L.A. Meyer
Paperback | Pages: 504 pages Rating: 4.25 | 11631 Users | 887 Reviews
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| Original Title: | Curse of the Blue Tattoo: Being an Account of the Misadventures of Jacky Faber, Midshipman and Fine Lady |
| ISBN: | 0152054596 (ISBN13: 9780152054595) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Bloody Jack #2 |
| Characters: | Jacky Faber, James Emerson "Jaimy" Fletcher, Mam'selle Claudelle de Bour-bon, Miranda Pimm, Lissette maria Theresa de Lise, Reverend Richard Wilson Mather, Clarissa Worthington Howe, Randal Trevelyne, Amy Trevelyne, Ezra Pickering, Sylvie Rossio |
| Setting: | Boston, Massachusetts(United States) |
| Literary Awards: | Odyssey Award Nominee (2009) |
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After being forced to leave HMS Dolphin and Jaimy, her true love, Jacky Faber is making a new start at the elite Lawson Peabody School for Young Girls in Boston. But growing up on the streets of London and fighting pirates never prepared Jacky for her toughest battle yet: learning how to be a fine lady.Everything she does is wrong. Her embroidery is deplorable, her French is atrocious, and her table manners--disgusting! Then there's the small matter of her blue anchor tattoo. . . .
Despite her best efforts, Jacky can't seem to stay out of trouble long enough to dedicate herself to being ladylike. But what fun would that be, anyway?
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| Title | : | Curse of the Blue Tattoo: Being an Account of the Misadventures of Jacky Faber, Midshipman and Fine Lady (Bloody Jack #2) |
| Author | : | L.A. Meyer |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 504 pages |
| Published | : | January 12th 2011 by HMH Books for Young Readers (first published January 1st 2004) |
| Categories | : | Historical. Historical Fiction. Young Adult. Adventure. Fiction. Pirates. Teen |
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Ratings: 4.25 From 11631 Users | 887 ReviewsCrit Appertaining To Books Curse of the Blue Tattoo: Being an Account of the Misadventures of Jacky Faber, Midshipman and Fine Lady (Bloody Jack #2)
I wasn't sure about this going in--after all, a book about an uncultured girl being thrown into finishing school? How many of these awkward fish-out-of-water stories do we need?I should have trusted. This isn't any girl, this is Jacky Faber, who gets herself into any number of delightful scraps and mishaps. In spite of Jacky's constant mooning over her boyfriend (from whom she hasn't heard in several months), this is still at its heart a fast-paced adventure story, and I think it still has boyDNF at 97%Jack is still a fun character, she still has a knack to get into trouble. But the setting I don't like. I wanted adventure at sea, marine life, water, Jamie. Instead we have a school for ladies, curtseys, sailors on land and letter from Jamie. Not at all what I expected.
There was no piracy or seafarin' in this edition of Jacky Faber's life, but I loved it anyway. Jacky Faber is probably my favorite heroine. Having posed as a ship's boy in the Royal Navy in book one and unfortunately, been found out, Jacky now finds herself set off her beloved ship, The Dolphin, and put into a school for ladies in Boston. This young gal has now gone from orphan to ship's boy to midshipman, to "fine lady" to chambermaid and finally to barroom performer, horse rider, and
I really did not enjoy this. Although it did have parts that made me smile, Jacky is just too impulsive, thoughtless and down-right annoying for me to take right now. I honestly got stressed out reading this. Meyer might have created a wonderful character, and I do understand her making mistakes because of sheer ignorance, but does she need to be downright stupid to make that point? No she does not. There are even parts where Jacky comes across as mature for her age and fairly intelligent, so
Meyer, L.A. Curse of the Blue Tattoo: Being an Account of the Misadventures of Jacky Faber, Midshipman and Fine Lady, 496 pgs. Harcourt, Inc.; Language~PG-13, Sexual Content~PG; Violence~PG After her perilous encounter with the dread pirate Le Fievre and her discovery as a girl, Jacky is put off the Dolphin and sent to a finishing school funded by her shares from the spoils of capturing the pirates loot. Under the stern thumb of the infamous Mistress Pimm, Jacky discovers just how far she is
God, I hate this Jacky so much! Shes sly, shallow nonsensical bitch! She gets in trouble, promises to never do it again, and then does it! Again! And again and again! Honestly, shes such a Maru Sue. All the good guys like her and the bag guys hate her. 99% of boys around fall for her almost immediately. She learns horse riding in a couple of months and apparently gets so good at it that wins race when competing against actual real jockeys who have had years of practice. She always has some kind
This is my second time reading this book, and I found it just as delightful as the first. Jacky gets into some wild adventures and makes some fantastic new friends along the way. I loved Meyers tension building between Jacky and Jaimie, the dark plot between Jacky and Reverend Mather, and the hilarity that ensues whenever Jacky gets a new scheme into her head. This book feels like Anne of Green Gables mixed with pirate-y goodness and leaves me excited for the next installment in this series.
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