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Where Loyalties Lie

Best Laid Plans, Book 1

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Where Loyalties Lie

By: Rob J. Hayes
Narrated by: Matthew Jackson
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Winner of Mark Lawrence's 3rd Self Published Fantasy Blog Off

Finalist in BookNest's 2017 Fantasy Awards

Nominated for a r/Fantasy Best of 2017 Stabby Award

"Feels exactly like a world populated by pirates should; fun and vulgar and more than a little dangerous." (BookNest)

Everyone knows Drake Morrass is only out for himself.

As the fires of a dying city burn on a distant shore, Drake sees an opportunity to unite the other pirate captains under his flag and claim himself a crown.

If he is to succeed he will need allies and credibility. Who better than gentleman pirate, Keelin Stillwater, renowned for taking ships without bloodshed, as well as his skill with a sword.

Enemy ships sail their waters, setting the Pirate Isles ablaze. The sinister Tanner Black threatens to steal the throne before Drake has even sat in it. Now Drake must somehow convince the other pirate captains that his best interests are also theirs.

Dive into this swashbuckling adventure today!

©2017 Rob J. Hayes (P)2019 Rob J. Hayes Dark Fantasy Epic Epic Fantasy Fantasy Fiction Genre Fiction Sea Adventures Adventure Pirate Transportation

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A really enjoyable read, just shy of topping out on full marks. More terrifying than a cat. Classic line.

Three solid entertaining characters and a raft of secondary characters who add life and body to the yarn, that is worth anyone's time to indulge with and some interesting concepts within the pacy delivery.

Fast and fluid, with some nice piratical nastiness and the threat of more and the inevitable squabbling to come - so little to dislike.

Personally I would have preferred to have had a little more backstory to the woven world building and I felt the ending was leaning towards a break point for the next book in the duology. It just didn't quite grab me at the conclusion quite as much as the myriad build up and tension. Perhaps because the action pulls away to secondary characters. Short and intense mayhem but as a reader/listener I prefer page time with the main characters.

I’ve not read the authors earlier books, so something to remedy and in particular I look forward to future audiobooks as the author elevated his later writing from mizzen to main.

I have a soft spot for pirate yarns and this landed better than grapeshot on a crowded deck. A fine introduction to the author. I look forward to the follow up as much as Sid Meier re-creating the old days and heartily recommend the authors following books, which are even better written.

Yarr god damnit. The audiobook format elevates the yarn and as a re-read it is still a stonking story and ironsides of solidity in narration. I wanted to give it five stars with the characters coming to life as they did on screen in Black Sails and I’m stingy... but the audio editing let down what would be a perfect audio production. Many audiobooks have a minor flaw, whether trad or indie - a duff word pronunciation, a botched name and the like and this one (via audible) could do with a number of duplicated lines being edited out.

Perhaps appropriate - would any pirate be perfect?

A must for fantasy fans and anyone with a piratical heart

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I got exactly what I was hoping for out of this one! I'm new to grimdark fantasy, so can't exactly compare, but I thoroughly enjoyed the plot, characters and world. As I dive into the genre more, I might come back and give it more stars.

Fun, well written and the narrator is brilliant!

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this could've been a good book but I think the author went off on his personal fantasies throughout and that rape was beyond the pale,,and beasties? 🫤

don't do it

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This was an interesting listen, containing lots of intrigue and plots. I have never listened/read anything like this before but I really enjoyed it. The characters are engaging, each being well written and brought to life by the narrator.

I am looking forward to the next installment of this as I want to see how everything pans out

Please note that I was provided with a free copy of this audiobook to give a non-biased review

A great fantasy swashbuckling adventure

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I liked this book but preferred earlier ones in the series. Also the cuts between takes are poorly edited and haven't been cropped properly so the narrator sounds like he's repeating himself a lot.
but overall a good read and I shall be listening to the next books soon

An entertaining read

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It's beyond me why this book scored so high in the SPFBO. The dialogues are cringe worthy, there's barely any character development and the whole cliched 'women are lust objects and are solely there for the pleasure of men' has grown beyond stale. The rape scene of a more or less major side character was the rock bottom, especially as it served no plot purpose whatsoever.

I love pirate novels, and especially pirate fantasy novels, but I wouldn't recommend this book to anyone

Hopeless story from a previous century

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