The Wake of the Lorelei Lee: Being an Account of the Adventures of Jacky Faber, on her Way to Botany Bay (Bloody Jack, #8) by L.A. Meyer

Apr 12, 2010 Mindy Freeman rated it 3 of 5 stars

I don't know how this book is going to turn out. So far I love the series but seriously it is about time that she has sex. That is honestly almost all that the expectation is waiting for. Her to get married or whatever is suppose to happen. There could be stories after that but right now... waiting for her to have sex is one of the main cliff hangers in the entire series.
Good series, love the books, and they are starting to drag a little.

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Sep 08, 2010 Bookyurt rated it 3 of 5 stars

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As a long-time fan of the Bloody Jack series, I think The Wake of the Lorelei Lee does hold true to much of what I love about the series, but sadly it also feels a bit tired and scattered. I really hope this series isn’t running out of steam.

The Wake of the Lorelei Lee is the eighth book in the series, and in many ways exactly what you’d expect of a Jacky Faber novel – swashbuckeling adventure, danger on the high seas, and Jacky her usual unsinkable self. She really is a fa...more - From Bookyurt.com -

As a long-time fan of the Bloody Jack series, I think The Wake of the Lorelei Lee does hold true to much of what I love about the series, but sadly it also feels a bit tired and scattered. I really hope this series isn’t running out of steam.

The Wake of the Lorelei Lee is the eighth book in the series, and in many ways exactly what you’d expect of a Jacky Faber novel – swashbuckeling adventure, danger on the high seas, and Jacky her usual unsinkable self. She really is a fantastic character, flawed and human, but fun, daring and loyal. I just had a sense that I’d seen a lot of this book before. The British government betrays Jacky, again. She’s a prisoner on a ship at sea, again. She does something silly and falls afoul of local customs, again. The bad guy wants to force himself on her, again. She kisses at least one boy who isn’t Jaimy (and a girl too, this time), again. Meyer does take Jacky to one of the few parts of the globe she has yet to traverse – Australia, by way of India, with some Chinese pirates along the way – but the change in scenery just isn’t enough to make this story feel new.

I continue to love the historical flavor of this series. Meyer weaves a marvelous amount of songs and sea shanties throughout the story and once again he draws on real-life events – female convicts were famously shipped off to Australia as breeders in 1798. Some of the women on Jacky’s ship are based on real people: Mary Wade was a 10 year old girl sentenced to hang for stealing, and Esther Abrahams was a convict who did marry a ship’s officer and later became the First Lady of Australia. Jacky also encounters real-life pirate Cheng Shih.

There is a lot to enjoy about this book, but the story never quite came together for me. The plot rambled, and towards the end I felt like things had been tacked on just to set up the next book. When the ending did finally arrive, I realized nothing had really changed, the wheel just spun in place. So while I do love this series, I hope Meyer either takes the series some place new or knows when to make a graceful exit. More than anything, I want Jacky to have the ending she deserves.

Byrt Grade: B+(less)

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Jul 16, 2011 Lauren rated it 4 of 5 stars Recommends it for: 13 years and up

Shelves: action-and-or-adventure

I'm going to begin by reflecting on this series as a whole, because it is the 8th book of the Bloody Jack series.

This series is like sickly sweet lemonade. When you take the first sip, it seems to be good to be true. You slurp it down, savoring its every drop about Jacky (Mary) Faber and her adventures. She is a swash-buckling heroine that charms you right from the start. Smart, strong, devious, and witty, there is nothing you would not love to read about with her. You gladly gulp down each

...more I'm going to begin by reflecting on this series as a whole, because it is the 8th book of the Bloody Jack series.

This series is like sickly sweet lemonade. When you take the first sip, it seems to be good to be true. You slurp it down, savoring its every drop about Jacky (Mary) Faber and her adventures. She is a swash-buckling heroine that charms you right from the start. Smart, strong, devious, and witty, there is nothing you would not love to read about with her. You gladly gulp down each book, salivating for the next.

However, I began this book with apprehension. I'm starting to tire of this sickly sweet lemonade. You can only have too much sweetness before you start to crave plain water, or maybe even something sour. Just something different.

