Sadly, I'm DNFing this one.
I think, this book suffers from a big 'not for me' syndrome. High seas adventures are always a hit or miss for me, and this one was all misses.
First of all, it's in no way advertised as a spinoff of author's previous duology. This book does really poor job of world building without knowledge of the other books. Even as someone who read them, I was confused.
Second, this book is instantly lusty because all the main characters already know each other.
Third, not even audiobook saved this for me, since I only enjoyed one of the narrators.
Thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.