MISS VAIN's Reviews > Killbox

"I am Ramona Jax," she tells the universe.
"And I do this because this is my world."

Ann Aguirre has fraggin done it again!!!! I'm amazed at this romantic Sci-Fi fantasy world she has created. Killbox is a book about War, Love, Loss, Sacrifice, and being Heroic at the risk of losing everything.


Chancellor Tarn has put March in a position to build Starships offering protection to tier worlds as the Morgut threaten to take over. War has begun. Jax, March, Vel, Dina, Doc, Hit, are now aiding Tarn in the battle against the horrifying Morgut; flesh eaters that are out to destroy and basically consume everything and everyone in their path.

Without the help of March the new Commander of the Conglomerate ship Armada and Jax as the Lieutenant Commander the war is a dying battle. March uses his contacts and hires his mercenary friends, smugglers as well as our favorite gorgeous gold toothed pirate Hon to prepare an army large and skilled enough to defeat the Morgut.

"I always know exactly where you are in a room. I know how many times you run your fingers through your hair.
I know when you look at me as well as the precise instant you look at anyone else. So I certainly know when one of my crew propositions you six meters away."

March and Jax are inseparable, and they prove time again how strong their bond is with eachother. Their love and everlasting devotion is the most purest example of a fictional pair of soulmates that I've had the pleasure to read about. Luckily these two are strong leading characters or else they would have succumbed to their difficult heartwrenching circumstances long ago. It's seems like those two fail to have the odds in their favor.

As true to the honorable character March is, he has to put the army needs above him and Jax's. Though I understand that he must keep their relationship professional and not emotional or physical during his wartime duties, is it okay that I hate it? Because I do! Fortunately for Jax she has had time to mature and grow from selfish Jax to selfless Jax and honors her lover March's wishes and puts their relationship on hold for the sake of war. Needless to say they both suffer immensely. What can I say, I'm a fan of selfish Jax, and selfless Jax...I love her character either way.

"Men can be very stupid," he says bitterly. "We cease to value what we have until it's gone, and only then do we realize the gold we glimpsed in distant hills paled as dross compared to treasure we had in hand."

I'm angry with Doc, there I said it! He is a brillant doctor and I'm not even sure Jax would be alive if it were not for his flair for all things scientific. However as gifted as he is scientifically he falls short in other important life skills, and though he has learned his lesson, the sacrifice made for that education was devastating.

"But I would wear your colors, if you asked." he says. "I don't know what that means." I say. "If we both survive," he says softly in Ithorian, "we will speak of this again."

Is this what I think it means?? (view spoiler)[ Please tell me I misunderstood this quote above, and Aguirre is not setting them up for a love triangle??!! Because I love March and I love Vel as her solid reliable friend, and my heart cannot take the heartbreak myself... (hide spoiler)] I love Vel sooooo much (view spoiler)[ but I love him a (hide spoiler)] Jax's very good friend forever.


This book shamelessly brought me to tears. I've now found a new appreciation for all the characters involved watching them grow strong bonds with eachother and their sacrifices they make for one another including a new respect and endearment for the beautiful Villainous Ramona Jax.
"Even monsters love their own."



Oh Jax why must you break my heart at the end to go save the world??!! Especially with the lovely and deliciously sexy March at your side. Oh I can't wait to see how you get yourself out of this one.


But first I have to warn her. " don't know what'll happen when I leave my body. I may not be able to guide you back." she has no fear. "I'm willing to make the ultimate sacrifice, if that's how it has to be."