I received a digital advance reader’s copy (ARC) of Capitana by Cassandra James. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. In Capitana by Cassandra James, Ximena Reale has been training at la Academia for los cazadores, who are seafaring peacekeepers …
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Book Review | My Salty Mary
In My Salty Mary by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows, Mary Read finds herself at a crossroads. She’s in love with a man who doesn’t feel the same, but she can’t go home either. In coming to land, she’s given up her fish tail. Oh, did I mention she was born a mermaid? …
Book Review | Running Close to the Wind (ARC)
Hey, fans of Our Flag Means Death! *points at this book* This one! I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of Running Close to the Wind by Alexandra Rowland. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. In Running Close to …
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Book Review | The Final Curse of Ophelia Cray (ARC)
I’m bitter about Our Flag Means Death being canceled, and I will continue to be bitter about that for the rest of time. Not sorry. Anyway, speaking of pirates… I received a digital advance reader’s copy (ARC) of The Final Curse of Ophelia Cray by Christine Calella. Since this version is just a proof and …
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Book Review | A True Account
If you know me, you know that I’m insufferably enamored with pirate stories right now. No regrets. In A True Account by Katherine Howe, we follow Hannah Masury in the 1700s, as she tells the tale of how she became a pirate. After growing up poor in Boston, she runs afoul of a pirate crew …
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