Reviews - Married to a Pirate

298 reviews for:

Married to a Pirate

Athena Rose

3.02 AVERAGE

lilli_ann_13's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional hopeful lighthearted mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

lucymjl's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous funny medium-paced

ohheyitsfaye's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous medium-paced

cyndy0707's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous hopeful lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

doodadayreads's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

blackarrow16's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous 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: Yes

gothradiohour's review against another edition

3.0

Troupes, troupes, troupes! I know this book is available on KU, but I found it through targeted Instagram ads. I will say they were very effective since I ordered the paperback, after trying to get my local library to buy it first. The ad gave away about the first 20% of the story, and then I was left questioning if this story had a previous life as a Pirates of the Caribbean fanfic. The back of the book promises a "steamy dark fantasy,"... Maybe I'm just a jaded adult lit reader, but these folks had about as much steam as iced tea.
The characters themselves were entertaining if a little predictable. The world building felt a little scant. (Perhaps because it's set an already established pirate world.) The plot moved along fairly quickly, but it still felt like a bit of a slough to get to the end, which of course ends on the promise of a sequel. I found myself counting chapter pages towards the end.
With each introduction of mythical creatures and living gods I felt myself underwhelmed.

The book did have delightful parts here and there, and I found myself giggling despite myself. It's not a bad read by any measure, but I think it could be better with more character and world development.