A review by antelieris
Seafire by Natalie C. Parker
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Caledonia Styx and her best friend, Pisces, lost their family when they were young. Now, Caledonia captains a crew full of women and girls aboard their ship, the Mors Navis, on a quest to make life hard for the pirate warlord, Aric Athair, whose fleet were behind the murder. Happy to just do hit and run jobs on the drug producing ships that help Aric control his captive fleet crews, the crew happens upon a traitor to Aric's fleet who has information that change how both Caledonia and Pisces handle their battle against their enemy. Caledonia is sure she can't trust the boy, but if his information is correct, they can rescue the brothers they thought had died on that fateful day.
Seafire is an interesting take on a world that is stuck in an era of ship warfare. Although we don't get much of a look about how things work on the mainland, the way the story handles ship warfare is incredibly fun. Caledonia is an incredibly clever captain who tends to beat or fend off her crew's opponents through outthinking them and implementing tactics that would normally be unheard of.
One of my favorite things is how the ships are outfitted with some high tech stuff, like a sail full of black sails that absorbs sunlight to power it, or an engine that uses water propulsion to move the ship as fast as possible. It makes things way more interesting than regular ship warfare, because they can make fun new gadgets to help them out.
The world seems pretty dark, given it's already been conquered by the villain, but there seems to be some hope on the horizon. Never underestimate the girls of this world.
Seafire is an interesting take on a world that is stuck in an era of ship warfare. Although we don't get much of a look about how things work on the mainland, the way the story handles ship warfare is incredibly fun. Caledonia is an incredibly clever captain who tends to beat or fend off her crew's opponents through outthinking them and implementing tactics that would normally be unheard of.
One of my favorite things is how the ships are outfitted with some high tech stuff, like a sail full of black sails that absorbs sunlight to power it, or an engine that uses water propulsion to move the ship as fast as possible. It makes things way more interesting than regular ship warfare, because they can make fun new gadgets to help them out.
The world seems pretty dark, given it's already been conquered by the villain, but there seems to be some hope on the horizon. Never underestimate the girls of this world.