My Salty Mary Review

 


(I made this in Canva and the pic of the book was found on Google Images)

This is the third installment of the Mary series by Cynthia Hand, Brodie Ashton, and Jodi Meadows!

My Salty Mary is a historical fantasy story where The Little Mermaid doesn't actually turn into sea foam after the man she loves weds another woman. She, now living as a human named Mary Read, instead decides to disguise herself as a man and join a pirate crew. She eventually works her way up from cabinboy to captain, and joins a contest to be the next Pirate King (One Piece reference maybe😂???) after the most notorious pirate Blackbeard dies. Mary deals with many other things along the way, such as being torn between her new life as a human and a former mermaid (especially when her father, the Sea King, wants her to come back home), dealing with a new found love with Tobias (who is her navigator and one of Blackbeard's sons). At the same time, Mary's cousin Jack (his mother is the Sea Witch, who is Mary's aunt) is also a pirate is in love with and wants to marry popular pirate Anne Bonney. But Anne is already married to another guy, and they have to get a thousand pieces of eight in order for her to divorce the other guy and marry Jack. Jack and Anne join Mary's crew so they can hopefully find what they need. 

Yes, it's a swashbuckling story with a touch of magic! As usual, I love the way these three authors write. They have a great balance of humor and emotion. So I gave this book 5 stars.

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