Buying Options

Kindle Price: $4.99

You've subscribed to ! We will preorder your items within 24 hours of when they become available. When new books are released, we'll charge your default payment method for the lowest price available during the pre-order period.

Update your device or payment method, cancel individual pre-orders or your subscription at
Your Memberships & Subscriptions

There was an error. We were unable to process your subscription due to an error. Please refresh and try again.

Jaguars and Other Game by [Brynn Barineau]

Follow the Author

Brynn Barineau

Jaguars and Other Game Kindle Edition

by Brynn Barineau (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

24 ratings

See all formats and editions

Price

New from

Used from

Kindle

"Please retry"

$4.99

—

Paperback

"Please retry"

$14.99

$13.71

$15.99

Kindle
$4.99 Read with Our Free App
Paperback
$14.99

2 Used from $15.99 11 New from $13.71

1808 Rio de Janeiro. The Portuguese Court flees Napoleon to Brazil. For the first and only time in history, a European royal family transfers its capital to an American colony.

Maria Azevedo and her sister, Isabel, have spent years transporting gold through the jungle to Rio’s port. They can dispatch jaguars and smugglers with a crack of a whip, but the Prince Regent’s efforts to civilize the city have them looking over their shoulders. More soldiers. New laws. Full stocks.

Then the sisters’ childhood friend is wrongly imprisoned for murder.

Maria knows the only hope a Brazilian has for justice in the Court’s Rio is if someone drops the real murderer on the palace steps. The sisters recruit Victoria Cruz, a Portuguese refugee in service to Mad Queen Maria, and together they begin hunting a murderer through a city teeming with corruption.

The women soon discover a conspiracy that reaches the heart of the Portuguese court. To save their friend from execution, they’ll have to decide what they’re willing to risk for justice, love and family.

Print length

326 pages
Language

English
Sticky notes

On Kindle Scribe
Publisher

Orange Blossom Publishing
Publication date

November 22, 2022
File size

3195 KB
Page Flip

Enabled
Word Wise

Enabled
Enhanced typesetting

Enabled
See all details

Gabriella Saab
530
Kindle Edition
1 offer from $10.99
Keith Farrell
2
Kindle Edition
1 offer from $6.49

Editorial Reviews

Review

"An addictive tale with drama, history, and delightful protagonists." - Kirkus Reviews

About the Author

Originally from Atlanta, Georgia, Brynn Barineau graduated from American University with a bachelor's in international studies and master's in international communication. She moved to her husband's native Rio de Janeiro after college with too many sweaters and not enough Portuguese and began writing as a way to process life in a new country. Her fiction is rooted in the power and possibilities of relationships across cultures. She's now back in Atlanta rediscovering her hometown with her Brazilian-American family.

Product details

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0BDBJJRHX
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Orange Blossom Publishing; 1st edition (November 22, 2022)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 22, 2022
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 3195 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 326 pages

Best Sellers Rank: #262,730 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #1,161 in Cultural Heritage Fiction
- #1,509 in Historical Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Fiction
- #2,427 in Historical Mysteries (Kindle Store)

Customer Reviews:
24 ratings

Brief content visible, double tap to read full content.

Full content visible, double tap to read brief content.

Videos

Help others learn more about this product by uploading a video!

Upload your video

About the author

Follow authors to get new release updates, plus improved recommendations.

Brynn Barineau

Brief content visible, double tap to read full content.

Full content visible, double tap to read brief content.

Originally from Atlanta, Georgia, Brynn Barineau graduated from American University with a bachelor’s in international studies and master’s in international communication. She moved to her husband’s native Rio de Janeiro after college with too many sweaters and not enough Portuguese and began writing as a way to process life in a new country. Her fiction is rooted in the power and possibilities of relationships across cultures. She’s now back in Atlanta rediscovering her hometown with her Brazilian-American family.

Customer reviews

4.4 out of 5

24 global ratings

5 star		81%
4 star 0% (0%)		0%
3 star		6%
2 star		7%
1 star		7%

How customer reviews and ratings work

Reviews with images

See all customer images

Top reviews from the United States

There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later.

Lauren Fields

A Delicious Adventure!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 18, 2023

Verified Purchase

I loved this adventure story and found myself choosing to get lost in the book instead of surfing the latest on social media (which, for this avid audiobook fan, is a big compliment). The strong female characters were richly written and it was a perfect mix of mystery and adventure that left me surprised more than once. I loved that it was set in time and place I was totally unfamiliar with and led me to Google more details about the Portuguese court and their their time in Rio. I can imagine almost every scene being turned into a Netflix show!

One person found this helpful

Helpful

SL

Five swashbuckling stars!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 23, 2022

Five swashbuckling stars for this action-packed (and I don't use that lightly) adventure! As a fan of Pirates of the Caribbean, The Princess Bride, and using historical fiction as a jumping-off point to learn about people and places, Jaguars and Other Game was right up my alley--and just a TON of fun!

The setting is intriguing from the start: how did I not know that the entire Portuguese court packed up and fled the CONTINENT to escape Napoleon? Not doing things by halves, they made Rio de Janeiro the official capital and set out to settle in. The colonizers showing up on the doorstep of their colony with no warning? Yeah, the city's in total chaos.

Our three main characters in this marvelous mess span the major components of Rio society at this time: Maria, a free Black woman whose enslaved parents bought their freedom; Isabel, her adopted sister, whose parents were Indigenous; and Victoria, newly-arrived with the Portuguese royal court. Their personalities are fun contrasts: Maria is responsible and organized, dedicated to running her father's old mule train, with her childhood friend-or-more Mateus as the official male face of the group; Isabel is impulsive, eager to fight and to flirt, full of stories and laughter; and Victoria, quite different, is a shy servant to the elderly and mentally ill Queen Maria. Victoria's character growth is the greatest, and it feels earned.

