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A review by lisashelves
Daughter of the Pirate King by Tricia Levenseller
5.0
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 5 stars
Daughter of the Pirate King is a story about Alosa, who willingly gets kidnapped in order to retrieve an ancient hidden map hidden somewhere by the captain of the pirate ship she is a prisoner on.
I recently watched the Pirates of the Caribbean movies and was really craving some good pirate stories. Unfortunately, not many are written in the YA genre, but I had some left on my shelves which I hadn’t yet read. This book, together with Namesake was one of them. Seeing as Alosa is dubbed the female Jack Sparrow, I naturally picked up this one out of the two.
I really liked the plot, as it seemed really unique. The prose of somehow finding a treasure map which, of course, leads to a place where treasure can be found is a standard with pirate stories. The way this plot was written thought didn’t feel standard. I liked how Alosa went about trying to find the map by willingly becoming a prisoner.
The world-building wasn’t really big, as most of the story happened on the ship, but somehow the world felt really big. I also loved the attention to details on the ship. It felt like a full crew was at work keeping the ship afloat and on its way. The little map at the beginning of the ship also really helped!
50 pages in, I can totally see why Alosa is dubbed the female Jack Sparrow. So many things she does remind me of her and I loved every second of it. She is just confident and doesn’t really care about others, she is just unapologetically herself and I am here for it! I love a female character who is like that, who doesn’t need to be rescued but is the rescuer. I also really loved Enwen, he is just hilarious, especially with how superstitious he is!
I am also a really big fan of her relationships, especially the banter with Riden. They have such good chemistry, it really shows. I also love how they went from enemies to friends to lovers. It was really well written and believable.
Some plot points were easily guessed, but some still took me by surprise, which I really enjoyed! it makes me really curious how the story will continue on!
Overall, it was a really enjoyable, easy read and I really want to know how the story continues on in the sequel!
Daughter of the Pirate King is a story about Alosa, who willingly gets kidnapped in order to retrieve an ancient hidden map hidden somewhere by the captain of the pirate ship she is a prisoner on.
I recently watched the Pirates of the Caribbean movies and was really craving some good pirate stories. Unfortunately, not many are written in the YA genre, but I had some left on my shelves which I hadn’t yet read. This book, together with Namesake was one of them. Seeing as Alosa is dubbed the female Jack Sparrow, I naturally picked up this one out of the two.
I really liked the plot, as it seemed really unique. The prose of somehow finding a treasure map which, of course, leads to a place where treasure can be found is a standard with pirate stories. The way this plot was written thought didn’t feel standard. I liked how Alosa went about trying to find the map by willingly becoming a prisoner.
The world-building wasn’t really big, as most of the story happened on the ship, but somehow the world felt really big. I also loved the attention to details on the ship. It felt like a full crew was at work keeping the ship afloat and on its way. The little map at the beginning of the ship also really helped!
50 pages in, I can totally see why Alosa is dubbed the female Jack Sparrow. So many things she does remind me of her and I loved every second of it. She is just confident and doesn’t really care about others, she is just unapologetically herself and I am here for it! I love a female character who is like that, who doesn’t need to be rescued but is the rescuer. I also really loved Enwen, he is just hilarious, especially with how superstitious he is!
I am also a really big fan of her relationships, especially the banter with Riden. They have such good chemistry, it really shows. I also love how they went from enemies to friends to lovers. It was really well written and believable.
Some plot points were easily guessed, but some still took me by surprise, which I really enjoyed! it makes me really curious how the story will continue on!
Overall, it was a really enjoyable, easy read and I really want to know how the story continues on in the sequel!