This is an older book - well earlier in the millennium anyway and not necessarily YA (there's a little more s-e-x than is theoretically suitable for younger readers), BUT I just had to go back to some of Ann Aguirre's earlier work while I'm waiting for the third installment in the Enclave trilogy. I really like Ann Aguirre's writing. It's smart, funny and always includes kick-ass heroines. Grimspace is the first of the Sirantha Jax series which is pure sci-fi escapist space opera. It reminded me a little of what you might get if you mixed Star Wars with Raiders of the Lost Ark and used a female lead. I loved the characters and situations - a rag tag band of misfits flying a spaceship into adventures all over the galaxy. It was very cinematographic. And even though lots of the space opera stuff has been done before, this book had some original touches in terms of the species of alien included and the relationships between the main characters. There were lots of twists and turns in the plot and no one ended up being what they initially appeared to be. The ending here was a little "convenient" - wrapped up the storyline a little quickly after a lengthy buildup. But at least the story was wrapped up despite the book being a lead-in to the next in the series (which I haven't read yet but probably will). So if anyone needs a dose of Ann Aguirre in between the Enclave books, I would recommend checking out the Sirantha Jax books - at least the first one is pretty good and easy to devour in a day.
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