4.5 Minnow Stars ⭐️
Spicy Scale: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️/5
NOTE: The Dark Rulers series is a collection of STANDALONE stories - so this book can be picked up without any need to have read any of the other previous books! However, I do advise that Book 2 "Captive of the Pirate King" is read before this as it introduces characters who are mentioned in this book.
I am going to say this now and basically, I am predicting for the foreseeable future, that every time I read a Rebecca Kenney book, I AM GOING TO LOVE IT!!!! There's just something about her writing that ticks all of my pleasure boxes. I know that when I pick up her book, it is going to be precisely what I want to read.
Rebecca manages to capture the perfect amount of escapism needed to detach from the world, while still serving up intricate but easy-to-understand worldbuilding and manages to stuff in considerable character development in her story for how short the books are. It is just a perfect fantastic balance with the bonus of having all the tropes that I love to sink my teeth into like a delicious doughnut to enjoy the fattening, sweet, finger-licking, sticky, gluttonous ooze I gobble up in an instant.
This book follows Risa, a dock worker (read prostitute) in Knockaine. One day she is propositioned with an opportunity to fulfil her lifelong dream (become an escort at a fancy brothel) if she kills one man - The Pirate Lord. Risa attempts this and finds Bash seems rather immune to death (Kinda like "Pirates of the Caribean" vibes but slightly different)... now faced with the consequences of her actions she and Bash find their lives thrust together... and boy was there thrusting...
This is definitely the most vulgar of her books that I have read. It's quite dark in the "sense" that you have pirates and a prostitute and you're not shying away or glamorising the life they lead.
This is not my favourite in the Dark Rulers series (Healer to the Ash King is still untouchable) but it's almost tied with 2nd place with Captive. The vibe I got from reading this is that it was almost like a darker "Ella Enchanted". So if you love Ella Enchanted and her meeting the "prince" and then being forced to kill him, and that mental dilemma that she's facing to do that...this book is right up your alley.
Risa is determined to Survive. She has not lived a very pleasant or easy life and you can see how she approaches situations and handles situations that she is trying to do her best to just make it to the next day. The book didn't shy away from the fact that she was a whore and I liked that she never apologised for her choice of "career". Risa knew it wouldn't be what she would have chosen if she had the opportunity for better but since she was brought up in that world she was proud to be a part of it.
Bash is unapologetic in all aspects. He is a man that likes sex and is not afraid to own into the reputation of what "Pirate Lord" means.
I really appreciated the character growth that these characters went through, and the romance and smut were nice and steamy in places, but also quite rough and raunchy in others. It didn't always feel like I was reading "classy" smut, but given that we're dealing with pirates, it fit that it was rough, dirty, hard and pretty much the vibe of who these characters were.
The Tropes in this:
▶ Dislike to Lovers
▶ She tried to kill him
▶ Forced Proximity
▶ I will destroy the world for her...
▶ Found Family
▶ Pirates!!!!!
Basically! Everything I needed and love!!!
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Another fun, spicy and absolutely addicting adventure!
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