Jacky's story is becoming cliche in its own sense-- every book she never gets to be with her lover, Jaimy. Jacky will also get back into trouble with the authorities, no matter how positive her future looks at the end of the prior book. Worst of all, the villain is always of the same personality. Vile, cruel, and (most likely) ugly, the villain will attempt rape Jacky. However, while the villains are always nasty, Jacky always finds plenty of substitutes for Jaimy. They too, have a developed in a stereotypical character. Handsome, brave, flirtatious, and gentle, these male characters seem to have few faults. Or if they do, it is arrogance, but Jacky rarely becomes annoyed.

Something else that nagged at me as the series continued was how Jacky never learns from her own vices or does nothing to correct them. In the series, Jacky is continuously greedy and wayward in her romantic relationships... the amount of admirers she collects are so numerous it is quite easy to forget some of them. Poor Jaimy!

Despite of all of this, I am ever hopeful about the 9th book. How can this be? Because at the end of this book, Meyer finally inserted a new problem. Something completely relevant--yet completely surprising for Jacky--(view spoiler). Anyway, this change makes me hopeful, and of course, Jacky herself is just so charming of a character. So, like always, I find myself waiting for one last glass of the sickly sweet lemonade. :)

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Jan 20, 2013 Miss rated it 3 of 5 stars

well the male gazey fanservice stuff continues and i'd like to wipe the entire india interlude out of my head (get the racism off me, get it off, it's gross and buuuurns) but otherwise i did very much enjoy this book

oh wait hold up, before we get to that let's all take a minute to give meyer the finger for the bit where higgins tells jacky they shall do as the muslims do and divorce by saying he divorces her three times. i love it when white dudes who don't know what they're talking about decide...more

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Sep 27, 2012 Angela Oliver rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: action-adventure, history, young-adult

Another fun instalment in the "Bloody Jack" series. This volume has Jacky captured and sentenced to life in the penal colony of Australia. Her beautiful new ship - the Lorelei Lee is taken from her, and by one of the wonderful coincidences that Jacky thrives on, becomes her new prison. What we then have is a high-skirted romp across the ocean, as the many captive ladies - destined to be breeders and many of them prostitutes, flaunt their wares and engage in the sport of bitchery. Meanwhile, capt...more Another fun instalment in the "Bloody Jack" series. This volume has Jacky captured and sentenced to life in the penal colony of Australia. Her beautiful new ship - the Lorelei Lee is taken from her, and by one of the wonderful coincidences that Jacky thrives on, becomes her new prison. What we then have is a high-skirted romp across the ocean, as the many captive ladies - destined to be breeders and many of them prostitutes, flaunt their wares and engage in the sport of bitchery. Meanwhile, captured and bound on another ship, her beloved Jaimy makes a journey of his own. Will they ever get together? Does Jacky even really want to marry him any more? By this point in the series, after watching the two chase each other over most of the world, a reader likely no longer cares. I know that it no longer bothers me.

These books are a fun romp - there is not so much action in this one - less violence and rather more sex - albeit between the lines, although the language is not entirely suitable for the younger reader. One cannot help but feel slightly uncomfortable at the thought that the writer is a man, and one cannot help but wonder if he has a bit of a crush on his Jacky, for all her flirtateous foibles and seemingly loose morals (but not really, her vitue is still intact at the start of the voyage, you'll have to read it to find out if that is so by the end). It reminds me of Piers Anthony - this mild obsession with female undergarments and young ladies of a particularly uninhibited nature.

In other things, the author relies a lot on coincedence with his plots - Jacky must surely led a charmed life - except obviously charmed by someone with a wry sense of humour. There are also some rather dark moments in this book. A lot of it does not come over as particularly credible and I suspect the historical accuracy is minimal. Then again, if you've got this far in the series, you will have come to the conclusion that historical accuracy is not the intent of the plot at all.(less)

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Mar 05, 2012 Alice added it

Not many women were allowed to adventure in the 1800’s, but Jacky Faber, from L.A. Meyer’s series ‘Bloody Jack’ is an exception. It follows the life of Jacky, who loves the sea, and constantly runs into trouble. However, her adventures have eventually led to her life sentence in prison in Australia. But no one gets rid of Jacky that easily.
Jacky Faber is the reason I love the books. She has the most outgoing attitude, while being tempered with stress and sadness from things that has happened, w...more

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Dec 08, 2010 Rose rated it 4 of 5 stars

