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"Never underestimate the girls of this world."

I mean, it is a girls-only pirate ship. The level of badassery is sky-high. Of course, I wanted to read it.

Seafire was a thrilling and highly suspenseful novel. The sea is ruled by Aric Athair, a ruthless man who takes children from their families, drugs them with Silt in order to make them compliant, and kills everyone who stands in his way. This is how Caledonia Styx lost her family. Four years later, she is the captain of a crew of brave and loyal young women who try to take out Athair's ships one at a time in order to seek revenge and limit his power.
The many tricky situations and risky manoeuvres that this crew experienced had me on the edge of my seat. The fact that (most of them) made it out alive is a miracle. Overall, this books had some serious Six of Crows vibes, which is high praise, let me tell you.

I loved the crew of the Mors Navis. Pisces, Redtooth, Amina, Hime, Nettle, all of these girls are fantastic. But I am no fan of Caledonia's. Her narrow-mindedness and stubbornness grew more and more annoying and the stunt she pulls toward the end of the novel did not help in making her relatable. She is the captain of her crew, she praises trust in your sisters over everything else, but she fails to act like it. Suffice it to say, it threw me off.

What I would have like to see, are f/f relationships. Come on, 53 girls and not a single queer romance? Of course, this book's focus is not on romance at all. Yes, Caledonia does fall for a guy at one point, but it is more of a subplot. I think that when you have the chance to showcase a healthy, lesbian relationship, why wouldn't you? Representation matters, so the three hints that there might or might not be something going on between some of the crew members simply do not suffice.

In a nutshell: a thrilling plot and fantastic concept that somehow failed to get me hooked. I am looking forward to the sequels, though! But I hope that it will feature a different main character or at least alternating POV's.