The Very Nearly Honorable League of Pirates: The Terror of the Southlands Unabr audiobook

My kids love listening to the audiobooks for this series while we drive in the car. It's so witty and charming!

3.5 stars. Same light hearted writing and tongue in cheek portrayal of pirates and a life on the high seas as the first book. I wasn't quite as entertained, but I'm excited to see where book three goes. Full review on the blog.

The Enchantress is missing, and Hilary, who has earned the name "Terror of the Southlands," and her crew are determined to find her (and rescue her if necessary). Finishing school girls and high society ladies. Queen's investigators and piratical etiquette. Scallywags and wagging tongues. One of the things I love about this whole series is how seriously every person takes the rules & etiquette that applies to their way of life. The pirates are just as obsessed with style as the high society ladies, so when those expectations are challenged ... humor abounds. I also love how much of the "necessary discourse" is handled by way of the various letters, newspapers articles, gossip columns, and official pronouncements that sprinkle the story. Much fun. A favorite series.

So amazing!! And funny! 😊

These books are delightfully clever and fun. I can’t wait to read them to my grandkids someday!

More fun on the high seas (and on land) with Pirate Hilary Westfield, better known as The Terror of the Southlands. The entire crew is back and tasked with solving the mystery of the missing Enchantress. Old enemies return, new friends are made, and Hilary's standing in the Very Nearly Honorable League of Pirates may be in jeopardy!While I think I may have enjoyed the first book more, this one was so much fun to read, with the usual narrative and then the articles, letters, and other correspondences sprinkled throughout. Oh, and excerpts of the gargoyle's memoirs! Hilary (or simply, "Terror") has been found lacking in piratical behavior by the VNHLP, but rather than follow one of the more pirate-like tasks offered by the president of the VNHLP, Hilary opts to instead help her friend, the Enchantress, when she asks for Jasper's help and Jasper is unable to answer. After all, helping one's mates is proper pirate behavior, right?Hilary again is great fun to read as she tries her best to be a piratical rogue, captain a small but fierce crew, solve a mystery, help her friends, and make everyone happy. Of course, we can't make EVERYone happy and it's a lesson Hilary faces. I love how Hilary may not always know the right answer or right thing to do, but she chooses a path and does her best to stick to it. The cast of characters is as charming as always and I so look forward to the next installment! Upside: pirates AND caterers! Downside: needs more Jasper.Very recommended, grades 4 and up.

Miss Pimm, Enchantress to the kingdom has disappeared. The royal inspectors are on the case, but they'll be lucky to find anything if it trips them. And Miss Pimm sent a letter asking Jasper for help, but he seems to have disappeared as well. There's nothing for it, but for the Terror of the Southlands (aka Miss Hilary Westfield) to find Miss Pimm and rescue the kingdom from unsupervised magic. If only she knew where to start! And the constant messages the VNHLP is sending about Hilary's lack of piratey conduct is absolutely not helping things. Thankfully, Hilary does have the help of her trusty gargoyle, Pirate Charlie Dove, Miss Greyson, and Claire. It's another fun adventure on the high seas (well, and on land too) with Hilary, her trusty and humorous gargoyle and the rest of the crew. This romp is just as fun as the first one, and despite things looking quite bad at times for multiple personages, it tries to remain lighthearted and humorous. The inserts of correspondence letters and periodicals from various sources between chapters is different from most books for this audience, but quite a nice difference and a creative way to build the plot line in my opinion. Fans of Hilary and gang shouldn't be disappoint in this installment.Notes on content: No language issues. No sexual content. Most potential violence ends up not being very violent at all, thanks to magic and comic timing. (Hilary and gang are decidedly kindhearted for pirates, and reluctant to cause harm.)

** spoiler alert ** This story is as great as the first one. I still am so in love with the cute gargoyle. He always makes me laugh with his clever comments. I will say that the author had me guessing on who could have taken the Enchantress. I did suspect Philomena had something to do with it right off tha bat due to the events that happened in the last book with Miss Pimm taking the crochet hook from her. I even thought she was the one that had visited Sargent Westfield in the the dungeons, and it was just to dark for Hilary to recognize her. I had always believed her to be a villain not just an annoying bully.When it came to Sir Nicholas, I always thought that he was just under a magical spell, because he was so infatuated with Philomena's hair. I was sure once the spell was broken he was going to either fall in love with Claire or Hilary since his sister was so fawned of her. I thought he genuinely cared for his sister.Philomena's mother never even came to mind that she could be the one who planned the whole thing. Great twist!!! (Crazy to think a High society lady could be the sister of the leader of the VNHLP) What can I say about Captin Blacktooth. I was disappointed that he was a villain because Hilary looked up to him and the organization so much that it was a bummer to have her heart broken by his poor choices and greed.Can I say I was so happy that Claire is to be the Enchantress. I always thought she had a high chance of becoming it. If not Hilary was my next best guess. Claire definatly deserves it. She has always been proud of becoming a High Society girl and likes all the weird activities they do. She has an honest heart and protects the ones she cares for. I hope that maybe Claire and Charlie end up falling in love. How great would that be. More Enchantresses, Governessed and Pirares getting together is a beautiful thing. !!!!

This is the second installment off the adventures of Hillary the Terror of the Southlands. I'm going to tell you that it is just as good.Two things happen in this book. The Enchantress Pim goes missing and Captain Blacktooth tells Hillary that her standing in the VNHLP is on shaky ground.Captain Blacktooth gives. Hillary a few daring quests to go on to prove she was still a pirate. But when the Enchantress goes missing, Hillary and crew go to find her. Then Jasper Fletcher goes missing and the whole panic goes up a notch.Claire is a huge part of the story and I can't help but wonder and the at very least static( if not electricity) between her and Charlie. Is this puppy love?Speaking of Claire, it is quite hysterical that she explodes things when she tries to use magical coins. The explanation for it is awesome!All of our favorite and least favorite characters are back. I am enchanted by the pirates. I think Jack is my favorite after Jasper and Charlie. Again, I wonder, is there wedding bells?

This series was partly funny and the story was just amazing! One thing I really was happy about was how the author put in every letter or slip or invitation. Another detail was that each character had a different font for their hand writing. I did not enjoy the scary parts because I am one of those people who imagine they are in the book, so I would not like a pirate shaking a dagger at me (that was what happened in the book). Although it was a series, I was not into it enough to keep going to the 3rd book.

This book was just as good as the first. Hilary goes on an epic quest to rescue her friends from a mysterious band called the Mutineers. Who might they be?I found that the main message of this book was, "Be who you want to be. No one can tell you who you are because you know yourself. Don't try to be something or do something you aren't." It was such a powerful message that everyone needs to hear. You should read this book.

I found this, the second book, more fun and entertaining than the first. Maybe because the characters have already gelled, so the author was able to move the action forward much more quickly. Or maybe because the author was able to set up more layers of intrigue. Either way, I liked the second book more than the first.