This book was EVERYWHERE when it first came out.

It has now been updated to include the newest publications in the series.** Why I Picked it Up / My Expectations: **This post was originally posted as a Fresh Friday review of the first book of the series. Publication Date: February 2016 – April 2017 Genre: Young Adult, Historical, Romance, Retellings SERIESous’ Top Picks: Fave Read 2016, New Must Watch Author, Sad to See Go 2017 Faced with an impossible choice, they must decide to chase their dreams and go, or follow their hearts and stay. Drawn to each other, they’re trapped by society and their own circumstances. How will she ever realize her dream of sailing to Curaçao-where her mother was born-when she’s stuck in England?įrom the moment Teach and Anne meet, they set the world ablaze. Lonely days stretch into weeks, and Anne longs for escape. Though she’s barely worked a day in her life, Anne is forced to take a job as a maid in the home of Master Drummond. There’s just one problem: convincing his father to let him leave and never come back.įollowing her parents’ deaths, Anne Barrett is left penniless and soon to be homeless. Betrothed to a girl he doesn’t love and sick of the high society he was born into, Teach dreams only of returning to the vast ocean he’d begun to call home. Nothing could stop him-until he met the one girl who would change everything.Įdward “Teach” Drummond, son of one of Bristol’s richest merchants, has just returned from a year-long journey on the high seas to find his life in shambles. But once he was just a young man who dreamed of leaving his rigid life behind to chase adventure in faraway lands. Synopsis for Blackhearts (from Goodreads):īlackbeard the pirate was known for striking fear in the hearts of the bravest of sailors. Series Review: Is this series worth your time? Does it get better as the novels progress? Or does it get worse? Find out below:

Blackhearts by Nicole Castroman