A first attempt?

Uncharted by Alli Temple

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


Well, if you are a hopeless romantic, lesbian and into pirate stories, like me, you'll have a hard tie finding an epic story like this.

I have read some that were good, but none kept me spellbound to almost the last page like this. Read the blurb if you want to know some of what it's about, but you don't really need to know much to fall in love with at least the first two female characters, who appear here, one lesbian and one straight, but both being thrown together by destiny and then bound by necessity, later replaced by deep friendship, even though one is straight and the other lesbian.

The plot is inventive and the world building conclusive and without any gaps that I would have noticed. The romance keeps you in the dark if it is going to have a happy ending until almost the last page. Very well done, that. The final twist could have at least two satisfying endings, although one would be with a Queen, who would have to fight on the side of a rebellion for her throne at a high price.

I highly recommend this novel, that seems to be a first effort at publishing a story, what makes it even more impressive.



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