Running Close to the Wind by Alexandra Rowland, 437 pages.
Avra Helvaçi has frankly stupid good luck. The kind of good luck that leaves him drunkenly wandering into a secure government building and stealing a state secret that's worth more than many countries, just to see if he can. Unfortunately, once he has it he has to figure out how not to get killed over it. Enter pirate Captain Teveri az-Ḥaffār, his ex who is rudely not even a little excited to see him, but nevertheless is willing to help work out how to sell the secret and make them both legends, even if it means sailing into dangerous seas.
This is really the epitome of a fun fantasy pirate adventure. There's giant turtles, sea serpents, a giant stone skull, making fools of stuffy government officials, and even a plot relevant cake competition. This book knows exactly what it wants to be, and fulfills it to a tee. It's an extremely fun summer read, with very fun characters. My only major gripe is that the ending feels a little bit sudden and unsatisfactory, I feel like this novel would have been improved by an epilogue.
This is really the epitome of a fun fantasy pirate adventure. There's giant turtles, sea serpents, a giant stone skull, making fools of stuffy government officials, and even a plot relevant cake competition. This book knows exactly what it wants to be, and fulfills it to a tee. It's an extremely fun summer read, with very fun characters. My only major gripe is that the ending feels a little bit sudden and unsatisfactory, I feel like this novel would have been improved by an epilogue.
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