Book Review #480 - Tide of Terror (Vampirates #2) by Justin Somper

Connor Tempest may only be fourteen but he's taken to the life of a pirate like a duck to water. But his loyalties are divided between his shipmates and his sister. Grace isn't finding the pirate life so appealing. She cannot shake the feeling that all is not well on the vampirate ship she left behind. Sidorio may have been expelled from the vampirate ship but his dark deeds are just beginning...

My Rating: 3/5

This is the second book in the Vampirate series and is the sequel to Demons of the Ocean which I read back in 2011.

Even though Connor and Grace are reunited, they soon realise that their lives are going in completely different directions.

Connor loves the fact that he is considered a pirate prodigy whilst Grace is left missing the Vampirate ship and the friends onboard.

When a fellow pirate dies, Grace is exposed to the dangerous reality of pirate life and becomes overly worried for Connor.

Trying to remove him from that environment, she convinces him that the two of them would be better suited to go to Pirate Academy.

I found the idea of Pirate Academy interesting but there was no sense of adventure in it. The period of time the twins spent there was substantial and quite boring.

By the end of the book, Connor and Grace have followed along with their separate destinies, setting up the third instalment perfectly.

Book Review #23 - Vampirates: Demons of the Ocean (Vampirates #1) by Justin Somper

Uncharted Waters.........

The year is 2505. The oceans have risen. A new era of piracy is dawning. A vicious storm separates twins Connor and Grace Tempest, destroying their boat and leaving them fighting for their lives in the cruel, cold water.

Picked up by one of the notorious pirate ships, Connor soon finds himself wielding a cutlass. But does he have the stomach to be a pirate?

Grace finds herself aboard a more mysterious ship. Kept under lock and key, she's assured no harm will come to her, just as long as she follows the enigmatic captain's rules.....

Can the twins survive life on-board and find their way back to each other? The voyage of the VAMPIRATES is about to begin.......

My Rating: 4/5

I only bought this book because I got it really cheap from booktopia. From the cover, I wasn't really expecting much from it because it seems a little immature.

I was surprised when I started reading it, as I got sucked into the story straight away.

One thing that I liked about this book was that it was set off the east coast of Australia, as not very many books are set in Australia. In this sense, it was unique.

The only problem I had with this book is that I had to keep reminding myself that this book is set in 2505. It felt like the book was set in the past.

The characters were great. I loved both Connor and Grace and can't wait to see them develop over the course of this series.