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Bring It Close: Being the Third Voyage of Cpt Jesamiah Acorne and his ship, Sea Witch

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Readers of Helen Hollick are familiar with Jesemiah Acorne, the deeply imbibing, womanising intrepid entrepreneur of the high seas. On this voyage he is accompanied by the wraith of his father who, in a no-man's land between life and death, is especially empowered to right some wrongs he left behind him in the world of humanity.

The plot allows the character of Tiola to grow in immensity and credibility. Hollick achieves the difficult task of bringing supernatural powers to rational acceptance and, I think, her carefully researched episodes about horse health and midwifery have a lot to do with this, coming as they do, before the vision of Tiola's intervention in a naval battle, they help to build our belief in her commanding presence.

I, feminist as I am, would like to see Tiola seriously at odds with Jesemiah's womanising ways, in a forthcoming novel, of course, not to detract from the very winsome love story presented in the series. I would be fascinated to see how she challenges the behaviour that wrecks many a relationship without losing her grip on Jesemaih and his Sea Witch.

Bring it Close is an excellent read. Much to be recommended, based soundly on US Southern History and featuring Blackbeard in a new and amusing way.

I hated to see it end! And what an ending!! Wow! What a surprise that was!(I will not be giving any of it away!) The entire book was fascinating and Jesamiah is just such a bad boy, smart,lucky, fun and sexy! I just love him and Tiola together! This 3rd installment to the series is just great and I don't know what more to say other than it keeps you on the edge of your seat, laughing, crying, horrified (Blackbeard was so awful), and so very interested! I can see each chapter playing out as if I were actually there thanks to the brilliant writing style! Thank you Helen so much for such wonderful reading enjoyment! I am planning on re-reading Bring it Close again very soon as I am sure I will find something that I may have missed in the first go round. If you read the other books in this series this is a MUST! If you haven't then get them all!! I am so looking forward to the next Sea Witch Series book from Helen! Bravo!!