Format: EBook, 320 pages
Release Date: February 28, 2017
Publisher: Feiwel & Friends
Source: Kindle Unlimited
Genre: Young Adult / Fantasy
A 17-year-old pirate captain intentionally allows herself to get captured by enemy pirates in this thrilling YA adventure.
If you want something done right . . .
When her
father, the ruthless Pirate King, discovers that a legendary treasure
map can be found on an enemy ship, his daughter, Alosa, knows that
there's only one pirate for the job—herself. Leaving behind her beloved
ship and crew, Alosa deliberately facilitates her own kidnapping to
ensure her welcome on the ship. After all, who's going to suspect a girl
locked in a cell . . .
But Alosa has skills enough for any
three pirates, and has yet to meet her match. Although she has to admit
that the surprisingly perceptive and unfairly attractive first mate,
Riden, the lucky pirate charged with finding out all her secrets, comes
the closest. Now it's down to a battle of wits and will. . . . Can Alosa
find the map before Riden figures out her plan?
Daughter of the Pirate King is the first installment in author Tricia Levenseller's Daughter of the Pirate King series. 17-year-old Alosa is the only claimed daughter of Kalligan aka the Pirate King which makes her valuable if she were to fall into the wrong hands. Kalligan rules over and terrorizes the seas, while Alosa is the Captain of her own ship called Ava-Lee with a crew of mostly women. Kalligan sends Alosa on a mission. Her mission is to collect one of the three pieces to a puzzle that may lead to a place called Isla de Canta, or the home of the Siren.
So, with a ship and crew chosen by her father, Alosa intentionally surrenders her crew and herself to the Night Fear captained by Draxen, as well as his brother Riden in order to gain access to part of the map which is supposedly hidden on board. The Island of Song is said to hold treasures beyond imagination which is why the map was separated into three different parts to ensure nobody gains a foot up on the other families. Why should we care about Alosa? From the start, Alosa proves to be a handful. She is brazen and smart-mouthed, and she is feisty.
She's spirited and unafraid to keep trying. She has a plan and she doesn't let obstacles get in her way of finding the map. She carries the reputation as the Princess of thieves and murderers. Alosa could definitely give Celaena Sardothien a run for her money when it comes to wits and brutality. She has no problem slitting a few throats and getting her hands dirty. She's mostly human but also part something else. When she allows herself to use the gifts her mother gave her, she becomes even more dangerous. She has to work hard just to keep herself in check for fear of losing control.
Through trials and tribulations and standing tall among the man who believe they can get her to reveal her father's secretive hideaway, and later kidnapped by yet another pirate who wants to overthrow her father, Alosa finds that Riden is more than meets the eye test. Alosa and Riden's banter is fun and not overbearing. Almost every time she let herself out of the brig, he catches her, which leads to some sort of hilarious back-and-forth banter. He visits her in the brig and talks to her - the purpose being to extract information about the pirate king from her - but they each learn a lot about each other.
As the story goes on, it's clear that at least in terms of their relationship, it's less of prisoner-captor, and something else. Riden begins to help Alosa, both directly and indirectly, and he's the only one who seems immune to her other side. There are several twists and turns to the story which you can pretty much figure out since this series was released several years ago, and the next installment apparently is waiting to be released sometime in 2023! I have no problem recommending this book to my followers.
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