ScallyWagAThon Wrap Up!
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Prompt 1: Aye Aye Captain! – Dread Pirate Arcanist by Shami Stovall
For this prompt I needed to choose a book with two “i”s in the title. Already on my TBR for the month due to the Witchy Readathon, I decided to do some double dipping with Dread Pirate Arcanist, the second book in the Frith Chronicles. This book was awesome! They spent quite a bit of time at sea, chasing down a ship called Third Abyss full of master arcanists whose eldrin were all maneating beasts. Terrifying and exciting all at once!
Prompt 2: Bawdy Songs – Seafire by Natalie C. Parker
The second prompt I followed was for a book featuring a romance in it. Seafire barely had romance in it. I picked it for this prompt because I saw in some reviews that there was a romance with mixed feelings around it, but I wouldn’t call a few kisses in the heat of a moment a romance. I suppose in the sequel it’s possible those kisses will turn into conversations, attraction, or a real relationship. At least a couple of side characters definitely had a romance going on!
Prompt 3: Washed Ashore – The Summer of Chasing Mermaids by Sarah Ockler
For this prompt I had to pick a book published 3+ years ago and so I selected this one, the only contemporary novel on my list! I adored this book, and I absolutely am glad I included it. The story was a lovely refreshment compared to the historical fiction, fantasy, and futuristic elements in the other three books I picked. Though not strictly about pirates, mermaids, or any other sea theme the fact that the contemporary does incorporate imagery from mermaids and pirates was enough to satisfy me.
Prompt 4: Black Sails – Blackhearts by Nicole Castroman
This prompt required a book with a black cover. Cover based prompts usually put me off of readathons, considering the majority of books I read and have access to are ebooks and I don’t spend a lot of time caring about those covers. But in my dedication for this readathon I did pick Blackhearts, which has a black cover and a ship in a bottle on it. Boy this book was surprising! I new it was a romance based on Blackbeard’s youth but it was honestly so easy to forget it was supposed to be about Edward Teach; it reads like a straight romance novel without the happy ending!
Bonus book: Deep Sea Legend – Caught by Kimberley Cale
In keeping with my theme of sea books, I decided that since I also read Caught this week (admittedly for a blog tour not strictly for this readathon) I should count it! Caught is a romance between a mermaid and a human and Greek mythology plays heavily into it, so I figured that this prompt worked for it.
So there we have it! I read five books for ScallyWagAThon this week! Crazy, I know. This readathon was so fun though, and the Twitter account had prompts and questions and games on it throughout the week! I definitely want o participate in it again!
