Breaking an oath has deadly consequences. A main focus of the story is oaths taken and kept and McCombs describes creative ways of how the oaths are etched into the skin. There is a touch of spookiness which I enjoyed and would like to know more of. Emme’s character underwent an epic transformation. There are bonus chapters of certain characters which adds to a minor cliffhanger. The story is told from Emme and Arn’s POV, giving us a glimpse into both their stories. It isn’t smooth sailing for this ship, as the crew are met with many challenges including mermaids and their luring songs. The stakes are high since this voyage presents Emme and Arn with a solution to their problems. Avoiding life as a pirate went well until Arn, Emme’s old friend, made an appearance asking for her help. Emme’s mother was a pirate, taken by the sea after her mother’s death, Emme vowed to never follow in her mother’s footsteps. 𝙄 𝙧𝙚𝙛𝙪𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙢𝙮𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛.”Īhoy! The first book in The Royal Rose Chronicles is a YA Fantasy that will have you sailing for the horizon and embarking on epic voyages. Arn must make a sacrifice, while Emme might have to become as wicked of a pirate as her mother to survive.īeware the waters. One by one the crew’s minds go mad, until they realize they can’t all reach the island alive.

Then a black ship appears in the night-never attacking, always watching. But it could cost the things he loves most. He must steal a fabled treasure twice over-first from the island, then from his crew. He once sailed under the king’s flag, but now he’s bound himself to a man of dark deals and a life of piracy. Which means sailing across her mother’s seas with the pirate, Arn.Īrn’s secrets are darker than the deep and threaten to kill them all. A sickness coils around Emme’s heart, and a distant island holds the only cure. The sea gives more than he wanted.Įmme’s mother was a feared pirate who loved the seas more than her children, even as the waters drowned her. BOOK SYNOPSIS The sea takes more than she expects.

Oathbound by Victoria McCombs