Blog Tour: “To Kill A Curse” (A Lingering Sea Novel #1) by Jennifer Jenkins – Review

About The Book

Synopsis: Would you touch the one you loved, even if it might kill them?

Antonio, a merchant sailor, has no idea how dangerous Fina Perona is when he rescues her from drowning in the middle of the Lingering Sea. His ship is headed to the home Fina just abandoned, carrying desperately needed payment for her father’s prized wine stores. Pirates attack, and as Antonio and Fina escape the clutches of slavery, she steals back her family’s small fortune from the pirate captain’s quarters. Fina doesn’t need Antonio’s protection, she’s more dangerous than he could ever be, but she needs his experience as a navigator and agrees to give him a cut of the payment in exchange for his help. Returning the money is the only way Fina knows how to atone for inadvertently killing her own brother, but what she doesn’t realize is, before Antonio was a sailor, he was a thief.

While threats of curses, witches, bandits, pirates, and traitors are all very real, Fina and Antonio are the most dangerous players in this story of true love and betrayal. Will they become each other’s demise or salvation as they set out to find redemption and to kill a curse?

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Review

I love novels set on the high seas so I couldn’t resist picking up this novel after reading the synopsis. The story follows a young woman named Serefina who bears the mark of a curse placed upon her by a dying witch as a child. Whatever or whoever she touches will have misfortune brought to them. Fina feels like a constant burden to those around her so she decides to escape her family’s vineyard and ends up on a merchants ship. Will she be able to escape the fates of her curse?

During Fina’s journey she strikes up a friendship a sailor named Antonio and soon they get separated from the ship’s crew as pirates take over and everyone is forced to leave the boat. There begins the duo’s journey and a budding romance. Both are cautious of each other since they are both hiding painful pasts and secrets, but they learn to start to trust each in order to survive on there journey.

This story is adventurous with a hint of suspense. There are so many mysteries to unravel and that aspect along with the action-packed keeps the reader engaged with the overall quest. While I enjoyed the book I felt like something was missing from the story. I wanted to see more depth in the characters and world-building behind the lore and magic of the setting. But all in all, it’s still a fun read!

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About the Author

With her degree in History and Secondary Education, Jennifer Jenkins had every intention of teaching teens to love George Washington, the Napoleonic Wars, and Ancient Sparta . . . until the writing began. In addition to her Lingering Sea series, Jennifer is the author of the bestselling Nameless trilogy and Teen Writer’s Guide: Your Road Map to Writing (releasing March 2020). She is a co-founder of Teen Author Boot Camp, and divides her time between reading, taking spontaneous trips, researching random events from the past, and fostering her adrenaline junkie addictions. Learn more at www.authorjenniferjenkins.com

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