Louise and Giles begin a relationship, which is modern and refreshing and everything it should be for a female captain in the 1600's looking to change the rules. It seems like it’s been a long time between drinks for the Joubert Family Chronicles, and this one takes Louise, living with her grandmother Minou (from a previous book, in a younger age), and taking on the challenge of the sea, thanks to a timely inheritance. She is keen to be independent and in fact ends up captaining a vessel that hunts pirates and frees the sailors they have enslaved. I have stuck with this book series from Mosse and I'm glad I have done as this is easily the best of them so far. Overall, The Ghost Ship is another beautifully written, incredibly enthralling third addition to The Joubert Family Chronicles by Mosse that grabs you from the very first page and does an outstanding job of blending historical facts with fiction that is both enlightening, romantic, and wonderfully compelling.

I am desperate to discover how Louise’s story ends, a story of love and danger, a life haunted by family history and murderous acts. Gilles story is as heart wrenching as it is powerful, not giving to much away, but the struggles he goes through by being forced by his own mother to be someone he isn’t and seeing the character rise from that and take control of their own agency was just a delight to read. This book also is heavily influenced by the Tarot cards the early French cards I read the Tarot which made this special for me. The sequel to The City of Tears, The Ghost Ship is the third novel in The Joubert Family Chronicles from bestselling author Kate Mosse. With a title, The Ghost Ship, I expected that to take centre stage but actually most of the story is on dry land and the ship doesn't appear until quite late on.I was also disappointed to not learn more about Marta and Louis; it was hinted at, strongly, by the end, but then nothing came of it. Gilles and Louise fight the perception that society has of them, both displaying fascinating journeys that seem to end with accepting each other and building a life together. I did greatly enjoy the romance, although I found it overly restrained, much like the rest of the story. The writing was so well executed: rather short sentences, nothing florid, but they all carried out all emotions and intentions.

The story is definitely sweeping in scope, covering many locations and involving a large cast of characters during an interesting period of history. Her books have been translated into thirty-seven languages and published in more than forty countries.

In 1600s the French Tarot cards were very mysterious and new and hated by the Roman Catholic Church. But she also has her weaknesses, especially in matters of the heart, and this softens her otherwise hard edges, making her relatable and likeable. Privileged to have been granted the gift of reading this 1600 saga of survival as a female with skills and knowledge to oversee a ship in treacherous times.

This novel follows one particular character: Louise Reydon-Joubert, daughter of Marta and Louis Vidal. Respected by those she worked with, hated by those who felt threatened, Mosse had created one hell of a woman. In France she meets Gilles, and there is something indescribable happening between those two from the get-go. Having lost both of her parents earlier, she is about to become very wealthy when she comes of age and accepts her inheritance.We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. It’s a story of murder and mayhem, inheritances and false accusations, piracy and ghost ships and the hideous machinations of evil men.

She was wealthy, intelligent, independent and after reading this book one of my all time favourite heroines. Her lover Gilles Barenton has a complex history and their relationship is one that would be totally untolerated. This is a novel that is both thrilling and sensitive, romantic and brutal – one that you can really get your teeth into. I enjoyed this book for the most part but I was disappointed by the ending which seemed too quick and, for me, a little unsatisfactory.

As Louise and Gilles lives uncontrollably intertwine, the reader is thrust into a world of intrigue, danger and blackmail. Kate Mosse is one of my all time favourite authors and this is one of my favourite series so I was extremely hyped to read this as you can imagine! Louise Reydon-Joubert, breaks with tradition and becomes “notorious she-captain” of the Old Moon ship when the captain is murdered. So when I discovered that the third book in the series, The Ghost Ship was due to be published this summer I got very excited.