A delightful, pirate romp that is more historically accurate than you'd expect from your average YA novel, as well as managing to stay not overly preachy when it comes to the darker side of the history. 
 Nancy, a young English lady, finds herself tricked into an engagement, and flees after saving the life of her slave girl (who of course comes with her), and the pair wind up as pirates. 
 Both characters were well drawn and likable, and the romances between the girls and their respective sweethearts was really nice in that it was touching and sweet and yet didn't take over the plot. My one complaint would be that would be that we didn't get to see nearly enough Nancy/William in almost FOUR HUNDRED PAGES ((view spoiler)[ we don't even get to see them reunite at the end, what a rip off! (hide spoiler)]), but aside from that, and a couple of pacing issues, I don't have any qualms with this novel. It was an enjoyable read; one which I wholly recommend.