#britney jackson

[rise4ourheda]

Reorganized the sapphic shelf today and good lord she's gorgeous

[pridepages]

Reading with pride isn't just for June...keep choosing LGBTQIA+ books today and every day 🏳️‍🌈

[sc4rlet-cup1d]

I love lesbians

[soups-pot]

Pirates of Aletharia Tumblr hardly exists and i just think that isn't fair, let's go lesbians let's GO

[flutterbyoz]

Romance in books doesn't tend to land well for me most of the time, but Em and Maria from Pirates of Aletharia are an exception.

A dragon riding witch and an infamous pirate captain, what more could you want? Their chemistry leaps off the page and I absolutely adore them ❤️

The third book can't come soon enough!

[onceuponasnacktime]

I would really like Tumblr to get as excited about the book, "Pirates of Aletharia," as my partner and I have been.

[wbtym-pod]

In our Season 2 Premiere, we discuss Pirates of Aletheria by Britney Jackson.

Pirates, Dragons, and Lesbians Oh My! This tale has the Ma'ams impressed and ready to surrender to Captain Maria Welles.

5/5 Stars!

In the spirit of drunken pirates, we enjoyed 3 separate drinks this episode. You can find the episode and instructions for the Cocktail and Mocktail version in this free Patreon Post: https://www.patreon.com/posts/s2e1-its-britney-91895810

Enjoy and keep an eye out for Goddess of the Sea the second book in the Lesbians, Pirates, & Dragons series releasing in December 2023!

[kathleendeplume]

Lesbian pirates... *swoon*

I'm regretting using up the "Pirates and dragons and lesbians (oh my)" title for the "I'm reading this and loving it" post rather than saving it for the "I've read this and it's AMAZING!!!" post lol.

Ah well.

Pirates of Aletharia (by Britney Jackson) is new on my "all time favourites" list - which I don't update very often, by the way. I still have "Men At Arms" on there, which I read at age 10 in 1994.

And it's not a long list, either. It might have just made it to double digits - but only just.

So. Yes. Review.

Pirates of Aletharia begins with violence. Poor old Emilia has been betrayed by the woman she loved, she's escaped the gallows and she's on the run. In her world, being a dragon riding sorceress makes her Public Enemy Number One.

Which... cool hook. Got me well and truly interested. And it only got better from there.

I love how Captain Maria Welles is presented as brutal and harsh, but you slowly get to see her as intelligent, caring, and loyal.

It's the "intelligent" that gets me, really. I can't give examples without spoiling things, but the breadcrumbs are dropped, and the payoff is *excellent*.

It's also completely unpretentious - the book isn't attempting to be high literature, it's not trying to get itself into school reading lists for deep hidden allegory or anything. It's a pirate novel with magic and dragons and lesbians. That's what is it, and it is DAMN good at it.

I called it "deeply unserious" in my early squee post, and I stand by that analysis - and I ALSO stand by my assertion that that is a compliment, not an insult. I love deeply unserious books. I love the Discworld, for crying out loud, and you don't get much more deeply unserious than those lol.

Oh, and since Jackson has plenty of reviews already I didn't take much care in my squee'ing - other people have already said the bits I missed, I'm just shouting to the world that I finished this book and I LOVED it.