With all the cold weather, I was in the mood to read something tropical. Based on the description, this book seemed like a good fit. Captain Bradshaw Carroway is sent to the Pacific on vague orders from the admiralty. As a favor to a fellow adventurer, Shaw agrees to deliver a gilded mirror to the Tahitian chieftain known as King George. In his first stop at Australia, he learns his mission is to escort a famous botanist as he completes his research for the Royal Academy. Shaw is quickly engaged in a battle of wits with Zephyr Ponsley, the daughter and assistant of said botanist.
This book promised an exotic locale, cannibals, and battles with French pirates. Unfortunately, none of the dangers fully developed and the result was a nice, if slightly boring story. I think if an author is going to put cannibals in her book, at least one of her characters should be eaten... or at least forced to perform a death defying escape like Johnny Depp in Pirates of the Caribbean.
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