Status Updates From Capitana (Capitana #1)

“She couldn't believe [Dante] was alive. She couldn't believe he'd risked his life for a girl he hardly knew. She couldn't believe that in his soaking-wet tunic and trousers, with his hair dripping into his eyes, he looked more like a cazador than he ever had. His shoulders were broad and firm; his eyes flashed with courage; and his smile knew no fear.”

One of those books that you think should be wrapping up and you realize you’re not even halfway through.

…trail and the merchants followed. The music was in their limbs, their eyes, their lungs.”

“He tuned his strings, closed his eyes, and began. It was a song Ximena had never heard before, driven by a pulsing beat she could feel in her ribs. The crew gave a collective shout of approval and took to the center of the deck, splitting into pairs and dancing, their hips swaying, their boots drumming. Gustavo's fingers flew over the frets of the guitar, picking the notes with elegant precision. He carved a…

“Truly, Ximena didn’t have enough eyes to watch all the fools trying to sabotage her.”

“Ximena had never been so grateful for disaster in her life.”

Though it could not be found in the tenets of the law, pride was a terrible crime, and the de León family was guilty of it twenty times over.”

“Even worse, pirates captured by the cazadores had begun invoking Gasparilla’s name just before their executions in direct defiance of the Luzan Empire. They declared it boldly, proudly, in the same breath as liberty, as if the sound of it were a threat or a prophecy or a battle cry. As if they knew something the cazadores did not.”