This book was so much fun.
I picked it on the recommendation of a friend that lives too far for us to trade much and I really didn't know what to expect--when I received it, it looked suspiciously like a book fair book and I was a little concerned...
I will say I think that it probably WAS intended for young adult reading (hey, but so was Twilight) so it doesn't go TOO deeply into the real dark side of actual pirate history, but I can't really say that it "glosses over it" really either.
I think it IS much in vhe vein of Twilight in the following factors:
1) depth of character development (NOT that deep, but you're invested all the same)
2) a serious subject--love, survival, etc--that isn't necessarily handled lightly but isn't so heavy that it's depressing
3) there's a sense of adventure, of boundaries crossed, etc.
BY no means am I saying you'll love it if you loved Twilight--I'm simply saying it's about the same level of reading --not too serious, not too light, just enough to keep one entertained. I don't recall when it was published, without getting the book out of the other room anyway, but I was surprised that I'd never heard of it before, meaning that it wasn't a bigger hit. Maybe with it being a UK author it didn't catch on over here?
Anyway, it's ALL-ages appropriate and alot of fun to read.
I picked it on the recommendation of a friend that lives too far for us to trade much and I really didn't know what to expect--when I received it, it looked suspiciously like a book fair book and I was a little concerned...
I will say I think that it probably WAS intended for young adult reading (hey, but so was Twilight) so it doesn't go TOO deeply into the real dark side of actual pirate history, but I can't really say that it "glosses over it" really either.
I think it IS much in vhe vein of Twilight in the following factors:
1) depth of character development (NOT that deep, but you're invested all the same)
2) a serious subject--love, survival, etc--that isn't necessarily handled lightly but isn't so heavy that it's depressing
3) there's a sense of adventure, of boundaries crossed, etc.
BY no means am I saying you'll love it if you loved Twilight--I'm simply saying it's about the same level of reading --not too serious, not too light, just enough to keep one entertained. I don't recall when it was published, without getting the book out of the other room anyway, but I was surprised that I'd never heard of it before, meaning that it wasn't a bigger hit. Maybe with it being a UK author it didn't catch on over here?
Anyway, it's ALL-ages appropriate and alot of fun to read.
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