Readers will delight in L.A. Meyer’s latest installment in the popular Bloody Jack series. Loyal fans have watched protagonist Mary “Jacky” Faber grow from a very peculiar ship’s “boy” to a fine lady, pirate, and adventurer- and the swashbuckling fun isn’t over yet! Though The Wake of the Lorelei Lee is the eighth book in the acclaimed series, Meyer shows no signs of slowing down; this book is as fast-paced and engaging as any.
Jacky Faber, rich after some questionable appropriation of Spanish...more Readers will delight in L.A. Meyer’s latest installment in the popular Bloody Jack series. Loyal fans have watched protagonist Mary “Jacky” Faber grow from a very peculiar ship’s “boy” to a fine lady, pirate, and adventurer- and the swashbuckling fun isn’t over yet! Though The Wake of the Lorelei Lee is the eighth book in the acclaimed series, Meyer shows no signs of slowing down; this book is as fast-paced and engaging as any.
Jacky Faber, rich after some questionable appropriation of Spanish gold, returns to London with her new ship, the Lorelei Lee, only to find herself captured by corrupt officials. She manages to escape the hangman’s noose and is sentenced to board her own Lorelei Lee, along with 200 other female prisoners, to be transported to a penal colony in Australia. Meanwhile, Jacky’s fiancee Jaimy is also captured- but will he survive the grueling journey aboard the hellish Cerberus?
But our heroine Jacky, as is her nature, decides to make the best of things. Never ceasing her enterprising ways, she brings the reader on a whirlwind journey through India and into the waters of Chinese pirates. Readers will revel in the colorful new characters found along the way, and will certainly welcome back a few surprise friends from the past, though old enemies are another story! Still, Jacky’s spirited and outgoing disposition ensures that her loyal friends will stick with her until the bitter end, no matter what hardships befall the Lorelei Lee and those aboard.
And the hardships come fast for Jacky; as a convict ship, the Lorelei Lee contains dozens of prostitutes, so sexual situations and dilemmas, as well as some violence, do arise. However, Meyer’s text is not without humor- the lighthearted banter between characters and general high spirits incite laughter throughout the novel. Older teens and adults of all ages will devour this newest Bloody Jack adventure. Meyer’s unique writing style is action-packed while still containing enough factual basis to satisfy even the most critical history buff.
Meyer’s newest addition to the Bloody Jack series is well-written and engaging. Readers will identify with the strong female heroine and appreciate Meyer’s vivid imagery, which allows for realistic and multidimensional characters. Meyer has once again produced a winner, and fans can rest assured knowing that more of Jacky’s adventures will follow The Wake of the Lorelei Lee.(less)

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Jun 11, 2010 Karen rated it 5 of 5 stars

I've only been disappointed by one Jacky Faber book (In the Belly of the Bloodhound, if you're curious). As that statement would imply, I was certainly NOT disappointed by the Wake of the Lorelei Lee. What it does not tell you, though, is that I think this may be my favorite of all the tales of the impetuous yet pragmatic young adventurer.

In this installment, Jacky Faber is once again on the brink of being united in matrimony with her beloved Jaimy, and once again events play out in a way to mak...more I've only been disappointed by one Jacky Faber book (In the Belly of the Bloodhound, if you're curious). As that statement would imply, I was certainly NOT disappointed by the Wake of the Lorelei Lee. What it does not tell you, though, is that I think this may be my favorite of all the tales of the impetuous yet pragmatic young adventurer.

In this installment, Jacky Faber is once again on the brink of being united in matrimony with her beloved Jaimy, and once again events play out in a way to make that impossible. You would think the reader would get sick of this -- and indeed, I often find myself thinking "oh, just get on with it already" -- but I know that if Jacky and Jaemy DO end up together, Jacky's adventures won't be anywhere near as thrilling.

After fitting out her new brigantine, the Lorelei Lee, Jacky travels to England to pick up a cargo of immigrants and marry Jaimy. Upon her arrival, however, she's waylaid by the vile Bilcher and Fletchly (whose names I'm probably misspelling, but I can't be bothered to look them up) who take her to Newgate Prison where she's tried for crimes including piracy and treason. Found guilty and sentenced to life at the penal colony in New South Wales, Australia, Jacky is bundled back aboard her own ship, this time as a convict.

The ship is populated primarily by prostitutes, who are encouraged to ply their trade on board and in port, and Jacky becomes the favorite of the captain -- and coveted by the (evil, of course) first mate.

