The Legendary Adventures of the Pirate Queens by James Grant
Goldin narrated by, Shiromi Arserio
What a fun book I didn’t want to stop listening, it was
rip-roaring fun on the high seas! These two ladies are so different Martin/Mary
dresses like a man and fights in a war and goes to sea and ends up on a Pirate
ship. Anne Bonny on the other hand is all woman all the time, she ran away from
her husband and became mistress to a pirate though in all honesty I think Anne
ran the ship and just let Captain Calico Jack think he did.
When Anne can’t seem to get Martin to pay attention to her
and then Calico makes the comment that Martin is in love with her Anne sets out
to find out the truth, these scenes are hilarious because as readers we know
Martin is really Mary however Anne Bonny is not used to a man who wants nothing
to do with her. I loved how she couldn’t comprehend a man not falling for her
feminine wiles, and poor Mary trying her best not to cross Anne because she is
a pirate after all and has the temper to go with it. And Mary as Martin is a
gentleman she is tough as nails and can fight and shoot and do the jobs on the
ship but she always tries to be a gentleman.
However our dear Martin/Mary is in love another seaman Peter
who has no idea that she is a he, this
complicates their relationship, so she moons over him from afar and tries her
best to keep him alive because he is not much of a seaman and not a fighter at
all, he came to sea because he is the 2nd born or the spare as they
were known in the day, wanting to learn about longitude and clocks because at
this time in history it was sailing by the stars and I believe people went of
course a lot.
All the characters in this book were very interesting, and
it made me want to know even more about these ladies and as I always say a sign
of a good historical fiction book is that it makes me want to research more and
this one definitely did that.
New to me narrator Shiromi Arserio was very good she had
many different accents and I liked how she had 2 different voices for Martin
and Mary even though they were the same person. Very well done and I will be on
the lookout for anything else she has narrated.
This was a new author and narrator for me and I truly
enjoyed them both and if the author writes any other historical fiction books I
will be reading them for sure.
If you enjoy the Jackie Faber/Bloody Jack books give this
one a try I think you will enjoy it.
4 ½ Stars
I received this from the author for a fair and honest
review, and I am so glad I said yes!
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