Vel is just so otherworldly and aloof, you never know quite how he’ll react. If any of you watch The Good Wife, the relationship between Jax and Vel is rather like that of Alicia and Kalinda. He is not just alien in his appearance but in his attitude, and something about that makes me want him to love Jax. I loved that Vel, who had a brief but essential part in Grimspace, returned for Wanderlust. I am constantly amazed by just how much plot Aguirre can pack into the pages! Although there isn’t quite as much mind-blowing action and drama in this book (although I don’t see how that would have been possible, given how much happened in Grimspace) there’s still a whole ton of it. This woman can write action and drama and romance, all while developing a stunning universe for her characters to play in. The familiar-yet-different worlds, species with bizarre cultures taking the lead – it’s like Star Trek meets Firefly meets, well, Ann Aguirre. The only reason this book isn’t getting 5 stars is because it falls slightly short of it’s predecessor Grimspace – but not by much.Įverything I love about science fiction is in this book. Thoughts: Ann Aguirre is one of those authors who can make me cry like a baby, keep me on tenter-hooks during an action sequence, and make me drink coffee at 4am so that I can keep reading. She’ll be lucky just to make it to Ithiss-Tor alive… First, she’ll have to contend with Syndicate criminals, a stormy relationship with her pilot, man-eating aliens, and her own grimspace-weakened body.

Her mandate: journey to the planet Ithiss-Tor and convince them to join the Conglomerate.īut Jax’s payday is light years away. So when the government asks her to head up a vital diplomatic mission, Jax takes it. She’s also broke, due to being declared dead a little prematurely. 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. Jax has worked for the Farwan Corporation her entire career. Sirantha Jax is a “Jumper,” a woman who possesses the unique genetic makeup needed to navigate faster than light ships through grimspace. Also in this series: Grimspace, Doubleblind, Killbox

Grimspace series