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A review by lrauert
The Pirate's Booty by Alex Westmore
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 ⭐⭐⭐⭐