(I have to make a quick note here that I was impressed by the at least somewhat plausible explanations for how our whip-, knife- and sword-wielding trio of valiant ladies picked up their skills and made their way in a man's world. They weren't completely modern-girl-in-a-historical-world rebels who did it all themselves--they had and got help when needed. So their level of skill doesn't seem that much more improbable than Zorro's.)

Shenanigans start right away when Isabel and Maria run afoul of some Bats--the brutal new royal guard harassing the city--and enact sweet, sweet revenge. During their distraction, Mateus winds up framed for murder and arrested by no less than the leader of the Bats himself, Vidigal.

Up against such a formidable opponent, Maria and Isabel know they'll need solid proof of Mateus's innocence to get him off, but it turns out it's not a simple matter to find a witness or a culprit. With help from an awed Victoria, they crisscross the city running into smugglers, criminals, slaves, Portuguese and British soldiers, Americans, conniving queens, dimwitted kings, and more. They crash a ball, a cart or two, and, well, more things than they can really afford to fix (though they do try).

Somehow, between the fencing-fighting-chases-escapes, we still get fun side characters as well as some actual depth to our main characters. Not enough to slow down the action--this is a swashbuckler, after all--but way more meat than I've seen in other books in this genre. We also get introduced to people and neighborhoods throughout the book, avoiding major plot-stopping info dumps, which is impressive considering just how much information there is to share!

My only big "complaint" is that the baddies are a bit obvious, but a) I was having so much fun that I didn't really mind; and b) the historical note and several different pages/citations on ye olde Wikipedia agree that one of them was actually pretty obvious in real life. Just in case you thought the setup wasn't strange-but-true enough!

Oh yeah, there's an excellent historical note in the back that breaks down what's true and what's a little fudged for effect, and also gives some insight into the author, who lived in Brazil for 15 years and is married to a Brazilian.

Overall, a great romping read perfect for the beach or days when you only wish you could be on one. Definitely recommended!

2 people found this helpful

Helpful

Amazon Customer

Adventure in a time of oppression

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 27, 2022

Like land pirates on an adventure to rescue their friend from the clutches of tyranny and corruption. Maria and Isabel are sisters running a mule train through the jungles of Brazil into Rio, which is a great cover for diamond smuggling. Maria is a strong leader protecting her team with her second Mateus. When they pull into Rio to unload their train Isabel runs afoul of the local constables, called Bats who have stepped up all law enforcement since the Portugese royal family moved their court to Rio to escape Napoleon's invasion of Portugal. When Mateus is framed for the murder of one of their wealthy diamond buyers, the sisters engage the help of a maid from the castle named Victoria, who they saved from an attack on the beach. Initially Victoria is just looking for information about Mateus's situation but as her friendship with the sisters grows so does her involvment in their activities.
The first appeal to me was the adventure of two sisters forging their own destiny in a time period where they might otherwise be slaves, Maria because she was black, and Isabel because she was indigenous. I loved Victoria. I liked reading something in this era of history, I had no idea that Rio had served as the capitol of the Portugese empire at any point, and reading about that time period was very interesting to me. I loved the view of the inter relationships and internal politics of the Portugese royal family and nobility from the perspective of servants and lower class Brazilians.
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for granting me early access to this title. The opinions stated here are mine alone, and neither paid nor influenced. I can't wait to buy this book for my public library and share it with my patrons!

One person found this helpful

Helpful

Julianna

LOVED this book and the adventure it took me on!!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 22, 2022

I’m very new to reading historical fiction, but Jaguars and Other Game has been the BEST introduction to the genre! Upon being thrust into the story, readers are immediately able to visualize the elaborate adventure scenes as though they’re watching an action movie. I was so absorbed in the plot that I seriously could not put this book down!

One of my favorite aspects of the novel is how empowered it made me feel. Three women protagonists who possess such different - yet uniquely valuable - qualities embark on incredible adventures, and as a reader, I felt as though I could even conquer the world! Seeing aspects of your own personality reflected in characters is always an indication of a thoughtfully-written novel. The author was clearly very considerate in her portrayal of each individual character and their subsequent development throughout the book, and this became such a stand-out feature to me.

On the whole, I loved being able to learn about Brazilian culture and history, especially since the setting is not a time period or geographical location that I know much about. However, I really believe Jaguars and Other Game could set a precedent for future historical fiction novels that take place during frequently overlooked points in history. I also believe this is the only book I’ve read that demonstrates such a wide range of the many types of strength women possess. So, if you want to read a novel that is truly unique in a myriad of different ways, this is undeniably the book for you. I absolutely loved it!

2 people found this helpful

Helpful

Top reviews from other countries

Amj

Loved the action scenes

Reviewed in Brazil 🇧🇷 on November 22, 2022

Verified Purchase

Being a native of Rio and a fan of historical fiction, I was delighted to read Jaguar and Other Game. Brynn Barineau brought to life the good, the bad, the ugly, and the beauty of early XIX Century Rio de Janeiro through the lens of three fierce young women in their quest to fight for family, friendship, justice, and love. What I liked the most was how dynamic the narrative was. It feels like you are running nonstop with the protagonists from adventure to adventure. I loved the action scenes. They make you think you are watching one of those Indiana Jones impossible escaping scenes. I wish the story just kept going with the protagonists chasing another mystery murderer, but I think I'll have to wait for a sequel. So much fun!

Buying Options

Buy for others

Buying and sending eBooks to others

Follow the Author

Jaguars and Other Game Kindle Edition

Customers who viewed this item also viewed

Editorial Reviews

Review

About the Author

Product details

Videos

About the author

Brynn Barineau

Customer reviews

Reviews with images

Top reviews from the United States

There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later.

Top reviews from other countries