Thank you Bibliolifestyle Tours for the ARC.

MIDDLE OF THE ROAD.

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I had high hopes for this one after seeing some good reviews but I find myself with middle of the road thoughts about how everything went down. The insta-love was a bit meh. I was a little bit charmed by the swept away vibes of it, but he mostly taught her to swim and then they were in love and I feel like I’m missing something.

Then for 90% of the story they are in separate parts of the world both doing completely different things. It made this hard to call a romance (which was my expectation). There’s some good self growth journey moments and I liked where things ended up at the closing pages at least. There was a lot of pirate content, which is always my favorite and I could tell this book was well researched. I always appreciate that aspect when reading a historical book.

Overall audience notes:
- Historical Fiction + Romance
- Language: low
- Romance: closed door
- Violence: moderate
- Trigger/Content Warnings: still birth, mistreatment/shaming of a women, death of friends