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A review by jenpaul13
Daughter of the Pirate King by Tricia Levenseller
4.0
Portions of a map distributed between three families leads to great treasure when combined and a plot to steal one of the maps features in Tricia Levenseller’s Daughter of the Pirate King.
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A qualified pirate captain in her own right, as well as the daughter of the Pirate King, Alosa deliberately allows herself to be captured by her enemies, as it presents a valuable opportunity for her to search their ship for the part of an ancient hidden map that is vital to finding a treasure of legends, which her father deeply wants. Held as a captive and ransomed to her father, Alosa uses her time aboard the ship to explore and find the map before reaching the predetermined rendezvous point; Riden, the first mate of the ship and younger brother to the ship’s captain, is clever and very observant, making it more difficult for Alosa to enact her plans and sneaking out from the brig. When Riden becomes suspicious of Alosa’s motives for remaining on the ship after various escape opportunities, Alosa uses some of her hidden abilities to prevent him from continuing to question too deeply and ruin her plans, but even her best laid plans will encounter hiccups along the way, especially as Riden and Alosa’s families only represent two of the three in possession of part of the maps.
A narrative with occasional moments of action is propelled forward through character interactions, particularly with enjoyable banter between Riden and Alosa that builds out the relationship between them and demonstrates the cleverness they each possess and where their loyalties lie. Alosa’s personality is depicted consistently as fiery, to match with her red hair, fierce, and cunning, aware of her strength and ability to easily best most adversaries she’ll face in her life; despite her unnatural strength and fortitude, Alosa recognizes when others, as well as herself, are prisoner to the whims of others and acts with compassion where applicable. The incorporation of sirens in this pirate tale was intriguing and there’s a magic associated with sirens that has useful applications within the story; while there were hints dropped throughout the text regarding sirens, the full appearance of that element felt as if it appeared too quickly, or at the very least as too much too soon as it shifted the story’s tone from a fairly light adventure to something more serious rather quickly. As the first in a duology, the ending of this installment leaves the story in such a way to pique reader interest for the adventures yet to come and see how everything will play out in the end.
To read this, and other book reviews, visit my website: http://makinggoodstories.wordpress.com/.
A qualified pirate captain in her own right, as well as the daughter of the Pirate King, Alosa deliberately allows herself to be captured by her enemies, as it presents a valuable opportunity for her to search their ship for the part of an ancient hidden map that is vital to finding a treasure of legends, which her father deeply wants. Held as a captive and ransomed to her father, Alosa uses her time aboard the ship to explore and find the map before reaching the predetermined rendezvous point; Riden, the first mate of the ship and younger brother to the ship’s captain, is clever and very observant, making it more difficult for Alosa to enact her plans and sneaking out from the brig. When Riden becomes suspicious of Alosa’s motives for remaining on the ship after various escape opportunities, Alosa uses some of her hidden abilities to prevent him from continuing to question too deeply and ruin her plans, but even her best laid plans will encounter hiccups along the way, especially as Riden and Alosa’s families only represent two of the three in possession of part of the maps.
A narrative with occasional moments of action is propelled forward through character interactions, particularly with enjoyable banter between Riden and Alosa that builds out the relationship between them and demonstrates the cleverness they each possess and where their loyalties lie. Alosa’s personality is depicted consistently as fiery, to match with her red hair, fierce, and cunning, aware of her strength and ability to easily best most adversaries she’ll face in her life; despite her unnatural strength and fortitude, Alosa recognizes when others, as well as herself, are prisoner to the whims of others and acts with compassion where applicable. The incorporation of sirens in this pirate tale was intriguing and there’s a magic associated with sirens that has useful applications within the story; while there were hints dropped throughout the text regarding sirens, the full appearance of that element felt as if it appeared too quickly, or at the very least as too much too soon as it shifted the story’s tone from a fairly light adventure to something more serious rather quickly. As the first in a duology, the ending of this installment leaves the story in such a way to pique reader interest for the adventures yet to come and see how everything will play out in the end.