.alanajoli reviews thegabecole's TheWickedBargain, a lush fantasy adventure about pirates and Faustian bargains that wrestles with colonization, identity, and grief.
Faustian bargains never turn out well for anyone but the devil, something the protagonist of Gabe Cole Novoa’s stunning new stand-alone pirate fantasy,knows very well. Mar has been a beneficiary of their father’s devilish deal for sixteen years. Everyone knows the story: the famous pirate el Embrujado made a deal with the devil to protect his legacy, saving the life of infant Mar and giving the pirate and his crew a legendary run.
Novoa ushers readers right into the lush world at the end of the Golden Age of Piracy, pitting people of indigenous heritage against the Spaniards who have colonized their lands. The double antagonism of the pirate-hunting, oppressive navy plays beautifully into the pirate narrative to such a degree that it feels almost surprising this angle hasn’t become the dominant pirate story. Mar’s father and their crew support rebels throughout the Caribbean, trying to end the Spanish occupation.
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