Peregrine Seas

by R.C. Ballad

Prince Peregrine couldn’t be happier to be kidnapped by pirates.Peregrine wasn’t cut out for the restrictive life of a nobleman – he's hungry for adventure, prone to duelling, and his family refuse to believe he's any kind of man at all. Despite his royal origins, he has more in common with the outcasts and rebels aboard the Cygnus that anyone onshore.He just needs to convince the captain of that before his ransom's paid.Captain Alastar Macdara knows better than to trust an English prince. He has his hands full keeping his ragged crew together, and the last thing he needs is to be burdened with some foppish dandy—however charming. This particular hostage is more trouble than Alastar planned used to getting his own way, as stubborn as Alastar and not afraid to tell him when he’s wrong. But Alastar knows a thing or two about being an outcast, and his honourable streak refuses to let him send Peregrine back to a life of misery.The ransom might be off, but that doesn’t mean Peregrine is part of the crew. Now he must prove he’s courageous and quick-witted enough to earn his place on the Cygnus before Alastar dumps him at the next safe harbour.It won't be easy for Peregrine to prove himself amidst the many dangers of life at navy patrols, sea serpents—and the grim, handsome Alastar. The more time they spend together the more he fears he’s falling for his captain, and honourable or not … a pirate is a pirate.Can they chart a course to being together, or will Alastar’s secrets and Peregrine’s reckless drive to prove himself steer the Cygnus into perilous waters?Peregrine Seas is a swashbuckling m/m romance between a merman pirate and a runaway prince, full of queer joy and perfect for fans of Our Flag Means Death.

Genres: Pirates, Fantasy, Queer, LGBT, Romance, Transgender, M M Romance

183 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 18, 2024

Reviews

[Smutty Sully · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 stars! A ginger merman pirate and a sword-wielding trans prince pairing! Loved the side characters. RTC.

[Alastair H · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another exciting pirate adventure! This one is pretty quick and easy to read. Peregrine is a hilarious narrator and his wit and unsinkable optimism keeps you happily entertained. I do think it could have benefited from a bit more plot, sometimes the drama seemed to come completely out of nowhere especially with how little interaction time we got between some of the characters.

However that aside I found it very cute and entertaining. I'll be on the lookout for more in this series and hope as it goes on we get to know everyone better and Peregrine finds his footing on his pirate ship.

[Ellie · Rating 2 out of 5]

2 stars

Enjoyable up until about 75-80% and it just fucking went off the rails.

Everyone flies off the handle.

Drama llama.

No romance.

Barely any discussions between characters!

Unexpectedly MMM? Or is it? I don't fucking know because absolutely nothing is clarified and this is completely inconclusive. I mean the blurb only mentions the prince and the pirate, so what about poor Sol?!

What a disappointment!!!

The writing is good but the plot is a hot mess.

[Sefri Kuehn · Rating 4 out of 5]

At first I was very confused~ I wasn’t sure what exactly was happening, or why Peregrine was kidnapped. But. The further into the story I got, the more I enjoyed it^^ It also took me a bit to realize that Peregrine was trans, but eh🤷🏻‍♀️ I enjoyed seeing the relationship between him and Alaster, the captain of the pirate ship with a secret. Almost all of the characters were fun honestly.

[frannilys · Rating 4 out of 5]

I wish it wasn’t this short and the romance was more in depth because it was a bit undeveloped.

Really liked the story and the idea and I’m looking forward to the second book.

[Gealach · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars

Quick and fun read

Review coming soon to my blog

[Mia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Solid 3.5