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HMS Aphrodite
A Royal Navy Midshipman of the late eighteenth century has been prematurely commissioned as Lieutenant by the efforts of his father, a prominent member of the House of Lords. Further political machinations have secured a command for this new officer. It is now up to the new Lieutenant Charles Mullins to make a success of his new command on his own.
222 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 13, 2015
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May 21, 2016
Lacks suspense
Poorly edited. Meanings and characters change in mid-paragraph. Action sequences break off and unrelated incidences occur. Worse, there is no suspense and little excitement. Mullins sees the enemy. Mullins defeats the enemy no matter the odds. Mullins is supported by and watched over by superior officers and key people in the admiralty . Mullins has no enemies despite being promoted ahead of others and given command of ships. Mullins can seemingly do no wrong. Boring.
Poorly edited. Meanings and characters change in mid-paragraph. Action sequences break off and unrelated incidences occur. Worse, there is no suspense and little excitement. Mullins sees the enemy. Mullins defeats the enemy no matter the odds. Mullins is supported by and watched over by superior officers and key people in the admiralty . Mullins has no enemies despite being promoted ahead of others and given command of ships. Mullins can seemingly do no wrong. Boring.
January 1, 2017
Pleasekee dates straight
This was an interesting story bedeviled b unfortunate errors. Obviously Mr. Mullins could not be fighting in the NAPOLEONIC wars if he was being read in as a lieutenant in charge of a sloop in 1786. Nuff said. And, some exposition is needed. How did we gofrom the mutinies to sing backtrack a in one sentence ove
This was an interesting story bedeviled b unfortunate errors. Obviously Mr. Mullins could not be fighting in the NAPOLEONIC wars if he was being read in as a lieutenant in charge of a sloop in 1786. Nuff said. And, some exposition is needed. How did we gofrom the mutinies to sing backtrack a in one sentence ove
July 28, 2017
1 and done!
Had to stop halfway through chapter 7, just couldn't take it anymore. After defeating his third frigate, twice his size, I just can't take it. This book is at best for a child between 10 and 12 years old. It is just so unbelievable and poorly written. He talks about the French Revolution in 1783 which didn't start until 1793, if it's just a typo then he needs to have somebody editing his work.. also useing the captain's name Mullins at the beginning of every paragraph or sentence gets really old. I'm glad I didn't have to pay for this with my Premier account because it's a ripp-off even paying $0.99 for it.
Had to stop halfway through chapter 7, just couldn't take it anymore. After defeating his third frigate, twice his size, I just can't take it. This book is at best for a child between 10 and 12 years old. It is just so unbelievable and poorly written. He talks about the French Revolution in 1783 which didn't start until 1793, if it's just a typo then he needs to have somebody editing his work.. also useing the captain's name Mullins at the beginning of every paragraph or sentence gets really old. I'm glad I didn't have to pay for this with my Premier account because it's a ripp-off even paying $0.99 for it.
February 1, 2019
A fair start to a series
I would have given 5 stars, but there were several places that needed some editing done. Now a lot of writer use spell check to correct errors and that is okay, however when you misspell the name of your main character that is a bad error. Also there were a couple of places where continuity was jumbled up like characters showing up that were supposed to be somewhere else. For the most part this was a good narrative take of the British navy during the Age of Sail. I am going to read some more of this series to see if there is improvement in the series.
I would have given 5 stars, but there were several places that needed some editing done. Now a lot of writer use spell check to correct errors and that is okay, however when you misspell the name of your main character that is a bad error. Also there were a couple of places where continuity was jumbled up like characters showing up that were supposed to be somewhere else. For the most part this was a good narrative take of the British navy during the Age of Sail. I am going to read some more of this series to see if there is improvement in the series.
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January 8, 2019Just a note: Wooden ships at Sea!! I read samples [including the last in series] and this series seems written at a level more for kids [boys and girls] 10 - 12 than adults. I think kids might like the adventure and while having stuff spelled out, and being told the obvious, can be boring for adults, esp those who've read other nauticals, kids don't have the background to be annoyed by it!
December 24, 2017
Not Bad Not Kydd not Aubrey not Horatio
Readable but there's so many books about seagoing young men and boys during this time in history and some are classics in
my opinion. This one isn't.
Readable but there's so many books about seagoing young men and boys during this time in history and some are classics in
my opinion. This one isn't.
May 23, 2022
Okay, but many are better
Not that impressive. Poorly proofread, which doesn't help. The storyline lacks depth - not expecting a history lesson but more detail is needed to help set the scene. I'll try book 2 and see how it goes....
Not that impressive. Poorly proofread, which doesn't help. The storyline lacks depth - not expecting a history lesson but more detail is needed to help set the scene. I'll try book 2 and see how it goes....
January 3, 2017
Read only if you can get it for free.
Good story but the characters lack depth. There was no descriptive detail at all. The author glossed over all the ship handling details. It was as if sailing a ship was as easy as baking a cake. There was no detail in any of the battle scenes. It was like no was injured or killed and if they were the author glossed it over with hardly a detail. I would not recommend this book for to anyone with a serious interest in this subject.
Good story but the characters lack depth. There was no descriptive detail at all. The author glossed over all the ship handling details. It was as if sailing a ship was as easy as baking a cake. There was no detail in any of the battle scenes. It was like no was injured or killed and if they were the author glossed it over with hardly a detail. I would not recommend this book for to anyone with a serious interest in this subject.
August 2, 2016
Disappointing
Not on a par with the great ones,C.S.Forrester, Alexander Kent or Dewey Lamden.
No attention to details of shipboard life or ship handling. Won't be following Mulllens
Not on a par with the great ones,C.S.Forrester, Alexander Kent or Dewey Lamden.
No attention to details of shipboard life or ship handling. Won't be following Mulllens
August 18, 2016
Decent Story, but poor formatting and editing
The story was decent, but the action could have been fleshed out more. Editing needs to be given a top priority, because grammar and spelling errors are very noticeable.
The story was decent, but the action could have been fleshed out more. Editing needs to be given a top priority, because grammar and spelling errors are very noticeable.
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July 31, 2017This book was so-so. I expected something more lik the Patrick O'Brien series and was disappointed in the lack of detail and character development. Will not read the rest of the series.
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