{"id":15467,"date":"2026-07-09T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=15467"},"modified":"2026-07-08T11:39:43","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T16:39:43","slug":"he-is-a-prince-among-pirates-chosen-family-intrigue-love-by-katie-abdou-ya-fiction-book-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=15467","title":{"rendered":"He is a PRINCE AMONG PIRATES – chosen family, intrigue, love? by Katie Abdou (YA fiction book review)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"Against<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Got to get away,
be himself,
become more than expected\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His university years done and an arranged marriage looming, flirtatious Christopher-Henry impulsively escapes a life of boredom in 1700 by boarding the first ship leaving England and becoming Kit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No stateroom for Kit aboard Deliverance<\/em>; luckily Captain Steele needs a clerk so the young lordling doesn’t have to work the decks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kit makes friends among the misfit crew as they trade at sea and in port, wonders why his father hates half-Turkish Kit so much, watches the debonair Black captain watching him\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oh, by the way, the Deliverance<\/em> is no merchant vessel – they’re all pirates! Pirates who gleefully liberate the enslaved from any and every ship they encounter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When saving his captain and crewmates exposes Kit’s true identity to outsiders, suddenly he’s wanted by the Crown\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why did the ship’s former clerk leave without a word to anyone?
Why does the Duke want Christopher-Henry back in England?
Why would Kit ever leave his Deliverance<\/em> friends or the Captain? (especially the Captain…)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Found family, slow-burn romance, swashbuckling exploits – and a secret that the swoony book cover doesn’t reveal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your favorite pirate tale?
**kmm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Book info<\/strong>: Prince Among Pirates \/ Katie Abdou. Atheneum, 2026. [author site https:\/\/katieabdou.com\/<\/a>] [publisher site https:\/\/www.simonandschuster.com\/books\/A-Prince-Among-Pirates\/Katie-Abdou\/9781665984775<\/a>] Review copy and cover image courtesy of the publisher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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