Oct. 17th, 2008

alex_beecroft: A blue octopus in an armchair, reading a book (Seal of Approval)
Amount of Boys of Summer written today = 0%
Amount of 'Death of a Pirate King' by Josh Lanyon read today = 100%

These two things are not unrelated ;)

I came home from swimming this morning to find my print copy of Death of a Pirate King had arrived from Amazon, and I thought 'I'll just check out the first page before I get down to some work.'  LOL!  Needless to say, here I am, four hours later, having done nothing but read the book like someone downing real ale in one.

I remember being overjoyed when I read the first Adrien English novel, because it gave me that heady feeling that I had found a new author whose work I would always love.  That doesn't happen to me often these days - the last time was Patrick O'Brien, about three years ago, but before that it had been almost ten years since I found an author who made me want to leap for joy.

I'm glad to say that 'Death of a Pirate King' gives me the same feeling all over again.  This isn't a review - I've been doing a lot of those recently and I'm tired of having to be all serious and balanced about things ;)  This is just a rave.  So I can say  Eee, I love the way that it hits the ground running.  (For those interested in first sentence/paragraph technique, first sentence on its own = nothing special, but whole first paragraph = brilliant, gripping and funny.)  The language is still top notch.  Even better than before, I think, though I need to go back and savour it - I read it too fast to properly appreciate it.  And I did that because there was never a single place where it flagged in interest. 

The whole Adrien/Guy/Jake thing was brilliant and played out pretty much in the way I was hoping.  Though, there was a moment there that I was wholeheartedly rooting for Adrien/Jake/Paul as a threesome.  I'm not normally a pirate fan, but when he's played by a plummy Brit with arrogance and charm, I could be persuaded.

Squee for the Pirates of the Caribbean shoutout (At Wits End!  Huzzah!).  And wasn't someone saying Adrien ought to get a cat?  LOL!  How happy they must be right now ;)

Two thumbs way up, but I think I need to read it again now, slower.

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