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restless's review against another edition
4.0
The first 4 star book I nearly DNF'd at 25%.
What it's about: when she finds out that she's about to be murdered on the night of her initiation, Gwen flees for her life and ends up on board the Ruined Soul, a pirate ship of ill repute. The Soul's captain, Morgen, agrees to help Gwen escape for a hefty bag of gold - but neither woman can anticipate the attraction between them.
What I thought: there is a lot of sex in this book - so much so that I got bored. Gwen uses sex to charge her magic, so during the first quarter of the story, she is soliciting it anywhere she can. This made for a bizarre 'insta-love' dynamic, where Gwen's character development was limited to 'scared and thirsty' and Morgen's to 'broody and horny' and I was just thinking seriously??? most of the time.
Things began to change at the ~27% mark. Morgen and Gwen both received a ton of character development, and their relationship went from shipmates-with-benefits to omg-I-really-like-you-and-I-am-totally-freaking out. From there, the story got really good.
We had mysteries, witches, pirates, royal navies, sea battles, curses, angst, adventure, longing, found family and lots of other things. When I finally got to the end and gave it 4 stars, no-one was more surprised than me.
TL;DR: the struggle was worth it.
PS: also, not a criticism, but this barely qualifies as a retelling - you're better off expecting a wholly original story with some Snow White motifs.
What it's about: when she finds out that she's about to be murdered on the night of her initiation, Gwen flees for her life and ends up on board the Ruined Soul, a pirate ship of ill repute. The Soul's captain, Morgen, agrees to help Gwen escape for a hefty bag of gold - but neither woman can anticipate the attraction between them.
What I thought: there is a lot of sex in this book - so much so that I got bored. Gwen uses sex to charge her magic, so during the first quarter of the story, she is soliciting it anywhere she can. This made for a bizarre 'insta-love' dynamic, where Gwen's character development was limited to 'scared and thirsty' and Morgen's to 'broody and horny' and I was just thinking seriously??? most of the time.
Things began to change at the ~27% mark. Morgen and Gwen both received a ton of character development, and their relationship went from shipmates-with-benefits to omg-I-really-like-you-and-I-am-totally-freaking out. From there, the story got really good.
We had mysteries, witches, pirates, royal navies, sea battles, curses, angst, adventure, longing, found family and lots of other things. When I finally got to the end and gave it 4 stars, no-one was more surprised than me.
TL;DR: the struggle was worth it.
PS: also, not a criticism, but this barely qualifies as a retelling - you're better off expecting a wholly original story with some Snow White motifs.
alexgryffon's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Pirates, magic and true love? Who could resist? Almost made me cry so I'm keeping this one on my bookshelf.
skyelar_raleyks's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
garbage_mcsmutly's review
adventurous
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.75
This was pretty well written but both FF and pirates aren't really my thing so I didn't get into it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content and Violence
Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Cursing, Blood, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Minor: Confinement, Gun violence, Medical content, Trafficking, Death of parent, and War
laconni4's review
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
sweetdream's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
taslin's review
adventurous
inspiring
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
sulphuric's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.25