find I'm not a big fan of the genre. I am not sure if I will continue on with the series, but if I do it will be after a sufficiently long break.
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes