To begin, I want to thank NetGlley for the ARC of this book, not to be insanely excited but it’s my very first one!

Here we go! All i needed to see was the name and the promise of pirates and I was sold. This took me a bit longer to get though than others just based solely on the rich and deep history that the author was able to include in the book. Being the third book in a series, and not reading the first two, I found that it was still quite easy to follow. It is the perfect way to be introduced to the characters in a way that makes you want to read the first two as I discovered they seem t b following one families chronology.

While the first few chapters were slightly confusing, it smoothness out by the second part and the narrative was quite easy to follow. Choosing a female main character for this time period is an incredibly difficult feat and Mosse not only rose to the challenge, but she succeeds in creating an emotional attachment to not just Louse but also Gilles.

Louise comes from a long line of incredibly strong omen, whose stories I cannot wait to read, and her drive to do more, to be more, then the limits of what women at the time can do id inspirational in itself. Gilles story is as heart wrenching as it is powerful, not giving to much away, but the struggles he goes through by being forced by his own mother to be someone he isn’t and seeing the character rise from that and take control of their own agency was just a delight to read.

The history, politics, and romance of this books gives the reader a great ay to learn about this very complex religious and political conflict in such an interesting way from the viewpoint of women was a great way to dive into it headfirst.

I know four stars may not seem like enough based on my review but for me it is a definite reread and there will be a physical copy with lots of notes and annotations in my future.