Finished 11-13-09, rating 2.5/5, fiction, pub. 2009
“Our elders’ chants of truth and example are like the writings of the apostles in the Bible. The chants make them immortal by the lessons their stories give, helping our children make important decisions about life, love, survival, marriage-anything associated with the human condition. We sing them in the language of our ancestors so our children never forget their heritage.”
“How do you exchange stories that are not written?” Peri asked.
“Each month a council meeting is held, and afterward a family meeting,” George explained. “Each family’s representatives sing the stories. You see, the chants are considered collective treasures among our people.”
Chapter 10
In 1503, a Spanish ship sank and was lost forever, as was all of the valuable gold on board. Now it’s 2010 and as the direct descendant of a famed pirate, Jacsen Kidd, spends his time recovering valuable treasures and donating them to museums. He and his partner, chef Peri Schmoond, are on the hunt for the Spanish ship that is at the bottom of the Caribbean sea. But they aren’t the only ones searching for the gold. A frequent nemesis and a man long thought dead are both following the pair and don’t care if innocent people die.
I rarely accept books for review and I’m not sure why I decided to accept this one. It is a treasure hunt with killers and pirates, not my usual reading. But I was pleasantly surprised to enjoy the high seas adventure. There was quite a bit of history about sailing and the islands and there was no shortage of action.
This is Glider’s first novel, the first of three Jacsen Kidd mysteries, and with this comes my most glaring problem with the book. It needed a firm hand with the red pen. There was an exclamation point on every page, sometimes more. I felt like there was lots of yelling. I’m not trying to be harsh, because the story was good, but it was distracting to me. I think it would appeal to boys and young men looking for adventure on the high seas.
This book was sent to me by the author.
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I might see about getting this for my husband. I don’t think he can pass up treasure hunting and pirates.
I do think this would appeal to men more than women. Maybe not all women, maybe just me 🙂
Those exclamation points can be rather distracting. Georgette Heyer loves them as well, but too many always adds an element of absurdity to the story to me.
Actually that is a perfect way to say it.
You’re braver than me. This isn’t one that speaks to me.
Like I said, this isn’t really my comfort zone, but I loved the orange cover. See how shallow I can be?
I don’t like it when a book isn’t edited well – I find it very distracting, so this probably isn’t the book for me.
I find it to be a problem with most self published books, not just this one.
It’s not my genre either, but thanks for the review!
Pirates don’t really appeal to me, but I like stories about old, hidden treasures. A book that hasn’t been edited well enough can definitely offer up quite a few distractions from the story at hand.
Yes, the exclamation points were a big distraction, but the actual story was good.
I’m surpried at the negative comments. It sounds like a very exciting novel. If it had some romace woven into the story it would be even better.
There was romance in it. It wasn’t one of my favorite aspects, but there was a romantic interest for Jacsen.