Review: Romantic Space Adventure: Be careful who you bring on board
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 06 17, 2011
Space Captain Javan Rhodes takes a "don't ask, don't tell" mission for a sizable payload. The mission? Transport a human passenger to an unknown destination on the outer rim of the colonies. The passenger, Sola, a beautiful young aristocrat turns out to be more than he's bargained for. In the days and months it takes for their journey, Javen finds himself sinking further and farther into Sola's crazy plans.BLUE GALAXY was both a hit and miss for me. I almost gave up within the first 2 pages. We meet Captain Rhodes as he's prepping his ship for this new mission. The next page, he meets Sola. And he falls in love. No really. He falls madly in love the moment she lifts the hood of her robe two pages into the story.***"She Smiled." And Captain Javan Rhodes, gazing on what had to be the most exquisite face in the entire universe, felt his heart twist as he fell instantly, irrevocably and most definitely in love" (page 9.)***I almost stopped there. But I told myself to push through and it'd get better. It did. The story develops and twists into a really engaging story. Everything is told from Javen's POV. Javen has a very interesting past that has formed him into a smuggling space captain trying to avoid all the aristocrats and the Dictator of Earth. Unfortunately, Sola, being an aristocrat (with plans of her own) drags Javen right into the mist of things.Although it was a rocky start for me, I became more and more engrossed in the story trying to figure Sola out. She's crafty, inventive, assertive, and daring. We get glimpses as to who she truly is as the story progresses.The parts that were a miss for me were the irrevocably falling in love on page 9, as well as parts of the ending. I don't want to give anything away, but there just wasn't any fun to watching any of the "battles" and "fights" because of certain unnamed aspects Sola kept hidden: The fights just didn't even happen. Where's the fun in that? I never got the sense that I should actually *fear* this person because everything just died before there was any action...there was no build up. Also, the story just kinda abruptly ended. Is this it? Is this a series? Do we get to find out what happens next in Sola's plans? Because Javen just finally uncovered the truth of everything and how he fits into it. It seemed like only  of the story got finished.So I'm looking. I'm looking to see if there is more, because I was thrown into this space adventure and didn't get all the answers. Granted, it was short and packed a punch for being so short, but I want to know what happens next.Be warned, when I say short, I mean short. Only 64 pages. Is that worth $2.39 to you?64 Pages**UPDATE 9/24/12It looks like this *IS* a seriesBLUE GALAXYBlue Nebula