Vengeance of the Pirate Queen

Narrator Sorinda is Black with dark brown skin, brown eyes, and long dark braids. Other characters' skin ranges from White to onyx, and there's a wide range of hair texture and color. Women are in positions of power and are strong leaders. Men and women work alongside each other as equals. One character is described as big, and there's a brief discussion of being okay with being big.

Killing and fighting with swords, knives, and guns describe slashing, nicking, and plunging knives into body parts. Blood and pain are described in detail. Other than blood there's not much gore in the real world, but fantasy violence includes descriptions of pulling hearts out of living victims, mention of gooey entrails and shattered bones, slicing tendons, hacking off body parts like noses and fingers, and a giant sea monster that eats people. There's an army of the undead controlled by an immortal being. Past memories imply rape, and the murder of a family including young children by slitting throats and drowning is described.

A few kisses with descriptions of emotions and hand placement without mentioning sensitive body parts. The most intense mentions parting legs, locking ankles behind the partner's back, and pressing together. Spending the night together is implied but only kissing is mentioned. Characters model good examples of asking and giving consent. The narrator says her love interest "feels like death" in a positive way that's the same as the feeling she gets when she exacts revenge by killing someone.

"S--t" and variants, "damn," "hell," "arse," and "piss."

A minor character smokes a pipe. Some exploration of a character's past alcohol abuse. Drinking at a celebration, but Sorinda doesn't have any because she likes to stay in control.