Riden spent his last few months recovering from a bullet wound to the leg, and in all that time Alosa’s been avoiding him because of those pesky and confusing feelings. Swoon, ho! Levenseller kicked up the swoon a few notches, and I was so there for it. Should that make it better? Eh, probably not, but I couldn’t help but warm up to Alosa, especially now that we can see how she lets (some of) her guard down amongst friends, allowing herself to show (some of) her vulnerabilities. Oh, make no mistake, she will not hesitate to kill someone she thinks deserves it, but now that we as readers are more aware of what her half-siren nature entails, I feel like some of that flippant attitude towards killing is just a natural part of the siren’s psyche. But Alosa is no man…Īll my reasons for previously withholding a BFF charm from Alosa are still there-she’s still quite cocky and it’s been confirmed that she actually is quite the man-killer, literally-but she’s making strides, in no small part because she’s finally waking up to how horrible her father treats her. So the Ava-lee-along with her newest reluctant recruit, Riden, and Alosa’s rag-tag band of female pirates-must make haste to the uncharted island of the sirens, where no man has been and lived to tell the tale. Alosa knows the only way to survive against her father is to beat him at his own game to find the treasure first so it gives her enough pirate-clout to depose him.
Needless to say, things are on quite an upswing for the Pirate Princess.īut then she learns some discomfiting news, and it changes everything she thought she knew about her dear marauding and murdering ol’ man. And the fun doesn’t stop there: at the start of this tale, Alosa has successfully captured the enemy pirate leader, Vordan, who tortured her by making her use her siren powers on her occasional snuggle-buddy, Riden.
She’d spared the lives of the cute but complicated Riden and his despicable brother, Draxen, and provided her Pirate King father with the last piece of a map that leads to the uncountable treasure of the sirens. The moody, murky ocean colors work for me, especially how the light is filtering down through the water.Īt the conclusion of the first novel, Alosa was reunited with her ship, the Ava-lee, and its crew. The vector-art is used to much better effect and the overall aesthetic more dynamic.
I was underwhelmed with the first book’s cover (I felt like there were some missed opportunities with the design) but I actually really like this one that plops you right in the middle of a scene that actually comes from the story. Bonus Factors: Pirate Friends, Siren Abilities
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