Their adventures aboard the laxly run ship take them to India, where Jacky adopts a young Untouchable, and into seas controlled by a young Chinese woman (and author's note explains that she was, without a doubt, the most successful of all pirates).

While Jacky is enjoying a relatively pleasant voyage, her beloved Jaimy is aboard a Hell ship, the Cerberus. Jaimy was also convicted to a stint in New South Wales, but first he must survive the journey.

Pirates. Music. Intrigue. And a fair amount of sex. While nominally books for teens, like all the Bloody Jack adventures this is one that will be equally enjoyed by adults. My only problem with reading this as a galley (provided by Houghton-Mifflin on www.netgalley.com) is that now I have EVEN LONGER to wait for the next installment!(less)

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Mar 18, 2012 Natasha Yim rated it 4 of 5 stars

L.A. Meyer is back in true form in The Wake of the Lorelei Lee. Jacky Faber is imprisoned for crimes against the Crown for allegedly spiriting away some of the pirate treasure she was sent to recover in Rapture of the Deep. Instead of facing execution for treason, she is exiled to the penal colony of Australia on her very own frigate, the Lorelei Lee, which the Crown confiscated. Fortunately for Jacky, the new captain of the Lorelei is a jolly, good-natured sort, and Jacky sings, dances, and cav...more

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Jan 03, 2011 Catie rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: read-in-2011, historical, series, ya, high-seas-adventures

This book was fun, entertaining, and witty just like all of the other books in the Bloody Jack series. I did heave a bit of an exasperated sigh when Jacky, once again, is taken somewhere against her will (and away from Jaimy) and has to con her way out of it. I couldn't help but think, "really? again?!!" But, then Jacky worked her little wiles on me and pretty soon I was enjoying her dancing and singing and making fools of all of the men. So, I decided to stop thinking about how I wish Jacky wou...more

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Jun 21, 2011 Jess rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: heroine

Jacky Jacky Jacky. You’ve driven me bonkers!

Jacky is taken captive (AGAIN) in this novel, bound for Australia as part of a cargo full of female convicts meant to populate a colony. Shenanigans ensue, in true Faber fashion.

Once again Jacky has many an adventure, kisses many a people, and gasp even dallies with a female this time around! Oh surely she is forced (…petted) to be the Chinese Pirate gel’s pet, but she enjoys it all the same. Jacky in this instance is reminding me terribly of some of...more Jacky Jacky Jacky. You’ve driven me bonkers!

Jacky is taken captive (AGAIN) in this novel, bound for Australia as part of a cargo full of female convicts meant to populate a colony. Shenanigans ensue, in true Faber fashion.

Once again Jacky has many an adventure, kisses many a people, and gasp even dallies with a female this time around! Oh surely she is forced (…petted) to be the Chinese Pirate gel’s pet, but she enjoys it all the same. Jacky in this instance is reminding me terribly of some of today’s youth who seem to think that as long as it doesn’t involve penetration of some kind, it doesn’t count! It does too dammit! Argh, but I digress.

Honestly I did enjoy this novel, just like all the others, but I am damn well getting fed up between her and Mr. Fletcher. Either do it or cut it off dammit! It’s gone from the point of “Oh when will they be together” to “GET WITH SOMEBODY ELSE ALREADY”. Which I might add, Jacky has gotten with plenty! I do not have the next novel as of yet, but I swear if it continues in this vein I will throw my kindle out the window! I am having trouble believing that Mr. Fletcher can be “Oh so good” in the face of all his teenage hormones and Faber’s rampaging! Puppy love has its limits!

Huff… Puff… Besides all that, I did enjoy seeing a new part of the world this time around, between Bombay and the Chinese fleets it was very rich and enjoyable. I cracked a warm smile as they sailed the straits of Malacca, having passed through there myself just recently. Didn’t take us quite as long as her transit did though :)

I find myself both enjoying the story and grinding my teeth at the same time. Either the story of one Ms. Jacky Faber must change drastically, or it must end. Careening down the same spiral each story is beginning to take its toll on me, I don’t know how many more novels of the same recipe I can take. This one seemed a little more on the darker side though, which was an interesting change of place. In previous novels there is some death, but never quite as vividly described as in this one, or so numerous. Perhaps as our intrepid young heroines (and her lamentable hero) get older, so do their souls? Ms. Jacky seems to grow harder in spirit and strength, and looser in morals (well, from the little she had to begin with…) every chapter. I’m not sure if I’m pleased or not by this growth of character, but I’m leaning towards pleased as it’s different than the previous novels.

