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4.11 AVERAGE
4.11 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
emotional
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This one felt a little more wish-fulfillment than other Jenkins books, but still super enjoyable and somehow taught me more history than I knew I wanted to learn. It's a prequel in the LeVeq Family series, telling the story of the family patriarch and the feisty bride he rescued from slavery.
adventurous
medium-paced
Dominic Le Veq is the swooniest.
I had fun with this one. I only wish there had been a little more tension between Dominic and Claire. They got too comfy, too fast.
I had fun with this one. I only wish there had been a little more tension between Dominic and Claire. They got too comfy, too fast.
emotional
inspiring
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
This meet cute will forever live in my head, I can’t stop thinking about it!!! Omfggg him calling her “sassy woman” 🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭😭
Love them, love Beverly Jenkins, I am indeed obsessed with these books, making a flow chart of how the characters connect in different books and everything. HIGHLY RECOMMEND
Love them, love Beverly Jenkins, I am indeed obsessed with these books, making a flow chart of how the characters connect in different books and everything. HIGHLY RECOMMEND
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I listened to this on Everand and I loved it. Beverly Jenkin's amazing writing paired with Kim Stauton's masterful narration does it for me every time!
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Easily my favorite of the Beverly Jenkins' romances I've read! This is the sweetest pirate kidnapping of all time, a tender and affirming romance, and a dramatic high-stakes family rescue that makes for a stressy (and violent, see CWs) third act. It's also a unique time period for pirate stories in historical romance - set ahead of the American Revolutionary War - and showcased, as usual, Jenkins' historical research and insight into undertold stories in major American historical moments.
I've struggled previously with Jenkins' tendency to lean more tell vs. show and to write main characters who generally make the right decisions and say the right things and show up as fully formed already once on page (what can I say, I like when we start messy). That said, Jenkins writes celebratory romances for characters who were wholly ignored in historical romance before her, and I do think there's something to be said for creating characters whose conflict lies outside them. With racism, slavery, oppression and a violent state consistently challenging the existence of Black folks during these time periods, Jenkins' decision to create external conflicts for her characters makes a lot of sense. In Captured, while the primary conflicts are external (our female main character's enslavement and forced separation from her children being the central, driving force), I felt both main characters had to grapple with what they were willing to risk for freedom and revenge, what they wanted of their lives and their families, and how to move forward in spite of fear and grief.
If you love sweet and swoony and heroic pirate stories with capital-V-Villains who get their comeuppance, Captured is a fun read that had me cheering through the final chapters.
I've struggled previously with Jenkins' tendency to lean more tell vs. show and to write main characters who generally make the right decisions and say the right things and show up as fully formed already once on page (what can I say, I like when we start messy). That said, Jenkins writes celebratory romances for characters who were wholly ignored in historical romance before her, and I do think there's something to be said for creating characters whose conflict lies outside them. With racism, slavery, oppression and a violent state consistently challenging the existence of Black folks during these time periods, Jenkins' decision to create external conflicts for her characters makes a lot of sense. In Captured, while the primary conflicts are external (our female main character's enslavement and forced separation from her children being the central, driving force), I felt both main characters had to grapple with what they were willing to risk for freedom and revenge, what they wanted of their lives and their families, and how to move forward in spite of fear and grief.
If you love sweet and swoony and heroic pirate stories with capital-V-Villains who get their comeuppance, Captured is a fun read that had me cheering through the final chapters.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Murder
Moderate: Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Vomit
adventurous
hopeful
medium-paced
adventurous
emotional
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No