Grace’s Reviews > The Pirate Queen > Status Update

80% !!! I think I will actually finish this before it has to be returned to Libby in the morning. Whew, I didn’t want to have to buy a copy (not that it’s bad, but like most people I am resisting spending any money right now) or wait at the back of the 20 people in line behind me

I’m curious as to where Richard Bourke is in all this. She has not mentioned him in any of the matriarch chapters except for the first or second one when she said it had been 3 years since she last saw him. He was not listed in the list of people she has loved and lost

I don’t know why I am only just seeing why Finola wanted O’Flaherty to kill Walter at Moycullen 🤦 as oldest he was heir and him dying made way for her son to be chief. Because Grace described the letter as from her sister in law I had the idea of a young woman Grace’s age in my head, not knowing at the time about the probably 16 year age gap between Finola and O’Flaherty

Interesting…After her father died Grace’s mother says she wished she tried harder to change his mind about forcing her to marry Donal O’Flaherty, but in this snippet Eóin is very against a union between O’Flaherty and O’Malley. I wonder what changed and why he forced the marriage? It sounds here like even a strong political alliance isn’t enough to change his mind

I like seeing the parallels and growth between the 3 different life phases, we are following. From being unable to cut a man’s throat to cutting three and quick succession

Yeah, it’s a trap…

That can’t be Richard Bourne. Not yet 40 would mean he didn’t even exist when she got married so one of her sons? Or Walter’s son?

Even though I just want to know everything already, I am enjoying the pacing of switching between 3 points in her life