Review: First Flyght (The Flyght Series Book 1) by SJ Pajonas

First Flyght by S.J. Pajonas
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Becoming an Ex-Doormat.

I’d probably give this book 3.75 ⭐️ if I could.

I’m not quite sure whether I like the people in this book, or not. The MFC starts out as a complete doormat and only very slowly starts to get out from underneath everyone else’s boot.

Vivian has just handed in the last paper of her graduate degree in business and high tech agriculture. When she goes to treat herself to something in celebration she finds her accounts have been emptied by her resentful brother.

In a culture where only women are allowed to own land on the colony worlds, Vivian was groomed to inherit the family farm. She worked round the clock for years, barely allowing herself anything, including the man she loved, all for her family. Then her mother allows her brother access to the family accounts. This is the same brother that has crazy business plans and gambling debts and resents that his sister will inherit everything. Then after that same brother mortgages the family land and absconds with the proceeds it’s up to Vivian to earn enough to buy back the land at the end of 12 months, by flying an old cargo ship with her cousin and finding a few consorts to help with business connections and funds towards buying the farm.

No one questions whether Vivian will do what everyone tells her to. No one asks if she minds selling herself for the family that made such bad decisions. No asks how she’s doing, and she expects it. Personally, I wanted Vivian to put her foot down and tell everyone to get lost. I want her to shout at people and demand things for herself, and towards the end of the book she starts to do that. I’m hoping that Vivian is headed in the right direction but there are few things that don’t point towards her making good choices.

I’m not overly keen on her cousin who seems to be pretty self-centred and dictatorial until it comes time to actually put the plans into practice and then she runs off to play. The youngsters she hires seem pretty sweet and smart and the relationship broker also seems like a pretty nice guy.

I’m not sure where this series is going, but I have my fingers crossed that Vivian gets a little more feisty, because when she showed that part of her character I liked her a lot.

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