5 Words: Swashbuckling adventure. Love, danger, life. 
 I always find it so difficult to review my favourite books. I just can't put my feelings into words. It's particularly hard when I have read that book so many times over the past decade that the pages are falling out and the cover's peeling off, because by now my love for the book has no reason, it just is. 
 Pirates! is such an adventure. It has so many twists and turns and shocks and some really sweet and poignant moments. It's a book that sets my heart racing, it's a book that has such a vivid world that I am lost to real life when I read it. It's dramatic and thought-provoking. 
 Every time I read this book, I get more out of it than before. It's one of those books that I itch to read at least once a year and turn to when life's just getting too much. It's a safety blanket make of pure escapism. 
 This book is wonderfully written, in a quirky style. I love the journey that Nancy takes, both physically and as a person. 
 It's a book I can see clear as day when I close my eyes. It would make an amazing film or mini-series. 
 Now that I'm kind of finished gushing (for now) I urge you to get out and grab a copy of this book and get stuck in.