My Reaction in a Nutshell: 
 I was promised that this book would be like the show Firefly and boy were those people right. 
 The Long Version: 
 Fair warning to readers: do NOT read the back of the book cover. For the hardback version (I don't know if it's the same for paperback or not) it contains a SUPER SPOILERY quote (the quote is from the last 50 pages of the book). I mean, I could kind of guess from the beginning the endgame of the book, but still. It spoils it big time, so DO NOT READ IT UNTIL YOU FINISH THE BOOK!!! 
 Now that that is out of the way, let's get onto the actual review. 
 This book is just plain fun. There were many laugh-out-loud moments. 
 Starflight is perfect for fans of Firefly. There are a lot of similarities between the two: (view spoiler)[ (this contains spoilers for the show Firefly as well) (view spoiler)[ The Daeva are like the Reavers. 
 The fight between Doran and Demarkus reminded me of the fight between Mal and Atherton (even down to Doran/Mal not understanding what the duel thing meant). Kane reminded me of Jayne (both hate the newbies for putting life in danger). A crewmate gets injured and they have to rob a medical supply place. Captain and pirate had a falling out and someone got shot. Etc. (hide spoiler)] (hide spoiler)] But despite all of the similarities these are two wildly different stories each with their own set of unique characters. 
 The book involves a lot of deception and lying and running from the law and stealing (I think I swoon every time a character steals something) and kidnapping and secrets and I loved every minute of it. 
 This book is fast-paced and action packed. The characters had good chemistry and witty one-liners. 
 I liked how this book is told in two POVs (Solara and Doran's). It was cool to see things from each other's perspective. It also helped fill in some gaps that would've occurred from having a first person singular POV. 
 When it comes to character development (view spoiler)[I feel like Doran wouldn't have made such a drastic change in such a short amount of time. He went from being super rich jackass to slumming it in the ship (with no real skills so he's basically just extra pointless cargo) and a nice-ish guy? His personality took a complete 180. It didn't seem remotely plausible. (hide spoiler)] However, (view spoiler)[I really liked how Solara questioned if Doran's feelings were genuine or if he was just falling for her by default. It's rare that I read a YA novel where the MC questions if the guy's feelings are genuine to his face. I liked it. (hide spoiler)] Also, (view spoiler)[ although I pretty much knew from the first time Doran was mentioned that he would become Solara's love interest, the whole thing left me with a yucky feeling. She was his indentured servant and then (through a twist of bad luck and trickery) he became her indentured servant. And although by the time the two engage in any sexual activities with one another, each has forgotten the servitude (hell, even I kind of forgot about it as a reader), you still can't have a consenting relationship with your "master." Also he bullied her relentlessly for four years and it's almost like after he nearly died none of it mattered. I mean yeah, through his POV you see why and how he regrets it, but that still doesn't make it right. It's one of those things were I knew it was the end game, but I'm not sure how I feel about it. I like who Doran is at the end (the two go well together) but it's hard for me to forget the other stuff. (hide spoiler)] 
 Although this book didn't have quite as many witty one-liners and LOL moments as Firefly, I still found myself laughing so hard my sides hurt and I got strange looks at the beach. I mean, I'll keep it vague, but the matching tattoos and the aftermath had me in stitches. 
 All in all this book was really good. I'm excited to see where this story goes. Although a lot happened in this book, the characters still have a lot to resolve and I'm looking forward to the next one! 
 If you like Firefly read this book. If you like this book, then watch Firefly. In fact, I think I might go watch an episode now... 
 EDIT: In my original review I didn't call out how two white characters in this book both have dreads, appropriating black culture. I apologize for not mentioning the problematicness of that sooner. Also, I failed to mention the indentured servitude in this book in my initial review. Or more accurately, I did mention that but it was hidden under a "spoiler" so most people probably wouldn't have seen it. I have now updated the trigger warning list to reflect this. 
 ***TRIGGER WARNINGS: drugging a person, kidnapping, bullying, theft, unwilling marriage, drug use, burned alive, suicide, indentured servitude, death, murder, torture