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Seafire by Natalie C. Parker Published by Razorbill ISBN: 9780451481290
on August 28, 2018
Genres: Fantasy, Epic, Action & Adventure, Pirates, Social Themes, Friendship
Pages: 332
Source: Publisher
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Synopsis
After her family is killed by corrupt warlord Aric Athair and his bloodthirsty army of Bullets, Caledonia Styx is left to chart her own course on the dangerous and deadly seas. She captains her ship, the Mors Navis, with a crew of girls and women just like her, who have lost their families and homes because of Aric and his men. The crew has one mission: stay alive, and take down Aric's armed and armored fleet.
But when Caledonia's best friend and second-in-command barely survives an attack thanks to help from a Bullet looking to defect, Caledonia finds herself questioning whether to let him join their crew. Is this boy the key to taking down Aric Athair once and for all...or will he threaten everything the women of the Mors Navis have worked for?
Pairing gorgeous prose with pulse-pounding action, Seafire reminds us of the importance of sisterhood and unity in the face of oppression and tyranny.
Seafire was in one word, truly empowering. I felt like I could do anything I set myself to do. That’s just the feel Caledonia and her grew give you.
I loved every single character in this book
It’s true! You know how sometimes you find even one character who turns out to be completely annoying? It’s often our very own main character. In this case, I fell for the crew of the Mor Navis, and for every other supporting character they crossed paths with.
Caledonia was a handful, I won’t lie to you.
At one point I went to my sister and told her she was getting on my nerves, being so stubborn and untrusting. I got where she was coming from but… ugh! It was still so frustating. My sister had to remind me that it felt that way because I could see the bigger picture, but Caledonia only knew what she’d experienced. And based on her experience, her actions and thought processes were more than reasonable.
So, our main character could be stubborn and frustrating, but one thing that remained consistent was her love for her crew. For her every decision there was a filter: Will this hurt my girls? How much?
It warmed my heart, and also how loyal and fierce the crew was towards their captain. It was so nice to see them work together in sync and be so familiar with each other. Yes, it’d have been fun to know about the origin of the crew, but I think the story benefitted from being set when they have been working together for years.
I’m so curious about this world though
Not a lot of explanation is given about the world before, or how this one came to be. I’m not sure if this is set in the future of our own world or we’re talking about something different. This wasn’t such a pressing issue that it became annoying or hindered my understanding of the story. I’m just curious about it, because what we know according to characters’comments and Caledonia’s thoughts is that this isn’t some medieval setting. They use tech in their ships to do a lot of things.
I’m not sure if the final version includes a map, but it’d totally benefit from it. This is a story that needs a map. I hope they’ll add one in the sequel! There’s just a lot of references to places as the crew sails the waters and I’m the kind of readers that likes to check back and see where they are.
And the ending… It wasn’t entirely satisfying
If I had to point out a flaw in this book, I think that would be the ending. In my opinion it had a solid plot throughout, and then we had a climactic moment, which was very exciting, and then we have a few scenes to tide us over. It’s a cliffhanger, but I’m not sure what the cliff is, if you get what I mean. It doesn’t make you angry, or excited. You’re just like… ‘Huh, is that all?’.
Fortunately, it doesn’t take at all from the overall enjoyement. The author does a great job hooking us continuously with every page. And that’s just another good thing. Things are always happening, which moves the plot along and makes you keep turning pages!
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