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"Remember, when they call you girl, they're trying to tell you something. They're trying to tell you that they're more than you, that the body you're in makes you less. But you know, and I know, that you're exactly what you need to be."

WHAT TO EXPECT FROM SEAFIRE

🌊 AN EPIC SHOW OF GIRL POWER!
Seafire is a feminist read at its core. More than anything, I think this book aims to empower women. It's a riveting story about an all-girl pirate crew, who strengthen each other, and work together towards a common goal, which is, in this case: to take down the cruel and merciless Alaric, and to keep each other alive and well.

🌊 A SOLID MAIN CHARACTER
The Mors Navis is captained by Caledonia Styx, who is a pretty well-rounded MC. She's imperfect, but in a realistic way. There are times where she makes some pretty bad decisions, but you'll understand where she's coming from. She's a fighter, and she's a lover. It was interesting seeing these two sides of her constantly contradicting each other, and swaying the way she led the crew.

🌊 AN AWESOME ALL-GIRL CREW
It's not just the fact that there's an all-girl crew in this book that's amazing. What's even more fabulous is that they all have distinct personalities! They weren't just the characters who stood by and had no significance. Every girl had an role to play in the story, and you're going to love each and every one of them.

Bonus: I'd like to give a shoutout to my favorite crew member, Redtooth. She was incredibly feisty and snarky, and she never backed down from anything, or from anyone.

🌊 NON-STOP ACTION AND ADVENTURE
You know how almost all YA fantasy books promise a whole lot of action but never really push through? Seafire brings you that and more! There's never a dull moment in this book--every scene brings either action or adventure, or even both! When they aren't fighting for their lives, the Mors Navis girls are sailing the wide seas to various destinations, which brings me to my next point...

🌊 SLIGHT AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER VIBES
Whether they're sailing or walking, the adventurous aspect of this book totally gives me Avatar vibes. I felt like I was exploring the Earth Kingdom a lot, and I got major feels! (This isn't important but it feels so relevant to me as an ATLA fan!)

🌊 FAMILY AND FRIENDSHIP VALUE
In Seafire, family and friends are SO FUCKING IMPORTANT. Everything the girls do, they do for each other, or for their families. They put family and friends before themselves (and love interests), which was just so refreshing to read. Every action taken by anyone here is just so heartfelt.

🌊 A ROMANCE THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE UNNECESSARY
For those who are curious, this book does have a main m/f romance, which I personally think is totally unnecessary. I do see people loving it, though, since it's an enemies-to-lovers relationship that's slow-burn for the most part! There's also a side f/f romance that isn't explored, which I wish would have been--I would have preferred to read about that more than the main romance.

🌊 KIND-OF DETACHED WRITING?
The main reason I didn't rate this book higher's probably because of the writing. There's nothing wrong with it objectively--Parker's writing is easy to read, in fact. I just felt really detached from it, which is more of an it's-not-you-it's-me situation. It was a bit hard to really love the book because of this.

TW / CW: (view spoiler)[Physical abuse / torture, violence, murder, and captivity (hide spoiler)]

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