Ratings20
Average rating3.2
Ananna of the Tanarau abandons ship when her parents try to marry her off to another pirate clan. But that only prompts the scorned clan to send an assassin after her. When Ananna faces him down one night, armed with magic she doesn't really know how to use, she accidentally activates a curse binding them together. To break the spell, Ananna and the assassin must complete three impossible tasks all while grappling with evil wizards, floating islands, haughty manticores, runaway nobility, strange magic...and the growing romantic tension between them. -- publisher.
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I hesitate to write a review now, rather than waiting until after I finish The Pirate's Wish. There are major plot issues still unresolved at the end of this book, which I dislike. The author did get her main characters to spot where I suppose it is reasonable to pause, though. The book is intended for the YA market, and perhaps (Harry Potter aside) enormous volumes don't go over well there.
In any case, the two main characters are interesting and likable without being unbelievably perfect. Neither are they unbearably annoying - something I have found all too common in the YA genre lately. The plot has drawn me in and I find the world fascinating.
On to the next volume!
Wow. What a painful reading experience. If it hadn't been a e-ARC I wouldn't have finished the book at all. Following an incredibly stupid protagonist around as she and Naji try to break a curse might have been interesting. But the author's amateur writing style, the lack of plot and story arc made this no fun at all. Plus, there is no ending to this. The story stops mid-plot and nothing that happens has any impact on anything... what a waste of time!
Read a full review on why I hated this so much over at the SFF Book Review
3,5 stars
Em suma o livro é interessante.
A princípio, achei Ananna MUITO chata, principalmente com relação a seu comportamento com Naji (muito grossa, por mais que ele a tratasse realmente como criança e sua persistente obrigação de mantê-la a salvo de qualquer coisa), mas não é bem assim que as coisas acontecem certo? - principalemnte para fazer um cara gostar de você.
As coisas/a vida para as pessoas que são muito bonitas são mais fáceis com toda a certeza, mas isso não tira a sua virtude de ser confiável - e afinal, não sabemos o quão bonita ela é, não fica muito clara em sua descrição, principalmente por ser em primeira pessoa o livro mas o que a torna não muito confiável já que ela pode ser muito bonita, mesmo que para parâmetros normais.
As partes mais empolgante da leitura sem sombra de dúvida, é quando embarcam no Revenge. Embora simples, a autora colocou muito da riqueza do mundo pirata naqueles capítulos, realmente deixando transparecer que a personagem realamente estava a vontade com tudo, mais aquele era seu oceano.
Por um momento, você acaba realemnte pensando que tudo vai dar certo e coisa e outra.
continua...
Series
2 primary books4 released booksThe Assassin's Curse is a 4-book series with 2 primary works first released in 2012 with contributions by Cassandra Rose Clarke.
Series
1 released bookMagic of Blood and Sea is a 6-book series first released in 2012 with contributions by Cassandra Rose Clarke.