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lisa07xie's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
kaylareads06's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Torture, Medical content, and Kidnapping
melist6's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Murder, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Child abuse, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail
asahome's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Confinement and Violence
Moderate: Body shaming, Child abuse, Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Murder, and Alcohol
Minor: Emotional abuse and Kidnapping
Body Shaming:alexschrade's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Torture and Kidnapping
Moderate: Sexual assault
Minor: Rape
denee16's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Addiction and Child abuse
bookishspy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Alosa is such a strong FMC, but not too overpowered, thankfully. She has legitimate limits, and that makes this more believable. She is a bit annoying at times with her inner monologue, but otherwise, I liked her
Riden was clearly going to be the love interest from the start, but I do like how slow they took it and how they absolutely hated each other. The banter was perfect, too! I love him so far, and I really want to know more about him
The crew were interesting, but I feel like I didn't get enough time with many other characters. Hopefully, in the next book, we will get more time with others
The story didn't really get to go far, though, and that is my one gripe with this book. It was quite a short read and could easily be read in one sitting, but most of this book was Alosa being captured. It only got to the interesting bit right at the end.
I will definitely be reading the next book, I'm very curious about what happens from here!
➛ 𝟑.𝟓 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐬
Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Torture, and Kidnapping
Moderate: Sexism
Minor: Medical content, Death of parent, Outing, and Alcohol
thelibraryoft's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
What can I say? I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I read it in 1 sitting.
As the title says, Alosa is the daughter of the pirate king. She is set on a mission to retrieve an ancient map from a rival pirate family. To do so, she must be "kidnapped", brought as captive onto the ship, and search for it without anyone finding out.
Alosa is a morally grey badass pirate. She is captain of her own ship and can take down three men at once, but to remain under estimated she plays the "oh no, I am just a pretty princess, my daddy will save me" card. Normally, I might be annoyed by that except she's SO BAD at it. She can't help but be witty, talk back and fight back. It also doesn't help that the pirate in charge of interrogating her is handsome, and moral, and CLEAN (pirate shock!).
I enjoyed the adventure. I enjoyed the "twist" even if it was a little obvious. I don't think this redefined the genre, but I would recommend. The romance could have used some more building, but I have hope we will get more in the next book.
Can I call something a "cozy fantasy" with this much murder? I am not sure, but it made me feel comforted.
TW: Violence, fighting, murder, torture, discussions of abuse, threats of rape, etc. pirate stuff, nothing graphic.
Minor: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Kidnapping, and Murder
coraotf's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
Graphic: Sexism and Violence
Moderate: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Murder
Minor: Sexual assault and Sexual violence
anna_harpist's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Moderate: Sexual content, Violence, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Torture