What I enjoyed about the reveal of this information as it happened in the book is that it is not explicitly stated until the climax of the story.

Alosa is not only the daughter of the pirate king but also of the siren queen, making her half-human and half-siren. The secret is not hard to figure out if you know the title of the second book. Throughout the book we as the audience get glimpses of a secret that Alosa is keeping from Riden. Alosa is objectified by many members of Riden’s crew as would be expected of pirates who spend weeks at sea without seeing any women. In the first chapter alone both main characters kill members of each other’s crews. I love that the book does not downplay the atrocities committed by pirates. Vordan shows up at the end of the book to capture the piece of the map hidden on Riden’s ship. Alosa’s father has one, Riden’s father hid the second, and a pirate lord, Vordan, has the third. There are three map pieces needed to find the treasure. For most of the book, Riden and his brother are framed as the antagonists, but another antagonist is introduced towards the end of the book. The ending of the book includes some fantastic plot twists.

The way the two of them get under the other’s skin is pure gold. I love the banter between Alosa and Riden. I will probably say this a thousand times, but I love this book. Will Alosa successfully retrieve the map piece? Star Rating Unfortunately for Alosa, the first mate of the ship, Riden, has a penchant for disrupting Alosa’s efforts to find the piece of the map. Alosa allows herself to be captured by the crew of the ship to give herself the perfect opportunity to search it for the map piece. The map leads the way to a massive treasure trove. Warning: This review contains spoilers for both books.Īlosa Kalligan, daughter of the pirate king is tasked with retrieving a portion of a map from the sons of a pirate lord. I have considered picking up the duology on several occasions since I read Levenseller’s The Shadows Between Us in 2020. The Daughter of the Pirate King duology by Tricia Levenseller features the books Daughter of the Pirate King and Daughter of the Siren Queen. It was the first time that it has ever happened to me, but I am happy that it did.

My question is have you ever experienced this two nights in a row with both books in a duology? Well, I did this month. I’m sure that most of us who consider ourselves avid readers have experienced starting a book at night thinking that you will just read a couple of chapters and then go to sleep, but then rather than just read a couple of chapters you end up reading the whole book.

Daughter of the pirate king review