Inherited

You won't believe how excited I was when I started reading this huge book!
I really enjoyed the storyline filled with pirates, curses, faeries but action and romance as well. Two things had intrigued me right from the beginning: I wanted to know more about Lennie's dark past and how they would lift the curse eventually.

However, my personal problem at the beginning of the book was that too many characters were introduced at once with the result that throughout the whole book I could not connect to any characters at all except Lennie, Nathaniel and Ned.

Knowing that the central theme of this whole curse is love I, of course, expected a romance but I felt that the romance between Lennie and Nathaniel was a bit forced in the beginning - almost a bit like an insta love. As the story progressed their relationship was more believable and real except up to one point when I thought: “What's going on?!” because the story was rushed again. I mean they are fighting their great enemy and amidst the battle they both go away into an empty room, talk about something important concerning their future as a couple and when they come back the battle is over and it is just described how everybody is physically hurt. That was the only scene I did not really enjoy.

Despite the fact that Lennie's and Nathaniel's relationship felt a bit rushed they both were adorable in the way they interacted with each other, so I was super happy for them when the curse was broken and they could finally say “I love you” to each other! <3
And speaking of them: Lennie who is a very strong, determined and brave woman and Nathaniel, a smart and caring man, were my favourite characters in the story! :)
And now moving on to the author, Freedom Matthews:
I think she is very creative ( I would've never came up with the idea of putting faeries and pirates in one book lol ) and has a fantastic writing style although it is only her debut novel yet! She managed to create an awesome debut with unique characters and very cool magic as well as a story that takes a grip of you in right from the beginning!
All in all, I really enjoyed the story and I cannot wait for more books by Freedom Matthews!