Review: What an exhilarating read! Could not put it down.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 9, 2014
This one is nearly my perfect answer to a story featuring gay protagonists during "The Age of Sail". Both mains are incredibly well developed and what could be more romantic than a honorable navy officer and a pirate pairing. I love Kit's courage as this navy officer struggled with his loyalty to his country and his blossoming love for one dubious pirates captain. I love Griffin's complexity as this pirates captain adhered to his own concept of honor even at the expense of his own life. I also love the growing friendship and affection between Kit and several equally vibrant pirates characters. Both plot and atmosphere is excellent. The harsh life of the pirates is so vividly and at times so sympathetically portrayed that it is so easy to be on their side when they were pursued by the navy. The plot is one roller coaster ride with twists and betrayals which had me at the edge, as the reader followed Kit from the time he was imprisoned by the pirates to fighting by their sides to imprisoned by the navy. Kit's developing romance with Griffin was equally a roller coaster ride from struggling with buried desires to surrendering to separation to union.My only little niggle is that the guys union at the ending is just too short. 10 pages more or an epilogue would have just been perfect or better still a sequel as Kit, Griffin and these pirates surely have so much more to tell. Excellent stuff.