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Book Review of Bloody Jack: Being an Account of the Curious Adventures of Mary 'Jacky' Faber, Ship's Boy (Bloody Jack Adventures, Bk 1)

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What a rollicking good yarn! I picked up this audio CD along with 3 or 4 other audiobooks at a library sale and thoroughly enjoyed it even though it was marked as a teen or young adult book. I'm a history buff and there were plenty of historical references to this time period (late 1700's) to keep me happy and although it had some romance aspects to it, it wasn't annoying or inappropriate.
The author made the title character Mary/Jack totally believable and the narrator was very good, especially when switching between American,English cockney and English upperclass accents.
The last audiobook narrator was not nearly as good and it was very distracting to me.
Hoping I can find other books by this author!I thoroughly recommend this book.