This was fine. I blame myself more than the book. I think if I were in highschool, I'd love it. A queer historical fiction in the vein of The Count of Monte Cristo that's a swashbuckling adventure? Yeah, sign me up. I think I didn't realize the characters were so young when I went in and because of that, I was annoyed. I was also annoyed with the narrator and how he's just a rake. Like why would anyone want to hang out with him, he sounds exhausting. 

Overall though, it's a well written queer adventure novel and we don't have too many of those.