You know, I almost forgot seafaring, whale hunting, looting, treasure-hunting pirates were a real thing. The depictions have ventured so far into the stuff of legend and mythos in my lifetime thanks to swashbuckling action-packed disney movies sprinkling more fantasy to the already superstitious world of the high seas.

This book felt like a trip on a crazy ship but not with Jack Sparrow but rather some adonis-like models from a vogue magazine shoot. I kept expecting a sexy Poseidon to appear or in keeping with the beauty and romance....mermaids.

Okay so yeah the King Of Libertines and his brother sound offensively attractive like just stop already. And that brother Reynolds...me thinks there is something dangerous about him, way more than Priest.

The bonus Sea if Ruin chapters were intriguing enough to peak my interest into the rest of this series.

It was unexpected and fun.