So, if you enjoyed those books, you should definitely pick this one up. The setting of Moray reminded me quite a bit of New Reynes, from Amanda Foody's, Ace of Shades series. I also enjoyed watching their relationship grow and am definitely interested to see what will happen in the second book.

This format pieced together the mysteries surrounding them quite well. I enjoyed the back and forth between Amaya's and Cayo's perspectives.

I definitely did feel the themes of that story woven throughout. This story is a gender-flipped retelling loosely-based upon the Adventure Classic, The Count of Monte Cristo. Once she does however, she begins to have mixed feelings about her mission. Mercado's son, Cayo, once involved heavily in the Vice Sector, gambling, drinking and carousing, is trying to stay clean, but definitely played his part in dragging the family name through the mud.Īmaya is directed to befriend Cayo and use him to gain access to his father. The man he seeks is Kamon Mercado, a high-society businessman, who has secretly fallen onto hard times of his own. Once there, with Boon's financial assistance, she poses as a wealthy Countess in order to infiltrate polite society and bring down the man Boon feels responsible for his plight. The port city of Moray is a hotbed of activity, with a mix of both old-world opulence and new-world problems. Through an exciting series of events, Amaya is able to flee the ship and does indeed return to her hometown. Perhaps after, she could get a little vengeance of her own. With his help, she would be able to find out the truth behind her family's downfall, something she has always wondered about. The man, Boon, promises Amaya unimaginable riches and the possibility of returning to the city of her birth, if she helps him on a secret mission of revenge.Īmaya is intrigued.

Regardless, she continues to be taken with this mysterious man wrangled from the depths and begins regularly visiting him in the brig. When Amaya rescues a drowning stranger and brings him aboard, she fears her heroics may actually end up extending her sentence. Life aboard the ship is far from smooth sailing, due mainly to the cruel Captain who controls his young prisoners with an iron fist. On a debtor's ship known as The Brackish, young Silverfish, whose true name is Amaya, spends her days diving for pearls and awaiting her freedom.

Scavenge the stars by tara sim