Whereas the first book had Alosa completing a supposedly dangerous mission with no sense of stakes, this book makes the dangers clear and throws in a bunch of twists to keep the plot moving. The pacing in this book was mostly good (I had a few issues that I’ll discuss later) and the action was excellent. I was genuinely terrified for their safety and screamed quite a few times when their enemies caught up to them. (This tends to happen when I actually care about the characters.)Īlosa and her crew spend the bulk of the novel on the run. Overall, I was much more engaged with this novel than its predecessor.
Kearan, my stealth crush for this novel (there’s a really excellent scene involving Kearan and push-ups that I just loved).Enwen, the kooky recruit from book 1 (sadly, there wasn’t very much of him in this book).Wallov and his six-year-old daughter Roslyn.Mandsy, the asexual (!!!!!) ship’s doctor and shipper on deck.Though there were too many pirates to properly keep track of, more than a few stood out, including: I was so happy the plot focused on Alosa’s mostly-female crew this time around instead of Draxen’s generically-evil pirate bois. We meant to read this book over the course of four weeks and ended up bingeing it in two it was that good. We buddy-read Daughter of the Pirate Kinglast December and I’ve been anticipating the follow-up ever since.
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