The Seagull by Wes Snowden

 

The Seagull by Wes Snowden
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This book is so good that I couldn’t think how to put words into a review to describe it. The first thing I wrote was “Oh My Gosh”. I have read other Wes Snowden books, so I wasn’t surprised that the book was a good read. Nothing I’ve read that he has written has been anything but an exhilarating trip. But this one may even top those.

Jeremy, who is nothing but a lazy, drinking fop, is forced by his crabby old uncle to sail to Nantucket. His assignment is to find out what has happened to the source of whale oil and to find out in a sneaky, nefarious, underhanded way. But his trip on a ship from London to New England begins to change his thoughts as well as his plans. It will change his life forever.

There’s a bit of everything here, action, humor, danger, beautiful ladies, and even a little lovemaking. This is a thriller, but it is also a wonderful story of the sea. The hardships many sailors faced on whalers and other fishing boats become real with the descriptive writing. Aargh, even pirates take part in this story, matey.

Somehow the author molds all of this together into a great tale of the sea and makes you want more. Whatever magic he used sure worked on me. I want more.


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