This was a fun mashup of The Little Mermaid and famous historical pirates like Mary Read, Anne Bonny, Calico Jack, and Blackbeard. If you have enjoyed the other Jane and Mary books by these authors, you are sure to delight in this one as well. The mix of loosely based historical figures plus well known stories plus modern cultural references is just fun to read.

Thank you to NetGalley for this ARC! I absolutely enjoyed the latest adventure from the Lady Janies! This book follows Mary Read (yes, that Mary Read- the historical female pirate), but in this world, she's also the Little Mermaid (yes, that little mermaid). After her heart is broken by the human man she traded her mermaid life before, Mary joins the crew of a pirate ship, but has to disguise herself as a man, as female pirates aren't allowed. On this ship, she becomes best friends with Tobias Teach, the son of Edward Teach (Blackbeard).

After Blackbeard's untimely death, Mary enters a contest to crown the new pirate King. However, someone has found out her secret and you know that her former mer-life is going to come back to mess with her.

This was a really fun adventure! I love the sense of humor that the Lady Janies bring to their books. There were multiple laugh-out-loud moments for me and I will try to patiently wait until I can buy a physical copy of this book to share with my students.

I love the Lady Janies and the Mary series. They take a sad tale and make it better.
I know that these books are historical fantasy, but they also make me go look up all the real deets, so I end up learning real history too.

My Salty Mary has pirates, mermaids, and bad*ss women- who wouldn't want to read it?
This story is fun and fast paced and definitely satisfying!
Highly recommend. It'll be a great book to read by the pool this summer.

Thanks to Netgalley and Harper Collins Children's Books for an early copy for review