However, I just felt like too much was rushed in the last few pages. Seriously intense, which isn’t a bad thing. The only aspect of Grimspace that I wasn’t absolutely thrilled about is the ending. In fact, one character – an insect-like bounty hunter named Velith, who doesn’t even make an appearance until the very end of the story – quickly became one of my favorites after just a few pages. All were varied and unique, and entirely real. Their relationship is simply… fascinating, and actually, quite sweet.Īs much as I liked both Sirantha and March, and their complicated love story, I was equally as intrigued by the secondary characters. It doesn’t take long for each to realize the other was more than they seemed.

Jax, upon realizing March could read her thoughts, was all too quick to bait him. March was all too willing to hate Jax upon first meeting her. I’m not really sure how to describe Sirantha and March’s relationship, and I can’t do it justice. Jumpers can’t even describe the mysteries and the wonder of Grimspace despite devoting their lives, and often losing them, to jumping. I accepted that I wasn’t going to totally understand “jumping” and “Grimspace.” And I was ok with that because as integral as jumping is to the story, it’s supposed to be a little complicated. Some of the sci-fi details in Aguirre’s world were somewhat challenging concepts about travel, and I just let it go. March’s and the crew’s ultimate goal is to break the Farwan Corporation’s monopoly on Jumpers and Faster than Light Travel. Breaking Jax out of jail is just the beginning. Despite having done some mysteriously monstrous things in his past, he’s completely loyal to those in his care, and would risk his life to save one of his own. He’s strong, dominant, a little mean, and a little uncivilized.

March, a powerful Psi, is equally damaged, although that’s not immediately apparent. Facing charges that may have her thrown in prison, a psych ward, or killed, she barely hesitates when an unlikely hero comes to her rescue.

A J-gene carrier and the only survivor of a shipwreck that killed 82 people, Jax is a nearly broken woman when the story begins. Sirantha Jax is an extremely compelling heroine. In fact, Grimspace is one of the very few science fiction books that I have absolutely loved. But when it comes to books, I usually choose to read fantasy or romance. Sure, I enjoy sci-fi just as much as the next Star Trek-Star Wars-Firefly/Serenity-Battlestar Galactica fan. Loonigrrl’s guest review of Grimspace (The Jax Series, Book 1) by Ann Aguirre