The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi
Thank you to Harper Collins and Netgalley for the advance reader copy of The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi for an honest review.
The story follows Amina al-Sirafi one of the Indian Ocean's most notorious pirates. After a long scandalous career, several husbands and a demon she has retired to a life of motherhood.
That is until she is tracked down by the obscenely wealthy mother of one of her former crewman. She offers her a large sum of money to rescue her old crewmans kidnapped daughter. The money will secure her family's future forever.
Unfortunately there is more to this job and the girl's disappearance than meets the eye.
I was unsure at first if this story was going to be my thing but I was pleasantly surprised.
This story was unlike any other fiction I have previously read and felt an incredibly original premise. A female pirate in her forties, monsters, magical artifacts, demons, an evil sorceror, sea creatures from the depths. You name it this story probably ticked it off.
I loved Amina as a character strong resourceful and brash but with a deeper caring side for her crew and it was fascinating seeing her connect more and more to her Muslim faith.
I felt the characters in her crew were all well established with distinct personalities and it would be good to have them devolped further in future books.
I also felt the book handled an issue of gender identity well.
While the start may have dragged slightly once I got into the plot it was a fantastic tale with many twists and turns.
I am looking forward to the next book in the series and will definitely be reading it.
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