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A review by shesreadingagain_
The Devourer by Alison Ames
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
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Genre: YA Fantasy I Pirates I Female Rage
Release date: January 7, 2025 (out now!)
Length: 386 pages
Thank you to @coloredpagesbt and @2furiosa for the opportunity reading this physical arc!
This is another case of Alex needed to read this one because that cover sucked me in!
We follow Adrasteia Dantes (Adra), a 17 year old captain of the Worldeater. After her half-brother Cameron attacks their father and robs him of a priceless treasure map, he leaves him a shell of who he once was. Adra is laser focused on changing her and her crewβs plan for the sole purpose of tracking Cameron down to kill him. While on the quest to retrieve her fatherβs map and claim the treasure for herself she comes upon a ship with a crew of people all drowned. The ship is not sunken, how is this possible? Adra and her crew encounter The Devourer, a monster of the ocean with a vendetta against pirates and her sole purpose is to kill all pirates she comes across. Adra must attempt to quell The Devourer in order to complete her mission.
My thoughts:
Queer pirates, revenge and monster horror, oh my! I enjoyed this story of found family and female rage. I stepped out of my typical type of books I read with this one, this is my very first YA horror. I love a pirate story (please recommend some to me in the comments!) and equally I love the found family trope. I think where this one kind of faltered a bit for me is because the plot didnβt feel fully flushed out. Yes, Adra is solely focused on finding her half-brother Cameron and kill him, but it is unclear why she wants to do so. Cameron didnβt kill anyone, yes he attacked her dad and stole something from him (not very Gucci Cameron). I would have loved for a deeper explanation of Adra and Cameronβs childhood to find out what the backstory was that lead us to this story. I think ultimately I just wanted a little bit more from the story. There is a side plot of romance between two girls in this story (yay for sapphic pirates), but the focus of the book is definitely the fantasy aspects. I personally prefer the ratio of mostly fantasy to some romance myself.
Genre: YA Fantasy I Pirates I Female Rage
Release date: January 7, 2025 (out now!)
Length: 386 pages
Thank you to @coloredpagesbt and @2furiosa for the opportunity reading this physical arc!
This is another case of Alex needed to read this one because that cover sucked me in!
We follow Adrasteia Dantes (Adra), a 17 year old captain of the Worldeater. After her half-brother Cameron attacks their father and robs him of a priceless treasure map, he leaves him a shell of who he once was. Adra is laser focused on changing her and her crewβs plan for the sole purpose of tracking Cameron down to kill him. While on the quest to retrieve her fatherβs map and claim the treasure for herself she comes upon a ship with a crew of people all drowned. The ship is not sunken, how is this possible? Adra and her crew encounter The Devourer, a monster of the ocean with a vendetta against pirates and her sole purpose is to kill all pirates she comes across. Adra must attempt to quell The Devourer in order to complete her mission.
My thoughts:
Queer pirates, revenge and monster horror, oh my! I enjoyed this story of found family and female rage. I stepped out of my typical type of books I read with this one, this is my very first YA horror. I love a pirate story (please recommend some to me in the comments!) and equally I love the found family trope. I think where this one kind of faltered a bit for me is because the plot didnβt feel fully flushed out. Yes, Adra is solely focused on finding her half-brother Cameron and kill him, but it is unclear why she wants to do so. Cameron didnβt kill anyone, yes he attacked her dad and stole something from him (not very Gucci Cameron). I would have loved for a deeper explanation of Adra and Cameronβs childhood to find out what the backstory was that lead us to this story. I think ultimately I just wanted a little bit more from the story. There is a side plot of romance between two girls in this story (yay for sapphic pirates), but the focus of the book is definitely the fantasy aspects. I personally prefer the ratio of mostly fantasy to some romance myself.