As of right now though…

Take one Jacky Faber, subtract her from one James Fletcher, thrown in a few villains, many shenanigans, a pile of gold, and eventual recapture of Ms. Faber. Voila, the next volume arrives! Bleh!
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Jan 24, 2011 Aaron rated it 5 of 5 stars

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Jul 24, 2011 Kiersten added it · review of another edition

EIGHT BOOKS I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THEM TO GET MARRIED…eight books! I can't believe Jaimy's and Jacky's predisposition towards star-crossedness hasn't completely alienated me from this series yet. Everything else is always very "deus ex machina"—why not the two of them finally getting together?! But I suppose that's the mark of a really excellent writer, eh? That Meyer can continually dangle perfect closure in front of us, yanking it away at the last minute, and still keep us utterly absorbed.

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Jan 21, 2013 Riss rated it 3 of 5 stars

I love this series, really I do.

I love the adventures and romance and the fact that it's based mostly at sea but honestly, this book was not up to par with the previous. It's quite a large book and the first three-fourths is boring and frankly uneventful. The last fourth is where the old Meyer writing comes to life and the spunk is back in all our old favorites but that means I had to force myself to read the first three-fourths of the book. And that's just not a good think for a reader to do....more

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Sep 13, 2010 Brandy rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2010, adventure, historical, library, teen, realistic

I'm giving this 4 stars because I do still love this series, and I love Jacky as a character--she's impulsive, and her adventures are exciting, often-hilarious romps through all kinds of danger and circumstance. But Meyer doesn't break a lot of new ground here, and the number of people from her past whom Jacky runs into, all over the world, is astonishing. There's so much coincidence in the people she encounters (the same officers turn up again and again, in different places), and I can only sus...more

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Jan 13, 2013 Diana Gagliardi rated it 4 of 5 stars

Once again a fine romp with much more Jaimey (I find I very much enjoyed watching his world, a tad harder than Jacky's). She is once again in trouble, she is once again taking those who need her under her wing, and once again doing her best to help her friends. That this is showing a particular aspect (both the good and the bad) of British History- the ships to the penal colonies in Australia- is a fun added bonus.

The folks who say that each Faber is alike doesn't have enough history to notice w...more

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Sep 23, 2011 Libby rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: girl-power, historical-fiction, young-adult-fiction

L.A. Meyer has an amazing way of placing Jacky Faber in the midst of an unheard of amount of historical events. While it is a little unbelievable, I appreciate that he keeps an endearing heroine experiencing life and adventure.

In The Wake of the Lorelei Lee, Jacky finds herself on a convict ship bound for the penal colony of Australia. Meyer manages to resurrect many old and loved characters as well as introducing some new (both lovable characters and extremely foul characters.) The overall stor...more

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Jan 20, 2013 Callie rated it 5 of 5 stars

My dearest Jacky,

I write to you with much love and thanksgiving for I am very pleased indeed with the merriment and yes, joy, your exploits bring me. I commend you on your goodness and bravery and pray that I may learn more of your adventures in the future. All are better for having known you and I am no exception.

With love and et cetera,

Callie

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Sep 03, 2011 Dawn rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: british, teen-realistic-fiction, historical-fiction

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Nov 21, 2012 Catherine Chauncey rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: 13-25

Meyer writes another story with a cliff hanger ending! After collecting her treasures from the sunken ship Magdalena, she buys herself a brigantine named the Lorelei Lee. She sets sail to England, hoping to bring back Irish immigrants, but is caught, found guilty, and sent off in her ship, now claimed by the British government, to be a founding mother of New South Wales in Australia. That doesn't bode over well with Jacky.

