Thank you Ace Pub and Netgalley for the eARC, all thoughts are my own.

I’m undecided between rating this a 3.75 or a 4 but I think I’ll do a solid 4 since I can’t stop thinking about it!

I honestly wasn’t sure what to expect with this one. I went in not knowing anything about it so I was pleasantly surprised when it turned out to be a pirate adventure with some romance and a marriage of convenience! Every time I picked up this book I did not want to put it back down. The adventure was intriguing and the relationship between Saoirse and Faolan was what made me want to keep reading.

My favorite thing about this book has to be Saoirse’s character. I loved the self discovery journey she goes on and it was amazing to follow along with. Faolan was also a great love interest and all the characters were equally captivating. Back to Saoirse, “soft girl” archetypes are severely lacking in the romantasy/fantasy romance genre so I really, really loved how the author wrote her. AND no dark haired morally grey MMC, instead he’s a chaotic man with golden retriever energy and wild stories. Loved everything about their relationship. 

The Irish influences were great too. My only gripe is that if you’re going to write a book heavily influenced by Irish myths and culture then you could at least spell “Kiara” as “Ciara” lol.

I do think the world building could have been explained better in the beginning, especially Saoirse’s “curse” and the soul stones but I did have a good grasp of it by the end of the story. I also think the book was a touch too long. 

All in all I really enjoyed this one and am looking forward to book two!