C, E, and I loved this one too. We listened to it as an audiobook. This is the 2nd book and Jacky attends the Lawson Peabody School for Young Ladies. She becomes friends with Amy and solves the mystery of a young girl's death. She goes from being a student to being a serving girl.

Very good sequel. Jacky's adventures are, as ever, exciting and fun. Despite her setbacks at becoming a "fine lady" she perseveres, making friends and narrowly escaping wild debacles. Meyer does a great job with his endings -- the story feels complete, the reader is satisfied, but we know that there is plenty more adventure in store for Jacky. Definitely a beginning to a series that will capture your attention. ( )

This picks up the moment the first book ended, Jacky is leaving the Dolphin to go to a Boston Girls School - heart-broken at being separated from her Jaimy. Of course, Jacky will never be a model girl, and her adventures read partly like A Little Princess and partly like Nancy Drew. I'd give this to a mature middle reader (again there is a rape and murder subplot - although nothing graphic is described) who likes historical stories, or adventure stories. ( )

decent story, but the author is in desperate need of an editor. ( )

The second in the story of Bloody Jack Faber, where she is put off the Dolphin and into a girls' school in Boston to learn to be a lady. ( )

An amazing audiobook. The narrator makes this one come alive. I'm not sure I would have even liked it much without her. Story about a British orphan in American in 1804. Jackie is quite a character. ( )

Second book in the Bloody Jack series, we get to follow Mary "Jacky" Faber through the ups and downs as she makes her way in the world. She faces every obstacle in her life as a learning experience and always manages to land on her feet. One of my top 3 favorite characters of all time, this book is great fun and is sure to please. ( )

Like the first book, this ranges from the entertaining to the outrageous in turn, not allowing the reader to suspend disbelief in the pursuit of pure reading pleasure. Still, a fun read. ( )

The best audio book I have heard in a long time. Reader is fabulous, and this particular Bloody Jack adventure is one of the best. ( )

Well the second book in the Bloody Jack series did not disappoint. There was a lot of action, brawls, romance and humor in this one. I can't wait to see what happens to our good heroine Jack in the next book. I must say I love the way these books are written in her point of view and the language that comes from that. :) ( )

Jacky Faber continues her adventures at a girl's school in Boston, which include performing in a tavern musical act, evading the law, and unraveling a murder mystery. This is the second book in the Bloody Jack series.

Just as good as the first, this Bloody Jack adventure has plenty of twists and turns. Of course Jacky runs into trouble. How could Jacky Faber, street girl and midshipman, adjust to life in a finishing school? So far that idea seems pretty impossible. (she's already been arrested for...)
Shannon E. ( )

This is an amazing audio book and a great story. I had a great time listening to it. The voices were distinctive from the imperious Mistress to nasty, syrupy Clarissa, Irish Peg and Scottish Gully McFarland. The story is outlandish and fun. You can’t help but root for Jackie even when you know she’s headed for more trouble. The music at the beginning sets the tone and Kellgren’s singing is delightful. ( )

Her tatto is still causing truoble for poor Jacky. Now that she isat the school things are seeming better, until she hears about what the preacher has in store for her!!! ( )

In book one, Bloody Jack, Jacky pretended to be a boy on the HSM Dolphin and by the time she was found out she had fallen in love with Jaime. The crew took her off the ship and placed her in a fancy girls boarding school in Boston. In this book Jackie struggles with becoming a proper young lady and gets in her share of troubles. The local preacher fancies her and tries to adopt her after adopting another girl from the school who mysteriously died. Jacky befriends girls in both the "upstairs" and "downstairs" of the school. The ending of this 495 page book is thrilling and when you reach that point, you will not be able to put the book down. It is a complete book but does lead into the third book in the adventures of Jacky. It is an exciting adventure for decent readers.

The series begins to wear. ( )

I simply adored this book! It's a pirate story that I believe is equal if not better than the Pirate's of the Carribean movie trilogy. I found myself getting so close to the main character. If you'll look at the cover, I wonder if you can guess which one Bloody Jack is? ( )

Jacky is put off the Dolphin in Boston, where she is enrolled in a school for fine ladies; unfortunately, Jacky has never been particularly lady-like, and she's not about to start staying out of trouble now. Compared to the first book, this book had more characters with more complex storylines running throughout the book, whereas the other book was focused around Jacky and was more episodic. The addition of so much more going on at the same time - the witch-hunting Puritanical preacher, the fiddle-playing drunk musical act, Jacky's lawyer and legal complications, the whore with an unusual attachment to Jacky, the prissy and cruel plantation-owner's daughter, Jacky's friend Amy and her father's gambling problems and her brother's relationship and... etc. etc. - means that everything winds up feeling a bit shortchanged. Had one or two of the story threads been sacrificed, more time and detail could have been put into the remaining stories, and the book might not have felt so scattershot. The ending, as well, tried to tie up all the threads, but did so way too quickly, with many of them feel like they just roughly ended without really being resolved to any satisfaction. Still, it kept a good pace for a book its size, and Jacky's a fun narrator to read. A little scattered, but still an enjoyable read. ( )