Daughter of the Pirate King by Tricia Levenseller

This was recommended to me by Amazon, perhaps due to my obsession with Jack Sparrow.  My review is simply "mixed".

First, I love pirates.  Especially ones being portrayed by Johnny Depp and Orlando Bloom.  I've read a lot about Anne Bonny and Mary Read, probably the two most well-known female pirates.  So, I was eager to read this, with the red-headed female lead (perhaps a tribute to Bonny) labeled "Lady Jack Sparrow" in the cover tagline.

First, a few annoyances:
Alosa is half-human, half-siren.  I don't feel like I'm spoiling this, because it's ridiculously obvious shortly into the story.  It wasn't any kind of surprise when the fact is revealed.
Alosa worries way too much about her appearance.  This attempt to feminize her backfires in my opinion.  I know this is her "siren side", but it felt wrong.
The (mild and only PG rated) romance scenes are eye-roll worthy.

Those out of the way, the story itself wasn't bad.  Alosa allows herself to be kidnapped to find a third of the map her father, the Pirate King needs.  Riden and Draxen are the sons of her father's rival and (somewhat of course) Alosa and Riden fall in love.

Eh.  That's my answer.  Awful? Certainly not. Easy read that held my interest enough to finish it? Yes.  Must read this now and eagerly await the sequel? Not so much.

I'll be donating this to the WHHS LMC when we get back.

Follow me on Twitter @RamblingsLMS

Tweet what you're reading #whhs #summerreading

All opinions expressed on this blog are solely those of Mrs. W.