This was a really enjoyable read. I had trouble getting into it at first, the story starts off a bit slow and meanders through some character development...THEN all of the sudden it picks up speed and before I knew it the story was over and I kind of missed the characters. I love Melkorka the main character an Irish Princess taken in a raid to collect slaves and the story of her journey on a slave ship. The details were exacting enough to imagine and the historical accuracy was notable but not noticed. I am not generally a historic fiction reader but this story really worked for me and I have not been let down by this author yet. Actually will probably seek out more of her books.