Sea of Ruin

"<strong>Stockholm syndrome </strong><br/><br/>Spoilers and trigger warnings:<br/><br/>Besides finding out about Bennett and her husband's fidelity this plot was highly predictable. I knew the parents would die instantly opening the way for Bennett to do her own thing. But didn't understand the mother at all. She was going to marry her daughter off to some disgusting sicko, then all the sudden she is a hero, wait a minute she kills herself and leaves her daughter alone. A lot of wrong doing people were prized in this story. (No kidding pirates, yeah I know)<br/><br/>I did like to see Bennett's strength in how she commanded a ship. Standing toe to toe with her crew and using that defiant sailor talk. I wouldn't think it easy for a woman to stand her ground but she did. But her morals are highly misguided.<br/><br/>Ash and Priest. I wouldn't have picked either one. This story needed a third wheel to swoop in and save this poor girl. Bennett's husband cheats on her he is out. Ash does nonconsensual stuff to her........he should be dead. Cue the half brother who doesn't get but a couple chapters....and does nothing wrong.<br/><br/>There was way to much Stockholm syndrome going on with Ashley Culter. He literally watches her get raped, raped her then the author wants you to feel sorry for him no that's not happening. I don't care how much you dumb down the dialogue when a woman says "No" and then "Stop" anything after that is not consensual. I was shocked to find that this merely was a passing thought in her head before she threw it out the window. Bennett even goes on to believe she is beneath Ashley because he is a Naval officer I guess and proceeds to call her "*****" while he is crudely rubbing on her. I'm going to try and stop there because I cannot get past this fact.<br/><br/>At the beginning Bennett is a strong character and she does get through a lot of trauma without breaking which I admire. But no matter what your station in life you are not beneath a man. And to me there is no excuse for forcing yourself on someone. I don't care if your hot with a traumatic past. <br/><br/>And I'm really trying to be nice here but omg Bennett your killing me. Her husband Priest cheats on her. But still there are EXCUSES. No no no. That's not how life works."

"I’m really conflicted on how to rate this book. It took me nearly a month to finish reading, which is a very long time for me to spend on one book. I just didn’t have an urge to pick it back up and I’ve finished other books since I’ve started this one. Maybe it was the pirate vocabulary, I’m just not sure. I found myself skimming a lot too. I didn’t really care for any of the characters and I was more interested in the “hidden” treasure than the romance. It was pretty predictable as I figured out who left Priest the “letter” way before it was revealed. Maybe if this was a dual or multiple pov it would have held my attention more. I loved the concept for a dark historical pirate romance, but this one just wasn’t for me. I know this one is a favorite amongst booktok & bookstagram, so I pushed to finish otherwise I probably would have dnf’ed it."

"Hot! HOT! HOTT!!!"

"SUCH A GOOD PLOT TWIST AHHHHH"

"It was an interesting story… however the amount of abuse, the FMC went through was so exaggerated that is inhumanly, and impossible to recover as she did. It’s a fantasy book but come on do your research and physically and psychological speaking it’s just to much!!! Trigger warning aside…"

"Great story, lots of unexpected twists and just the right amount of spice"

"⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5"

"Absolutely loved this book. Gave me Bloody Jack by LA Meyer vibes but with heated love triangle. "

"It’s so hot in the way of being so wrong I don’t want to be right. That *one* scene will stay with me forever. Unexpectedly intense and heartfelt, with twists I never saw coming. I am a changed woman. "

"Yep"