Oh, the joy of another book about Jacky Faber! This series, set in the 19th century, tells swashbuckling adventure tales featuring one of my hands-down favorite heroines of all time. There is action, humor, great characters, history that springs to life, and each book takes you for a delightful ride that you can't fail to enjoy. This one sees Jacky end up as a convict on a ship that is making its way to a penal colony in Australia. Anyone who has read any books in the Bloody Jack series will not doubt that somehow the resourceful, quick-witted Jacky will find a way to turn her situation around and come out on top - but with quite a few entertaining bumps along the way. I love, love, love this series, and I highly recommend it. I think this one would have a huge appeal to fans of Lois McMaster Bujold's Vokosigan series and, honestly, to just about everyone else.
Books in the Bloody Jack series:
1. Bloody Jack: Being an Account of the Curious Adventures of "Jacky" Faber, Ship's Boy
2. Curse of the Blue Tattoo: Being an Account of the Misadventures of Jacky Faber, Midshipman and Fine Lady
3. Under the Jolly Roger: Being an Account of the Further Nautical Adventures of Jacky Faber 4. In the Belly of the Bloodhound: Being an Account of a Particularly Peculiar Adventure in the Life of Jacky Faber
5. Mississippi Jack: Being an Account of the Further Waterborne Adventures of Jacky Faber, Midshipman, Fine Lady, and the Lily of the West6. My Bonny Light Horseman: Being an Account of the Further Adventures of Jacky Faber, in Love and War
2. Curse of the Blue Tattoo: Being an Account of the Misadventures of Jacky Faber, Midshipman and Fine Lady
3. Under the Jolly Roger: Being an Account of the Further Nautical Adventures of Jacky Faber 4. In the Belly of the Bloodhound: Being an Account of a Particularly Peculiar Adventure in the Life of Jacky Faber
5. Mississippi Jack: Being an Account of the Further Waterborne Adventures of Jacky Faber, Midshipman, Fine Lady, and the Lily of the West6. My Bonny Light Horseman: Being an Account of the Further Adventures of Jacky Faber, in Love and War
8. The Wake of the Lorelei Lee: Being an Account of the Further Adventures of Jacky Faber, on Her Way to Botany Bay
The Wake of the Lorelei Lee: Being an Account of the Further Adventures of Jacky Faber, on Her Way to Botany Bay (#8 in the Bloody Jack series) by L.A. Meyer (Harcourt, 2010)
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