Rapture of the Deep: Being an Account of the Further Adventures of Jacky…

Jacky is all dressed in white and ready to get married to the love of her life when she is kidnapped (duh) by British Royal Intelligence. They have a new mission for her: diving for long-lost Spanish gold off the coast of Key West. (In a diving bell!!!). It sounds so perfect. She gets to travel on her ship, with her own crew. She gets to stop in Boston for a few weeks on the way. Some of the gold goes toward repaying her debt to the Crown. She is escorted around the Caribbean by the good old H.M.S. Dolphin and its third mate - LT James Emerson Fletcher! The only catch? Jacky has to remain celibate. Poor, poor Jacky! Oh, and also she might be attacked by the Spanish. Or pirates. Or the Dolphin's second mate, the vile LT Flashby. Or various sea creatures.

This is the last Jacky Faber audiobook that my library has and I am so sad right now. However, my despair was tempered by a bonus feature at the end of the audiobook: an interview session between Katherine Kellgren and L. A. Meyer. Kellgren asked Meyer about the inspiration for Jacky (a folk song called "Jackeroe") and Jacky's future (he has already written the final book and safely hidden it away, though he intends to keep writing them for awhile). Then Meyer asked Kellgren about her methods for preparing and performing the audiobooks. It was so amazing! ( )

"Wait for the audio," I told myself. "You love the audio versions." But then one of my favorite patrons told me how much she loved this volume ("I think it's the best one so far!" she raved). And I tried to hold out for the audio still... and I made it a whole week.

I know it's not great literature, but Jacky's adventures are just so much fun. While this volume took a little longer to get going, I think I, like my teen patron, have a new favorite installment. ( )

I liked this book better than some of the others. I hope the next one comes out on audiobook soon! ( )

Well Jacky & Jamie came as close as ever to being married but alas it is not meant to be again. This is no spoiler they are separated in the beginning of the book. I think it’s funny that these Englishmen are dumb enough to expect Jacky to find this sunken ship with gold on it then turn it all over to the crown, Ha as if!

Jacky again uses her feminine wiles, but the number of men that are in love with her is adding up but as usual so are her enemies. I feel kind of sorry for Jamie he stands by Jacky no matter how bad these situations she gets herself into look. And sometimes these compromising situations are a bit worse than she lets on to Jamie.

I enjoy this series but am wondering how it will keep going on because the last 2 were really similar. I will read/listen to the next one but I hope it’s a bit I don’t know, more.

I listened to this one on audio narrated by, Katherine Kellgren as usual she does a fantastic job!

4 Stars ( )

If you hate adventure, battles, romance, treasure, and pirates, then "Rapture of the Deep," by L.A. Meyer is definitely not a book for you.
The book starts off with our main character Jacky Faber sailing into England. She has just come back from America and hopes to meet up with her fiancé and get married. However, much to her dismay, just before she is to walk down the aisle, she is kidnapped by the British Intelligence agency and force to embark on a mission for sunken Spanish gold! They threaten to hurt her and some of her friends if she doesn't perform this mission, so she has no choice but to do it. She will be sailing under the false identity of a sea-sponge harvester in order to not alert other ships to the true nature of their mission. A pirate that was supposedly on that sunken ship left a note that gave the approximate location of the ship, which happened to be right off the coast of Florida. She travels there in her own ship with ten other crew members and another much larger ship that has more men and is more heavily armed in order to protect her ship from attack. Due to limited supplies they must land in Boston and collect supplies before venturing down to Florida. On their way there, she sees many of her old friends in addition to making many new ones. I'll stop right there, as I don't want to give away any of the surprises that this book has in store. If you want to know more you'll have to read it yourself! ( )