She, again, charms everyone around her, including the captain, the shipmat...more

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Apr 30, 2011 Joy rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: historical-fiction, young-adult

So. Our Jacky arrives in England only to be arrested--sound familiar? But this time her sentence is commuted to transportation to Australia--in her own ship, in company with thieves, whores, and an unexpectedly merry captain. There's plenty of maritime adventure here and lots of piratey things. If you're reading this because you are looking for a resolution to the romance between Jacky and the perpetually blue-balled Jaimy Fletcher, don't bother. But if you like Jacky the pirate rascal rising fr...more

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Mar 23, 2011 Kacey Fontenot rated it 5 of 5 stars

Well well what do you know. Once again Jacky is seperated from Jamie her love. And is being sold as a slave for the second time i might add. Jacky why can't you stay put girl. Here is she is with many convict women from the regular wrench to those who murdered or stole. She is on a ship with these women to be sold. The twist its her own Bloody ship. The Irony of the situation. Once again Jacky works to make things better for her and the girls and get out of Slavery and win back her ship. in the...more

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Dec 02, 2011 Ryan S rated it 4 of 5 stars

Jacky Faber is a 18 year old girl. She has sandy blond hair and blue eyes. The story takes place in 1708-09. The story starts off in London, England then moves to the Atlantic. This is the 8th book in the series being so there are many characters that are still around from books before this one. Though Jacky was the first character in the story and the only time its not her voice is when someone else wrote a letter.

Jacky has been captured by the British Empire for crimes she committed in the pas...more

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Sep 27, 2011 Stacey rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: books-1-10

In the eighth book from Jacky Faber, Jacky returns to England thinking she’ll finally be married to her Jaimy Fletcher. Instead she arrives in London to find herself wrongly (well somewhat) convicted and placed on her ship to the penal colonies in Australia. With many adventures including India and Chinese pirates, Jacky finally arrives at the world down under with many new adventures and finally a slow change in her character.
Since this is the eighth book in the series, I’m just ready for the e...more

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Oct 18, 2010 Heather rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: teen, historical-fiction

2 and half stars really but I honestly think I am done with Jacky Faber. I love her but for some reason or another the violence in this book really got to me. I almost stopped reading it after one particulary horrifying incident involving my favorite character Mairead. And in the beginning Jacky is punched repeatedly in the face and while I really understand that in the historical context the violence (particularly toward the women) is probably very accurate and truthful I just can't read it, it...more

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Aug 20, 2012 Sarah rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: teen-action, teen-adventure, teen-historical-fiction, teen-tough-chic

As always, this Jackie Faber tale is full of adventure, plotting, feminine injustices, revenge, humor and familiar friends of Faber shipping worldwide. This book moves into a bit of uncharted territory, in it's geographical and cultural explorations of India and Australia, and in the way Jaimy finally seems to appreciate and even channel Jacky's strength. There's a rather strange scene with Higgins that's awkward to say the least, and the villain bears a striking resemblance to Captain Scroggs o...more

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Jul 18, 2011 Chip rated it 2 of 5 stars

On the action scale, I think this book is okay. But seriously, this author really needs to wrap this series up. I mean, I am getting sick of Jacky getting into trouble, dealing with the trouble, escaping from the trouble, and then landing back into a new trouble. I feel like this is happening in every single book, and even though the adventures are new, I feel like I already know the general plot. If there is only a few more books left, I might read them, but if the author keeps churning books o...more

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Sep 25, 2010 Allison rated it 5 of 5 stars

This book. Was so. GOOD. Definitely one of the best in the series so far, although not quite as good as Under the Jolly Roger or My Bonny Light Horseman. Still fantastic, so much more emotional than some of the other books and with so much awesome historical detail. The cliffhanger ending was classic Jacky, I love how all of the books lend themselves to even more sequels. Although I'm wondering if a) the series is EVER going to end, 8 books and counting is a lot, and b) if Jacky and Jaimy will e...more

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Jun 10, 2012 Lindsey rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: libs-678

The excitement and adventure for 16-year-old female pirate Jacky Faber never stops! In this action-packed book Jacky is tried for stealing treasure from the King, is sentenced to live on a prison colony in Australia, end up on a Chinese pirate ship, takes over her own prison ship, and gets away as a free woman!! Quite an adventure for such a young girl. The audiobook version of this book was fantastic. From the nice pirate accent to the singing, impressions, and music, it was a very entertaining...more

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Jan 17, 2012 Holly rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: neb-overdrive-library

for a 500+ page book this book read very well. it truly only felt at the end as though I had read a 200+ page book instead. I was a little hesitant to read it as I had listened to the audio of all the previous books. I thought maybe without the narrator that it would not capture my attention as the others have. I am happy to report though that I enjoyed reading this just as much! it was another great book in the series! though like many other readers I am impatiently waiting for jacky's happy en...more

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