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ithaca's review
5.0
Wealthy Irish lady dresses as a man, joins the pirate crew of none other than Grace O'Malley, becomes a valued and beloved member of said crew, and falls in love with a woman all while on a quest to save her friend who was kidnapped by slavers. And damn let's throw in some historical events and characters for good measure with Grace O'Malley being a badass pirate queen defending Ireland from the English and allying with Mary Queen of Scots. There is also no romantic love for the friend she's out to save, it's just friendship and loyalty (THANK YOU this is so nice to see). There is sort of a love triangle but I didn't hate it. Bless this crazy lesbian pirate historical romance adventure.
apiratethatdoesnothing's review
4.0
Something of interest in this story - pirates and lesbian characters! Two of my favorite things. I enjoyed the touch on historical aspects of the pirate and sailing life throughout the story and the fact that the lesbian character wasn't a) killed off too soon, b) wed to a man, c) forced to return to the life of a noble woman. The fighting scenes were written in a way we could imagine as much or not as much of the gore we wanted to but left it that if the reader was to skip the fighting scenes they wouldn't miss the story line. Even though fiction, I could get wrapped into the story as f it were all quite plausible!
Another one o couldn't put down!
Another one o couldn't put down!
probably_reading_right_now's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
mysterious
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
4.0
I love sapphic pirates and will read just about any book with them in it. I held off on reading this one for a while because the name is pretty goofy. I’m glad I decided to pick it up anyway though because this is definitely in my top favorite pirate books! This was exciting and fun to read. The premise is that Quinn has to dress as a man to join a pirate ship to find her friend who was kidnapped. In the beginning they kept stressing how much she had to hide her true identity to be able to accomplish that and how scared she was of everyone’s reactions if they found out the truth, but for someone so scared of her true identity being revealed she actually didn’t try all that hard to hide it really. I thought with so many books in the series that part of the storyline could have afforded more space to play out. It felt a little rushed like what was the point in the first place of even including it. I’m really interested to see how this will continue!
elizatanner's review
4.0
Great pirate read. Enjoyed the characters. The author did well on building the main character so as not to dilute here. I look forward to the sequels.
lrauert's review against another edition
4.0
I was given a copy of this book "The Pirate's Booty" in exchange for an honest review
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Let me start out by saying that historical fiction isnt my thing. Though the reason behind that stems from my lack of knowledge about history. Nothing more. One of the best things about tPB is that at the beginning there is a few pages of history in which we are told about certain people and their contributions to history before we even dive in. So when I went into this book, it wasn't blindly.
Now, we follow Kieran Callaghan aka Quinn, a lady disguised as a man -- pirate, to be exact -- on Grace O'Malley's ship the Malendroke. She, along with her twin brother, sail the seas as a part of Grace's crew as they search for a childhood friend. Enter in a sweet romance, with every lady falling over themselves for Kieran/Quinn, and we have the makings for an awesome, sexy, LGBTQ, swashbuckling tale set to the backdrop of Queen Elizabeth I and her taking of Ireland.
So. Things that I greatly liked:
This wasnt just an awesome tale of action or an intense and emotional historical piece, but also a romance. The language flows around you like water, and you drink in every word that comes your way. The characters were great, their conversations even greater -- like real, fleshed out people talking rather than characters on a page. The romance scenes had me cheering and the banter between certain people had me cracking up; I was definitely emotionally invested.
Overall, I dont really have much to say in regards to dislikes. I know I spotted a couple of historically incorrect phrases -- but tbh I couldn't care less as it did not effect my reading in the slightest. The only thing I had to say that I wasn't so crazy about was how much goes Quinn's way all of the time. I wanted her to be challenged but everything felt almost too easy at some points.
I gave this ⭐⭐⭐⭐
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Let me start out by saying that historical fiction isnt my thing. Though the reason behind that stems from my lack of knowledge about history. Nothing more. One of the best things about tPB is that at the beginning there is a few pages of history in which we are told about certain people and their contributions to history before we even dive in. So when I went into this book, it wasn't blindly.
Now, we follow Kieran Callaghan aka Quinn, a lady disguised as a man -- pirate, to be exact -- on Grace O'Malley's ship the Malendroke. She, along with her twin brother, sail the seas as a part of Grace's crew as they search for a childhood friend. Enter in a sweet romance, with every lady falling over themselves for Kieran/Quinn, and we have the makings for an awesome, sexy, LGBTQ, swashbuckling tale set to the backdrop of Queen Elizabeth I and her taking of Ireland.
So. Things that I greatly liked:
This wasnt just an awesome tale of action or an intense and emotional historical piece, but also a romance. The language flows around you like water, and you drink in every word that comes your way. The characters were great, their conversations even greater -- like real, fleshed out people talking rather than characters on a page. The romance scenes had me cheering and the banter between certain people had me cracking up; I was definitely emotionally invested.
Overall, I dont really have much to say in regards to dislikes. I know I spotted a couple of historically incorrect phrases -- but tbh I couldn't care less as it did not effect my reading in the slightest. The only thing I had to say that I wasn't so crazy about was how much goes Quinn's way all of the time. I wanted her to be challenged but everything felt almost too easy at some points.
