This is the first book I have read by the Author and I was not disappointed .
If you like Sci Fi with more than a touch of Romance then this is the book for you .

The characters were well written ..... I was fully invested in their outcomes .......add plenty
of good fun along the way and what you have is an entertaining book

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

I was looking for a fun, cheesy romance with a suitably daft sci-fi storyline and Blue Shift provided all those things.

It needed a bit more romance to balance the daft story. I appreciate the attempt at a decent storyline, that's not often a thing in a romance book, but it felt too heavily weighted in that direction. If I wanted to read a sci-fi book there are loads out there that are more realistic than this, I wanted this for the sci-fi romance mix.

I read through the whole book in a day though, and I enjoyed it too. The storyline is interesting if farfetched and not completely based in reality. Jinn and Dax have enough personality to keep things interesting and carry the story. I'm not convinced it needed to be two books but I'm hooked enough to want to read the next one.

So it's a good bit of silly in a good way fun, I just wanted more interaction between the main characters.

3.5 stars.

This was fun. I’ve read some of Jane O’Reilly’s erotic romances in the past and enjoyed them, so expected more of the same in a sexy space romp style. Which made this a bit of a surprise, because although it is a good space romp (without too much depth) and there is some sex (and lusty modifications to the hero), it takes a while to get there, giving Jinn and Dax time to actually get to know each other. They even, astonishingly, have a conversation first.

Actually, they have a few conversations, but any lack of meaningful discussion is more down to running around, blowing stuff up, escaping the evil government and saving each other than because they can’t control their insatiable lust (although Dax has that too, thanks to those “modifications”). That, surprisingly, doesn’t come in until quite close to the end. Probably because they’re too busy running around, blowing stuff up, escaping the evil government and saving each other. It’s action-packed and easy-read fun, with rarely a dull moment.

Those mostly come when the action moves away from Jinn and Dax to follow the other POV characters – the Earth-bound villain, who does dastardly stuff for the greater good (but really because she enjoys it) and wants to get her hands on our intrepid space fugitives; and the agent who goes a bit rogue because of various reasons but mostly so we can have yet another person running around the galaxy trying to make trouble.

And there is much trouble to be had, with aliens, a dying Earth, explosions, weapons, genetic modifications, injuries, attraction and everything you’d expect from this kind of book. It’s fast, fun and predictable, but no less enjoyable for it if you like your sci-fi with a high dose of pulp. The ending was a little close to TSTL for me, but I still want to read the next one. Which, yay, is out now!

This is a good, enjoyable and entertaining sci-fi book.
I like the world building and the plot. The characters were well written and I liked them.
Unfortunately I'm not a fan of explicit erotica that I find a bit boring and there were too many sex scene that I skipped.
I will surely read the next instalment.
Many thanks to Little, Brown Book Group UK and Netgalley for this ARC

Oh man do I love a good space opera so when I was given the chance to read this in exchange for a review I was thrilled. The introduction about the author was so charming that I found myself really rooting for this book to blow me away. Things seemed promising as we get thrown into some space-piratey exploits pretty much right off the bat.

Our story is about Blue, a technologically augmented pilot for a freighter ship that is bringing much needed resources from asteroid mining colonies back to the desolate, frozen Earth. I loved the unique plot point of Earth being an arctic wasteland due to failed scientific efforts to reverse global warming. Although I suppose you can argue their efforts worked- just a bit too well! The technology and science in Blue Shift were pretty believable which helped move the story along seamlessly.

There are several recaps about the book here already and I don’t want to give anything away so I’ll keep it brief. The only places left on Earth worth living in are the handful of biodomes whose citizens are mainly the wealthy class. Everyone else has to cling to survival in the cold or in underground communities. Blue was one of the lucky few to come from a Dome yet she gave up her privilege to take on a dangerous job working for the mining colonies as a pilot. Action, betrayal, and intrigue ensue. If you like Firefly and Dark Matter, then you’ll like this book.

There was a lot going on in Blue Shift from the getgo but it was written well and had a good flow so it wasn't overwhelming. I think the author could have cut things out and still had a great story though. Like the aliens. I love aliens in sci-fi but in this they were really out of place. All of a sudden it was like, oh there are aliens? Um ok. Can we know a bit more about this please? They were just background noise and most of the plot could have fit within everything just being a far reaching human colonized galaxy.

I also could have done without the graphic sex scenes. I get the author mostly wrote romance before, but it was so out of place here. It was quite jarring at times and I’m no prude. I suppose it’s a good way to get people who wouldn’t normally go for a genre to try it (romance to sci-fi and vice versa), but it did nothing for me. I just skipped over it all.

It sounds like I have a lot of bad things to say about this book but that’s not the case at all. It was a blast to read and I have been telling everyone about it. There are so many amazing elements to a fantastic saga here so I’m very hopeful for this series. I honestly can’t wait to read the next installment!

Thank you Netgalley and the publisher for a chance to read this Advanced Reader Copy.

This book is the first in a trilogy involving experiments in secrecy, villains and aliens in this space opera. I found it an enjoyable read. The writing was amazing and the descriptions were rich. I just wanted the story to develop a little more. The plot was okay, but I hope it improves in the 2nd book in the series.

Plot: 6/10
Dialogue: 8/10
Characters: 9/10
Beginning: 8/10
Ending: 3/10