Cover Love: The Unbinding of Mary Reade

I thought this would be a fun random post to share when I happen across a cover that captures my attention, as well as some of my favorite covers.

I love book covers and thought this would be a perfect way to share my love of them with others.

This is a random post so it could be multiple times a week or weeks in between it will be based on the book covers I encounter. 

I don't know how I missed this one but just learned out it today. It sounds amazing and the cover is gorgeous. Sadly I have to wait till this summer but it sounds like it's worth the wait. 

The Unbinding of Mary Reade
by Miriam McNamara

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A swashbuckling, smart novel based on the true story of a girl who disguised herself as a boy in order to sail with the infamous pirates Anne Bonny and Calico Jack.

There’s no place for a girl in Mary’s world. Not in the home of her mother, desperately drunk and poor. Not in the household of her wealthy granny, where a girl could never be named an heir. And certainly not in the arms of Nat, her childhood love who never knew her for who she was. As a hired sailor aboard a Caribbean merchant ship, Mary’s profession—and her safety—depend on her ability to disguise the fact that she’s a girl.

Leastways, that’s what she thinks is true. But then pirates attack the ship, and right in the middle of the swashbuckling crowd of bloodthirsty pirates, Mary spots something she never could have imagined: a girl pirate. The sight of a girl standing unafraid upon the deck, gun and sword in hand, changes everything. In a split-second decision, Mary turns her gun on her own captain and earns herself a spot among the pirates’ crew.

For the first time, Mary has a shot at freedom. But imagining living life as her true self is easier, it seems, than actually doing it. And when Mary finds herself falling for the captain’s mistress, she risks everything—her childhood love, her place among the crew, and even her life. 

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