Bloody Jack Is Back!
In the Belly of the Bloodhound
by L.A. Meyer
Jacky Faber, that is. I absolutely love these books; this being the fourth and most recent in the series. Jacky was an orphan living on the streets of London until she decided to pretend to be a boy and get a place on a ship. Jacky is a sailor at heart, and a bit of a pirate too, which of course makes for great fun. In the first book she falls in love with Jamie, another of the ship’s boys, and her identity as a girl is eventually revealed. But that doesn’t stop her from continuing her swashbuckling adventures, or getting into trouble due to her “free and easy ways” in the following books. These books have a real element of history and tragedy to them along with the fun and shenanigans. Jacky has had a difficult life and things don’t always turn out wrapped up all nice and pretty at the end. I absolutely devoured this book and now I’m depressed I’ll have to wait a couple years probably for the next one.
