The Pirate's Wish (The Assassin's Curse #2)
Author: Cassandra Rose Clarke
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Synopsis:
After setting out to break the
curse that binds them together, the pirate Ananna and the assassin Naji find
themselves stranded on an enchanted island in the north with nothing but a
sword and their wits. But Naji has unseen enemies, and Ananna must face the
wrath of the Pirate Confederation.
Together, they must travel afar, defeat their foes and break the mother of all curses. With all this going on, falling in love would be such a bad idea... All of this and much, much more await, in the swashbuckling sequel to The Assassin's Curse.
Together, they must travel afar, defeat their foes and break the mother of all curses. With all this going on, falling in love would be such a bad idea... All of this and much, much more await, in the swashbuckling sequel to The Assassin's Curse.
Brought to you by TeamNerd Reviewer Bridget Strahin
I have some major mixed feelings about this book. On one
hand, I really loved the plot, the characters. MANTICORE!! The way that Clarke
wrote A Pirate's Wish was just as
magnificent and magical as The Pirate's
Curse.
It wasn't hard
getting back into Ananna's head and seeing Naji and the world through her eyes.
I think in this book, she was a little more emotional and bratty then what I
was initially expecting. Over and over we keep getting reminded that she loves
Naji and how untouchable he is to her. By the end of the book I was a little
more than over with her. Then you have Naji who is supposed to be this badass
Assassin but in this installment in The
Assassin's Curse Series, I felt like he just needed to fall off the Isles
in the Sky. I couldn't take him. One minute he's "Me tough, feelings are
for girls." Then "all aboard The Feelings Express!" It just felt
. . . out of place. The other thing that really hurt this book for me was the
amount of filler it had. There were so many scenes that I didn't care to read
and just flipped the pages of because it was so boring. The fight scenes were
short and pointless. In my opinion they were missing a lot of the flair that I came
to love in The Pirate's Curse.
And just when you guys think this book was a letdown, you
must know, there are talking sharks in this book. No joke. This book was worth
all the filler just for them dang sharks that no matter how ridiculous they
seemed I couldn't help but find major enjoyment out of. Loved it!
The ending was . . . quite the ending. I'm not going to give
anything away, but I felt it was appropriate and I really liked it.
Overall, if you've read The
Pirate's Curse (and enjoyed it) you're going to want to read this book.
Clarke's imagination and talent are something to truly be appreciated and just
because I didn't like some aspects of The
Pirate's Wish, I know many will.
During the summer of 2010, she attended the Clarion West Writers Workshop in Seattle, where she enjoyed sixty-degree summer days. Having been born and raised in Texas, this was something of a big deal. She was also a recipient of the 2010 Susan C. Petrey Clarion Scholarship Fund.
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