Daughter of the Pirate King ♥ Tricia Levenseller

Published February 2017 ♥ Published by Feiwel and Friends

Published February 2018 ♥ Published by Feiwel and Friends

❥ Young Adult Fantasy

❥ Pirates & Sirens

❥ Enemies to Lovers

❥ Completed Series

Minor Spoilers

Daughter of the Pirate King & Daughter of the Siren Queen is a Young Adult fantasy duology by Tricia Levenseller. Alsoa, our main character and teller of our sea adventure, is a Siren-Pirate Princess (!). She’s grown up believing her Siren mother abandoned her, leaving her with her ruthless father the Pirate King.

Who wouldn’t want to be half Siren, all pirate – and princess to boot?

Alosa didn’t have the greatest childhood under the rule of her father, the Pirate King. He lies, beats and manipulates her into doing his bidding. Punishes her whenever he sees fit. The Pirate King has trained her to be a ruthless killing machine. Combined with her siren abilities, Alosa is not to be messed with. I loved everything about Alosa. The armour, the defensiveness and obliviousness. Her brilliance, determination and kindness. Levenseller wrote an amazing character when she dreamt up Alosa.

With or without the siren abilities she is so terrified of – Alosa is no damsel in distress.

Under orders of the Pirate King, she gets herself captured by pirate brothers Draxen & Riden. They have something her father wants, part of a map that leads to the Isla de Canta. Home of the sirens and their massive treasure. The Night Farer’s first mate, Riden, is smarter than Alosa anticipates and finding the map piece is no easy task.

You know our girl found that map though.

Not only did Levenseller create an amazing, strong & vibrant female pirate in Alosa. A woman who needs no man to do her bidding. A woman who, if stripped of her siren abilities, would still be an exceptional, caring and beautiful soul. Levenseller keeps that theme going to the crew of the Ava-Lee.

An entire ship of brilliant, fierce pirate women.

We catch up with the crew of the Ava-Lee in Daughter of the Siren Queen. While in the Pirate King’s keep, Alosa makes a startling discovery and uncovers the depth of her father’s lies and manipulations. In an instant, she betrays him. In doing so, she marks her entire crew for dead. Standing by their captain, the Ava-Lee sets sail for Ilsa de Canta. The Pirate King and his fleet set sail for Alosa.

I enjoyed the fast pacing of this story. There were no long-drawn-out descriptions or pages of endless useless narrative. Levenseller skips days and weeks at a time, and it worked. This wasn’t a novel of thought provocation or deep reflection. From the very first page of Daughter of the Pirate King until the very last page of Daughter of the Siren Queen you are on an adventure.

Oh and what an adventure it was.

Dead men dangle by ropes from the top of the tunnel, giving it the appearance of a gaping mouth with scraggly teeth.  The ropes are tied to large hooks at the end, hooks that have been inserted into the mouths of traitors. 

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