I gave this ⭐⭐⭐⭐
snowbenton's review against another edition
4.0
A fun and completely outrageous adventure, full of Irish accents and lesbian pirates.
gracerichards11's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
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
4.0
reading_and_dreaming's review against another edition
3.0
I was contacted by the publicist of the author and given a free ebook in exchange for my honest review.
I’ve been reading a lot of pirate books recently, and this one was a break from the fantastical worlds of many of the current pirate tales and was some good old historical pirate fiction! Not even getting to the story yet – I loved the dialects used by all the characters and how our main character, Quinn/Callaghan, would trip up and forget to use the rough pirate language in favor of a fancy vocabulary. It pulled me in, made me believe Quinn/Callaghan’s backstory, and made the story feel authentic and pirate-y.
This story has all of the things you’d want in a tale of fierce ladies on the high seas: women taking on male personas to fit in, ship battles, Pirate Queens, and plenty of situations where being a woman has its advantages (although this is mostly due to the fact that the men are too stupid to find women a threat). Add to that mix lesbians, women breaking the mold that society has locked them into, strong female friendships, a fair amount of social commentary on the important issues of the day, and a dash of danger and you’ve got yourself The Pirate’s Booty.
Quinn/Callaghan is brave, heroic, dashing, and a loyal friend. Grace O'Malley is inspiring and terrifying. I truly loved the support among the female characters and how time and time again, people showed that they understood that it was your actions that defined you – not whatever society said. It’s a story about being yourself and loving who you are. Also did I mention pirates ;)
I’ve been reading a lot of pirate books recently, and this one was a break from the fantastical worlds of many of the current pirate tales and was some good old historical pirate fiction! Not even getting to the story yet – I loved the dialects used by all the characters and how our main character, Quinn/Callaghan, would trip up and forget to use the rough pirate language in favor of a fancy vocabulary. It pulled me in, made me believe Quinn/Callaghan’s backstory, and made the story feel authentic and pirate-y.
This story has all of the things you’d want in a tale of fierce ladies on the high seas: women taking on male personas to fit in, ship battles, Pirate Queens, and plenty of situations where being a woman has its advantages (although this is mostly due to the fact that the men are too stupid to find women a threat). Add to that mix lesbians, women breaking the mold that society has locked them into, strong female friendships, a fair amount of social commentary on the important issues of the day, and a dash of danger and you’ve got yourself The Pirate’s Booty.
Quinn/Callaghan is brave, heroic, dashing, and a loyal friend. Grace O'Malley is inspiring and terrifying. I truly loved the support among the female characters and how time and time again, people showed that they understood that it was your actions that defined you – not whatever society said. It’s a story about being yourself and loving who you are. Also did I mention pirates ;)
ekalmusla's review against another edition
4.0
This book completely had me hooked up until the last 10 pages. I mean, WTF? I felt like someone came along and told Alex Westmore to make her novel a series instead of one long piratey adventure, and in deciding to do so, abruptly changed the ending to this novel to just teeter off and die in a hole.
I'm giving the novel 4-stars though because, up until then, it was utterly fantastic. Swashbuckling pirates, crazy adventures, the MC hiding in men's clothing, romance, intrigue, sex, and history - what isn't to like? The language was a bit hard to get used to at first, but it ended up working, and I didn't notice it any longer after the first 10 pages or so. The love story was a bit sudden and didn't seem well-paced in implementation, but it's charming and I hope to see more of it in the next books.
The lack of 5-stars is strictly because of the ending. I hope the next few books make it worthwhile, because I felt a serious lack of closure at the end.
I'm giving the novel 4-stars though because, up until then, it was utterly fantastic. Swashbuckling pirates, crazy adventures, the MC hiding in men's clothing, romance, intrigue, sex, and history - what isn't to like? The language was a bit hard to get used to at first, but it ended up working, and I didn't notice it any longer after the first 10 pages or so. The love story was a bit sudden and didn't seem well-paced in implementation, but it's charming and I hope to see more of it in the next books.
The lack of 5-stars is strictly because of the ending. I hope the next few books make it worthwhile, because I felt a serious lack of closure at the end.
caitlinattemptstoread's review
adventurous
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.5
So frustrated by this book. I wanted fun erotic lesbian pirate adventures and instead was given 2 halfhearted sexual encounters (and completely one-sided) in the beginning, barely anything more than kissing through the next 90% of it, and the last 10 pages were such a throwaway and made me so irritated, I felt like I'd wasted my time reading the whole thing. I'm sure it was intended to leave the readers wanting more to continue the series, but instead it made me wanna toss the whole thing and there's no effin way I'll read another one. The story plodded along and every time you thought it would go somewhere good, the author ran away from it like a scared kitten. Own the absurd (and should be erotic) fun of what you are instead of trying to write historical fiction with a f*ckin title like Pirate's Booty and the Plundered Chronicles. What a waste!