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Next in the #1 Sunday Times bestselling series, New York Times bestselling author Kate Mosse returns with The Ghost Ship, a sweeping historical epic of adventure on the high seas. The Barbary Coast, 1621. A mysterious vessel floats silently on the water. It is known only as the Ghost Ship. For months it has hunted pirates to liberate those enslaved by corsairs, manned by a courageous crew of mariners from Italy and France, Holland and the Canary Islands. But the bravest men on board are not who they seem. And the stakes could not be higher. If arrested, they will be hanged for their crimes. Can they survive the journey and escape their fate? A sweeping and epic love story, ranging from France in 1610 to Amsterdam and the Canary Islands in the 1620s, The Ghost Ship is a thrilling novel of adventure and buccaneering, love and revenge, stolen fortunes and hidden secrets on the high seas.
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I just finished Ghost Ship by Kate Mosse and here is my review.
It's 1621 and the ship known as Ghost ship, is sailing silently on the water. It has one mission... A mission where Captain Louise Reydon-Joubert and her crew are hunting pirates... Hunting them to liberate the people they took during their raiding.
Ghost ship is under attack. The ship is in bad physical shape. Louise is pretending to be her brother in hopes of surviving what is lurking around the corner.
I'm going to start by saying that the cover is lovely! It is really eye-catching and the joy doesn't stop there. This is a book in a series but it really stands well as a standalone novel.
The plot was wonderful! An historical fiction on the high seas with pirates... count me in any day of the week. The writing was so beautiful I was captivated right from the first page!
Louise is such an amazingly strong female lead! I loved her from the offset. The whole book was tied together with the perfect balance of plot to character development, to descriptive passages and conversation. I devoured it in a day and I will now go back and read book one!
The author is an amazing storyteller and I am fully on board for more from the author.
4.5 stars! Thank you @mintaurbooks for my gifted copy!
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4 primary booksThe Joubert Family Chronicles is a 4-book series with 4 primary works first released in 2018 with contributions by Kate Mosse.