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redheadedjen1's review
3.0
"I am a ruthless pirate!"
"No you aren't"
"I am a ruthless pirate!"
"No you aren't."
Most of the book goes on like that. Until the both discover a common enemy then it becomes:
"I am going to kill him"
"No, I am"
I did enjoy the story and ever since I started watching Black Sails, Pirates are it.
"No you aren't"
"I am a ruthless pirate!"
"No you aren't."
Most of the book goes on like that. Until the both discover a common enemy then it becomes:
"I am going to kill him"
"No, I am"
I did enjoy the story and ever since I started watching Black Sails, Pirates are it.
midknytowl's review
2.0
Meh.
I love me a girl pretends to be a boy trope, but this one just didn't hit it. Perhaps I should clarify and say I love when a girl is pretending to be a boy, and then keeps acting the same? Once she finds out the hero knows she's a woman she acts completely different, and completely stupid.
One of the few romances where I liked and understood the hero more than the heroine. She was bloody inconsistent and it was annoying.
There are better romances out there, this was just very mediocre.
I love me a girl pretends to be a boy trope, but this one just didn't hit it. Perhaps I should clarify and say I love when a girl is pretending to be a boy, and then keeps acting the same? Once she finds out the hero knows she's a woman she acts completely different, and completely stupid.
One of the few romances where I liked and understood the hero more than the heroine. She was bloody inconsistent and it was annoying.
There are better romances out there, this was just very mediocre.
jacqueline1989's review against another edition
3.0
I know, I know...it is very rare that I actually JUST 'like' a book. In fact, it's practically unheard of since I either absolutely love a book or absolutely hate a book. But, this one was actually middle-of-the-road enjoyable. While I wasn't overwhelmingly impressed with the book, I actually was entertained in reading it.
The story is actually really simple in its makeup. Red Robert (Roberta), or Bobbie as she is nicked named, sails the seas under the guise that she is a he, and more importantly, a pirate. Fearsome. But, in truth, while she maintains that guise, she is in reality looking for the man who murdered her family and destroyed her life. In spending years looking for Blair Colm, one fine day she manages to take Laird Logan captive. The ensuing story takes many turns- from prisoner and pirate, to the two being abandoned on a deserted island, to a full-on raging battle at sea. There are many elements to this story and a lot of interplay among the multitude of characters.
I truly loved how Drake changed POVs rather often within the story, utilizing Brendon's (Bobbie's cousin), Cassandra's (Logan's supposed fiancee), Logan's and Bobbies. There was also the surprising twist of Blackbeard, aka Edward Teach, appearing within the story a few times. I LOVE when an author incorporates historical peoples within a fictional work.
My criticisms sadly come within a few scenes where dialogue just seemed...well, forced, speedy, and random. This criticism is really difficult to explain and one must simply read the respective scenes to know just what I mean. Although, while I do have these few issues with the story, overall it didn't dampen my view of the book. I really was able to enjoy it cover to cover.
Thankfully enough, the ending- which most authors now-a-days seem to screw up somehow or another- was done very well. Overall, NOT a waste of my time, this book.
The story is actually really simple in its makeup. Red Robert (Roberta), or Bobbie as she is nicked named, sails the seas under the guise that she is a he, and more importantly, a pirate. Fearsome. But, in truth, while she maintains that guise, she is in reality looking for the man who murdered her family and destroyed her life. In spending years looking for Blair Colm, one fine day she manages to take Laird Logan captive. The ensuing story takes many turns- from prisoner and pirate, to the two being abandoned on a deserted island, to a full-on raging battle at sea. There are many elements to this story and a lot of interplay among the multitude of characters.
I truly loved how Drake changed POVs rather often within the story, utilizing Brendon's (Bobbie's cousin), Cassandra's (Logan's supposed fiancee), Logan's and Bobbies. There was also the surprising twist of Blackbeard, aka Edward Teach, appearing within the story a few times. I LOVE when an author incorporates historical peoples within a fictional work.
My criticisms sadly come within a few scenes where dialogue just seemed...well, forced, speedy, and random. This criticism is really difficult to explain and one must simply read the respective scenes to know just what I mean. Although, while I do have these few issues with the story, overall it didn't dampen my view of the book. I really was able to enjoy it cover to cover.
Thankfully enough, the ending- which most authors now-a-days seem to screw up somehow or another- was done very well. Overall, NOT a waste of my time, this book.
mimsy42's review against another edition
2.0
I was totally digging this book--secret identities, sea battles, sword fights, romance--all the way up to the last ten pages, when it all came crashing down. The reason for the heroine's battle is made moot and she has many options for what she might go on to do with her life, and what does the fearsome female pirate say? "I want whatever you want." not just once, which I could excuse, but THREE times. If it weren't my kindle, I would have thrown it across the room.
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