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Tricia Levenseller had impressed me with her writing in The Shadows Between Us and I was waiting to grab a copy of her successful Daughter of the Pirate King series. Thankfully I was not disappointed, for having grown up with Jack Sparrow, who wouldn’t wanna read a love story of pirates and all that swashbuckling? Well, I did get cheated on by the lack of a hero’s flamboyance a la Jack Sparrow but was more than compensated for it as Daughter of The Pirate King was all about Princess Alosa and her sassy kick ass attitude.
The plotline of the search for a part of a map which is to be joined together for the discovery of untold treasures on an island and Alosa forcing herself to be captured so as to explore the ship Night Farer was beyond exciting and of course what a characterization for Alosa. Author Tricia Levenseller deserves a pat on her back simply for the balance of the fine thread she manages to weave for her heroine. Alosa is at times cruel ready to slit the throat of her captors to make her point, she is a warrior in her own right and has no qualms about getting dirty to achieve what she wants. She is equal parts a fighter and a seductress. But the author carefully keeps the dry sarcastic and witty side of her behavior for the readers to connect with her human side. There is so much about Alosa that one learns with her interactions with Riden, though I did wish the chemistry between them had more spark. ’coz all the focus was on Alosa and her various activities somehow Riden’s character fails to garner much attention. The moral dilemma he suffers from being a kidnapper and interrogator never gets conveyed believably.
Hoping that the next book in the series does rectify this shortcoming and we get to see Riden as more of a force to reckon with against Alosa. The romance between them is kept to the minimum as Alosa forces herself to focus on her task of finding the map but I loved how she feels like a fool when the truth comes to light about her nocturnal activities. The background story of Alosa and the torture she endures under her father does give a sense of the steel in her backbone and again the author balances that with her empathy and love for her crew.
Looking forward to catching up with the Daughter of the Siren Queen at the earliest.
Book Blurb
There will be plenty of time for me to beat him soundly once I’ve gotten what I came for.
Sent on a mission to retrieve an ancient hidden map—the key to a legendary treasure trove—seventeen-year-old pirate captain Alosa deliberately allows herself to be captured by her enemies, giving her the perfect opportunity to search their ship.
More than a match for the ruthless pirate crew, Alosa has only one thing standing between her and the map: her captor, the unexpectedly clever and unfairly attractive first mate Riden. But not to worry, for Alosa has a few tricks up her sleeve, and no lone pirate can stop the Daughter of the Pirate King.
In Daughter of the Pirate King, debut author Tricia Levenseller blends action, adventure, romance, and a little bit of magic into a thrilling YA pirate tale.
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