Mississippi Jack: Being an Account of the Further Waterborne Adventures of… (2007)

Oh, Jacky. Will your adventures ever cease? (Please say no.)

The romance between Jacky and Jaimy is getting harder to ignore, though. (Is this a kissing book?) ( )

Audiobook - When we last left Jacky, she had led her kidnapped classmates to safety and sunk the dread slaver Bloodhound. Upon arriving in Boston harbor, she is immediately captured by British sailors who are after the bounty that is still on her head. The quick thinking of her loyal friends gets her free, but now she must go on the lam, lest she be captured again.

Accompanied only by her trusty valet Higgins and her trusting second mate Jim, Jacky disappears (well, as close to "disappearing" as Jacky can ever get) into the wilds of 1806 America. Her plan is to acquire a ship (of course! Where would Jacky be without a ship??) and sail down the Allegheny River to the Ohio River, down the Ohio to the Mississippi River, and down the Mississippi to the great city of New Orleans. She gets there, of course, but not without a million adventures along the way.

Ah, Jacky. I fall more and more in love with her in every book. This is definitely the least realistic of the books so far, but who cares?? ( )

Bloody Jack sets her sights on America in its youth. Traveling down the Allegheny, Ohio, and Mississippi Rivers, Jacky's high-energy adventures also serve as a fun history of the country in the era of Native American wars and slave states. Jacky escapes some unbelievable situations and her Lawson Peabody School for Girls "look" doesn't have much affect on the country bumpkins. Great fun. ( )

Ok, so this book had me worried that my love of this series was coming to an end. Aside from the opening scenes, I basically hated the first half of the book. I spent that time wishing I could wring the necks of two of my favorite characters. Thankfully, the second half redeemed the book for me. Said characters realized the errors of their ways and everything turned out as good as it can in Jacky's world.

As in every previous book, we are introduced to a charming new cast of characters and I came to care for most of them. I have to admit that Captain Richard Allen (not sure of the spelling as I listened to the audio version) stole a bit of my heart. We also of course run into several old acquaintances both friend and foe.

In the end, it was a crazy fun adventure as always. ( )

Filled with music, tall tales and laughter, Jacky treks down from New York to New Orleans via America's rivers encountering tall tales and music along the way. ( )