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laileanah's review
adventurous
lighthearted
medium-paced
2.0
This was my least favorite of the trilogy.
It was just silly on many levels and upheld silly sexist tropes that are harmful and annoying.
I'll be sticking to short stories by thus author going forward.
It was just silly on many levels and upheld silly sexist tropes that are harmful and annoying.
I'll be sticking to short stories by thus author going forward.
nbjackson's review
3.0
This book follows Soliel’s daughter Hope as she finds herself in the courts of London. Instead of settling down to marriage and family Hope dreams of sailing the seas. When she rescues a wounded man from an alley little does she know she’ll get her dream, albeit in an unconventional way.
Shaeen Almasi is crown Prince of Zawhar and no witnesses can be left for his crimes, but killing doesn’t have to be the only solution. After suffering an injury Shaeen is rescued by a street urchin. When he wakes up he finds the urchin is actually a lovely woman that catches his fascination. His crew comes to take him home and he kidnaps her as well.
I wasn’t a fan of book 3. The relationships felt really unrealistic and there was no character development. I really wanted to love it after the first two books, but I just couldn’t look past Hope’s foolishness. She is completely reckless and ignorant in ways that are astonishing for even a woman of that time period. The "love" interest Shaeen was extremely emotionally abusive in the beginning and arguably even at the end in a way I find it very hard to overlook.
Shaeen Almasi is crown Prince of Zawhar and no witnesses can be left for his crimes, but killing doesn’t have to be the only solution. After suffering an injury Shaeen is rescued by a street urchin. When he wakes up he finds the urchin is actually a lovely woman that catches his fascination. His crew comes to take him home and he kidnaps her as well.
I wasn’t a fan of book 3. The relationships felt really unrealistic and there was no character development. I really wanted to love it after the first two books, but I just couldn’t look past Hope’s foolishness. She is completely reckless and ignorant in ways that are astonishing for even a woman of that time period. The "love" interest Shaeen was extremely emotionally abusive in the beginning and arguably even at the end in a way I find it very hard to overlook.
naika's review
tense
fast-paced
2.0
For a spoilery review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3494019685?book_show_action=false&from_review_page=1
Basically, captor/captive stories are NOT for me. And I did not realize going in that this would be how the story unfolds.
Basically, captor/captive stories are NOT for me. And I did not realize going in that this would be how the story unfolds.
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