Have you read the Count of Monte Cristo but want to keep re-reading the same basic elements but with slightly different twists? Have I got a book for you!
Sidenote: The formatting in this may be messed up since the editor appearances changed and I apparently lost the ability to computer.
An amazon summary, "When Amaya rescues a mysterious stranger from drowning, she fears her rash actions have earned her a longer sentence on the debtor ship where she's been held captive for years. Instead, the man she saved offers her unimaginable riches and a new identity, setting Amaya on a perilous course through the coastal city-state of Moray, where old-world opulence and desperate gamblers collide. Amaya wants one thing: revenge against the man who ruined her family and stole the life she once had. But the more entangled she becomes in this game of deception-and as her path intertwines with the son of the man she's plotting to bring down-the more she uncovers about the truth of her past. And the more she realizes she must trust no one?" AMAZON LINK OF JUSTICE
Amaya is called Silverfish on the boat of horrors as she has worked off her indentured servitude for the past ten or so years. Allegedly, her mother sold her off to the boat to work off their debt, but Amaya refuses to believe it and desperately wants to be reunited with her mother. One day, Boon is fished out of the ocean and brought aboard the ship. Amaya puts her life on the line when she speaks up for him, and when Boon makes an escape, he enables Amaya to do the same.
After years of living in secret and training with Boon, Amaya has returned home to seek revenge on the owners of the boat where she served. She wants to kill the miserable captain who was insanely awful to work under, and she wants the people who would even own such a boat to pay the price for their cruelty/ignorance. Boon wants to help her, but has her own agenda. Amaya returns in the disguise of a Countess and brings a crew along to help her on her conquest for revenge.
On the other hand, Cayo, son of the man who owns Amaya's ex-ship, has fallen onto his own hard times. Cayo has always been a gambler, but now their family's money has dried up, and Cayo needs to make friends with the new Countess to be a potential investor.
That's enough summary.
Look, it's the Count of Monte Cristo with some slightly different elements. Was it kind of fun to read from a woman's perspective? Yes. Were there some different elements? Yes. Was it basically the same story? Yes.
I'd recommend reading the original before branching off into any of these.... similar stories. I ended up skimming the last part of the book as it was literally just like reading the Count of Monte Cristo and everything was laughable predictable so why read every word when a few sentences every page sufficed? Which, I hate doing, but I also hate wasting time when I have so many other things to read.
Happy reading!
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