Two sisters, deadly pirate adventures, a family legacy, and all the trouble the sea could offer. Ophelia Young has lived in the shadow of her mother's death ever since she was young, she is the bastard child of the notorious pirate queen who was hanged... and before she was hanged she cursed the island. Ophelia has tried to play by the rules her entire life to avoid people's suspicion and to beat her mother's reputation. All she dreams about is escaping the island filled with people who hate her and she plans on joining the navy to redeem her own reputation for good. Betsy Young is as different from her half-sister as can be, she's shy and timid and longs to find love. Betsy lives in her sister's shadow and wants someone to notice her, yet when the son of their family's business partner brutally rejects her hand in marriage thinking it was meant for her sister, it's the last straw for Betsy. To make matters worse, Ophelia runs off to the navy and their father contracts a life threatening illness, which means Betsy will bring Ophelia back no matter what to save the family business... yet nothing is easy for the Young sisters as they realize that life at sea is much more brutal than either of them could ever imagine from being attacked by pirates, lashed on a navy ship, nearly murdered (multiple times), and facing hurricane season.... they'll have to find a way to survive before they can even meet each other again. This book was nothing like I thought it was going to be, it just felt kind of bland if I'm going to be honest. I was expecting a fun high seas pirate adventure with a dash of romance and while this book did have a lot of action and a tiny bit of romance it just didn't really feel all that exciting. The characters didn't exactly feel like they had a lot of dimension and I just felt like they weren't all that fleshed out. I did love the representation of an Aro/Ace female protagonist and other queer relationships shown in this though. The overall story was fine but it just wasn't great, I didn't hate reading this I just don't think I would recommend it. Overall, if you want a pirate book with a strong sister relationship give this one a go, maybe you'll have a better time with it than I did.

*Thanks Netgalley and Page Street Publishing, Page Street YA for sending me an arc in exchange for an honest review*