A review by joanna1905
The Final Curse of Ophelia Cray by Christine Calella

3.0

This was a decent read, but It didn’t particularly wow me. Though I confess part of that is due to the expectations I had about this book a pirate book about two sisters marketed as queer? I assumed we’d get some main character sapphic content, which there wasn’t. One of our mains is presumably asexual, however, the reference is so minor one could easily fail to infer that's what was intended since all she says is that she’s “not interested in anyone” which doesn’t necessarily mean she’s ace. There’s also a sapphic side couple but they’re pretty minor. So for me, this was a massive letdown.

In terms of the story, it was a well-executed plot but I just didn’t feel hugely invested in it. There were lots of cool pieces like Ophelia’s mother and the island but they just didn’t click as well as they might’ve.

Also never seeing Ophelia finding out about their father seemed a very big missed opportunity for a hugely emotional moment.

Thank you, NetGalley and Page Street Publishing for an arc in exchange for an honest review!