Review: Over Raging Tides by Jennifer Ellision

Title: Over Raging Tides

Author: Jennifer Ellision

Publisher: CreateSpace Independence Publishing Platform

Publishing Date: March 11th, 2018

Pages: 238
Audio Length: 4 Hours and 43 Minutes

Genre: YA Fantasy 
TW: Some language, parent death

Series: Lady Pirates

Source: Audio

 
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The pirate crew of the Lady Luck lives by many rules, but chief among them is this: they do not allow men on board.

That’s a rule that quartermaster Grace Porter is willing to break when a shipwrecked young nobleman offers her information of an omniscient map, stolen from his warship by an enemy vessel. Until now, the map was only the stuff of legend… but with its help, Grace may finally be able to hunt down the Mordgris, the sea monsters who stole her mother away from her.
Unfortunately, some members of her crew have other plans...
To find the map and face the Mordgris, Grace will have to confront her past, put the Luck between warring nations, and uncover treachery aboard the ship. And ultimately, her revenge and the destruction of the Mordgris will come at a hefty price: the betrayal of her crew.
Grace promised them they wouldn’t regret this.
She just isn’t sure that she won’t.

What made me pick this book up: 

The cover caught my eye first. 

What did I like about the cover: 

It's a beautiful cover. The artwork is wonderful and the colors are perfect. I love the face in the water. I think it fits the book well.

What made me read this book: 

I like pirates a lot. Honestly it was one of those I had a credit on audible what should I use it on? And then I saw this. It had been a long while since I read the description.

What did I like the most: 

I always find it so interesting reading about pirates. They live so freely, but also so... dirty? I guess. Like when I imagine pirates I think they probably don't smell too good after living at the sea for God knows how long, no showers, and the fighting that they must do. 

Anyway! 

So I loved reading about pirates. It's one of my favorite things honestly. 

The story is interesting. I feel like there wasn't as much to it as there could have been, but more on that later.

It's written really well, it did draw me in, but not as much as I'd like. 

The characters are pretty great. I did really like Leo and his little brother. I enjoyed the interactions between Leo and Grace. 

Grace is a good MC. She has a goal that she must hit no matter what happens. She wasn't annoying, and I think all in all she was a good MC. 

The narrator was perfect I think. She read it well, had a great voice, and I loved her accent. I think it matched Grace really well. 

I unfortunately don't have too much to say about this book. It was a good book, I enjoyed it. But I felt like there was so much more it could have been. I'll talk about that under what didn't I like.

What didn't I like: 

I feel like the story was under developed. It all happened so quickly, that it was like wait what that's it? I was over half way done and I thought I was only a quarter of the way done.

I think this book had so much potential to be more than it was. Just a few changes, like making the book longer, giving more information, more action. Whatever it may be, could have just made the book that much more. 

Like I said, I don't dislike this book, and I definitely think people should read it, but it just wasn't enough for me.  

Instead of making it into a series, it might even have been able to made into a longer book. It just came out though, so I'm not sure how many books will be in the series.

I also feel like the Mordgris could have been written better. I was so very confused by them, and they were just too weird. It almost felt as if they didn't fit. 

Would I read the rest of the series/more from this author?
I want to see what happens, so yes.

A quick read, great characters but not enough story development.

“Captain?” My voice is low, waiting for the order.
She grins. “Take it.”
Planks are thrown from our ship to theirs, and like animals loosed from a cage, we storm our way across.

Jennifer Ellision was born and raised in South Florida and lives in perpetual fear of temperatures below 60F. She spent a great deal of her childhood staying up past her bedtime with a book and a flashlight. When she couldn't find the stories she wanted to read, she started writing them.


She has an OTP, loves character analysis, and is a master of the fangirl flail, with a particular soft spot for fanfiction. She frequently bursts into song (and they are often of a Disney persuasion). Sailor Moon is one of her favorite things on this planet. If you make her any kind of fanart, she'll love you forever.