Reviews

Captain's Surrender by Alex Beecroft

saras's review against another edition

4.0

So much fun! An exciting tale of adventure on the high seas and a romance between the captain and his first lieutenant. I love the Hornblower books but always thought the relationships with Maria and Barbara were by far the worst part. Here the love story is given the same attention as the battle scenes. The very likeable characters had some realistic inner struggles with their sexual orientation given the times and the rules of the navy, so much so that I wondered what would constitute a happy ending in these circumstances, but I thought she really made it work. I immediately purchased the author's other male/male romance set in the Age of Sail.

jain's review against another edition

2.0

Begins well enough, but then the plot becomes one improbable coincidence after another, the nautical elements are info-dumpy, and the main characters never rise above being blandly appealing. Nice to see a bisexual lead, though.

olive2read's review against another edition

3.0

This is so close to a four star book. Great bits at sea and interesting use of perspective. Unfortunately the entire book revolves around a dilemma that is presented from a variety of angles but not dealt with in any meaningful way until the last two chapters. Peter is so clueless and everyone gets it but him and I would’ve liked to see some soul searching at the various other opportunities during the story.