Title: Dark Quasar Ignites
Series: Friends of a Former Space Janitor #2
Previous books in this series: Dark Quasar Rising
Author: Julia Huni
Genre: Adult, sci-fi, adventure
Publication date: August 22nd 2024
Published by: IPH Media
Source: eARC for review from author
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Synopsis: Impossible mission... or set up for failure?
Vanti’s handler sends her to Lewei to investigate a derelict ship. But she insists the agent take along a less-than-crack team to “help.” Saddled with a ravenous comm expert, a criminal inventory specialist, a timid chef, and a demolition expert who wants to blow up everything, Vanti must keep her wits about her simply to survive.
Command insists the mission is sneak into Leweian space, find the ship, discover what happened, and return with everything of value. And don’t let anyone know they’re there. It would be easy if anyone would follow the rules.
Aided by the reliable Arun and the inventive Elodie, plus Apawllo the cat, Vanti figures she can manage the impossible. If the whole thing doesn’t spontaneously ignite.
One of my favorite characters in the Space Janitor series is Vanti, so I am very happy that she now has her own series. And this book was just as fun as the first one!
Going into this I didn’t even know what the story was going to be about. I literally went into this without reading the synopsis because I knew I was going to like it either way. Lol. And it was a nice surprise too!
This book takes place just before the last Space Janitor book, Sun Spot Remover, and at the beginning of this book, Ty lets Vanti know about his and Triana’s very exciting news! Vanti is still acting as security for Elodie, and they are both still riding with Arun (who is Triana’s cousin) when Vanti gets a new mission to look into an abandoned spaceship in Leweian space. I loved this mystery so much! And what made it even better is that Vanti got sent a team to help out with the mission, except said team was sketchy as hell! So it made the mission a lot harder because she didn’t know whether she could trust her team or not. I was hooked from the start, and things just kept getting sketchier by the second!
But not only that, there was a surprising second part to her mission that I also very much enjoyed! And I won’t say what it is because it’s not in the synopsis, but it was SO good! It was suspenseful and we got to see Vanti in all her Super Secret Spy glory! It was great! And her decision to do this just made me love her even more because it shows how good a person she actually is. I really liked getting these books in her POV because we get to see what she’s thinking and what she’s really like. In the other books, which are in the POV of Triana, Vanti puts up this front, this poker face (because, you know, she’s a spy), so you can never really be sure what she’s thinking. So I have been really enjoying this series and getting to know her a lot better.
So yes, I love Vanti. But I also love all the other characters in this series! Elodie is such a fun and unpredictable character. And Arun... omg-
He’s kind, extremely smart, and very nice to look at 😏 And despite what Vanti may say, she is absolutely smitten!
And Arun is really into her as well, but that’s where that relationship ends. Vanti doesn’t want to start anything even though the sexual tension between these two is crackling! And I understand why. But I have also noticed that slowly but surely, those walls that Vanti has built around herself are slowly starting to come down, and I do hope she gives him a chance eventually because I just love them together! Their banter is already so fun!
Another character I love that is fairly new to this series is Noelle, Vanti’s caat. She is very sassy and I love her 🥰 And yes, it's caat, not cat. Lol. They’re kinda like a cat, but much smarter! They are native to the planet Hadriana and it is said that they’ve got some special abilities, like telepathy 👀 We actually saw Vanti receive Noelle as a gift in A Sprinkle of Krimson, a crossover novella between the Space Janitor series and the Krimson Empire series. The planet Hadriana and the caats are originally from the Krimson Empire series, but I am so happy to see that series being slowly incorporated into the greater Space Janitor Universe because that was the only Julia Huni series that did not take place in this world. It just makes me really happy.
This was just really fun overall. I love this world and the characters with their fun banter, the story was good, and it had a fair bit of action, which I always appreciate. I’m not sure what’s next for Vanti, but whatever it is, it’s going to be exciting and I can’t wait!
This book takes place just before the last Space Janitor book, Sun Spot Remover, and at the beginning of this book, Ty lets Vanti know about his and Triana’s very exciting news! Vanti is still acting as security for Elodie, and they are both still riding with Arun (who is Triana’s cousin) when Vanti gets a new mission to look into an abandoned spaceship in Leweian space. I loved this mystery so much! And what made it even better is that Vanti got sent a team to help out with the mission, except said team was sketchy as hell! So it made the mission a lot harder because she didn’t know whether she could trust her team or not. I was hooked from the start, and things just kept getting sketchier by the second!
But not only that, there was a surprising second part to her mission that I also very much enjoyed! And I won’t say what it is because it’s not in the synopsis, but it was SO good! It was suspenseful and we got to see Vanti in all her Super Secret Spy glory! It was great! And her decision to do this just made me love her even more because it shows how good a person she actually is. I really liked getting these books in her POV because we get to see what she’s thinking and what she’s really like. In the other books, which are in the POV of Triana, Vanti puts up this front, this poker face (because, you know, she’s a spy), so you can never really be sure what she’s thinking. So I have been really enjoying this series and getting to know her a lot better.
So yes, I love Vanti. But I also love all the other characters in this series! Elodie is such a fun and unpredictable character. And Arun... omg-
He’s kind, extremely smart, and very nice to look at 😏 And despite what Vanti may say, she is absolutely smitten!
I drag my gaze away from Arun and try to focus on the files while he talks. The man's voice is so smooth, and he's so pretty to look at, it's hard to concentrate.
And Arun is really into her as well, but that’s where that relationship ends. Vanti doesn’t want to start anything even though the sexual tension between these two is crackling! And I understand why. But I have also noticed that slowly but surely, those walls that Vanti has built around herself are slowly starting to come down, and I do hope she gives him a chance eventually because I just love them together! Their banter is already so fun!
Another character I love that is fairly new to this series is Noelle, Vanti’s caat. She is very sassy and I love her 🥰 And yes, it's caat, not cat. Lol. They’re kinda like a cat, but much smarter! They are native to the planet Hadriana and it is said that they’ve got some special abilities, like telepathy 👀 We actually saw Vanti receive Noelle as a gift in A Sprinkle of Krimson, a crossover novella between the Space Janitor series and the Krimson Empire series. The planet Hadriana and the caats are originally from the Krimson Empire series, but I am so happy to see that series being slowly incorporated into the greater Space Janitor Universe because that was the only Julia Huni series that did not take place in this world. It just makes me really happy.
This was just really fun overall. I love this world and the characters with their fun banter, the story was good, and it had a fair bit of action, which I always appreciate. I’m not sure what’s next for Vanti, but whatever it is, it’s going to be exciting and I can’t wait!
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