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The Pirate's Booty
by Alex Westmore
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 ;)