Princeless: Raven The Pirate Princess Book 1: Captain Raven and the All-Girl Pirate Crew (PRINCELESS RAVEN PIRATE PRINCESS TP) Paperback – January 26, 2016

I love this book so much. I love the story, the characters, even the way the panels are laid out in certain scenes had me gasping. Each page is visually pleasing, with colors, spacing, and pacing that makes sense to the story. It's just all so thoughtfully chosen.As for the characters themselves, I adore Raven and her band of female pirates and misfits, each unique in appearance and temperament. I also loved the humor and goofiness, certain panels had me laughing out loud or beaming in delight. I really didn't want to get to the end of it, and wondered why I hadn't already ordered the next one so I wouldn't have to wait to read it.And I am way too emotionally invested in the romantic storyline and who Raven will end up going with... though I know who it will be if I could have my say. I am really hoping for a few more romantic scenes amidst all the swashbuckling in the next few novels, I have enjoyed them so much so far! And hooray for such a varied cast of women, wearing exactly what you would expect them to be wearing if they were sea dogs and scallywags and pirates - comfortable, practical clothing! But my lord, some of them look dashing wearing it, and that is fun too.Love it. Can't wait to read the next one.

I love this entire book series; it covers the lives of a crew of women turned pirates sailing the high seas, taking down hoards of villains that try to get in their way. The group lives their lives fearlessly, shamelessly, fighting for what they want, whether it be adventure, love or just friends by their side and the freedom of the high seas.All of the characters are well developed, even the ones who get little screen-time compared to Raven (the main character and bad-ass pirate captain.) and most importantly they come across as a group of normal people thrown into a new and challenging situation. The crew endures hardships and takes time to even figure out how to work together, much less begin pull off Raven's plan to retrieve her family's treasure and her rightful place as Pirate Queen. it's awkward at first, with everyone trying to adjust to their new companions, and realize that they have a little (or a lot) of growing up to do aboard their new floating home.I don't want to spoil anything, but i will say this; the pirate crew are not infallible. They make plenty of mistakes, and some of them are strictly anti-violence, even when it puts them in dangerous situations. But they learn to trust eachother, and believe in themselves, and grow wonderfully as people. Though there are more then a few bruises and wounds along the way.

This is a fun tale of friendship and revenge, centered around an all-female pirate crew that's made up of an incredibly diverse, queer group of women. It's silly at times, introspective at others, and beautifully illustrated.

I can passionately recommend this series from the first comic alone. The only downside is it's very short so you have to have those other books shipping while you read one. The art style is fluid and the movements of characters is clear to follow. The panels are organized. The characters personalities are varied and there's harmony and disharmony in all the right places, no cliche relationships or unoriginal romances. I love the fact that this is about a crew of lgbtq women. The first book is setting the scene for the series, so it was anticlimatic, but I assume the others will have more action and struggle. I will be ordering the next issues in due time. The condition of the book was great with no tears, waterstains, or any other printing flaws.

Princeless: Raven is one of my favorite things. Not one of my favorite comics with queer characters but really just one of my favorite things. Why? I love action, romance, crusades for justice, and I just always, always, always want to see more representation of diverse characters of all kinds, but especially queer folk, people of color, people with disabilities, and I want to see those people just being awesome, and having action adventures with some romance and crusades for justice. This is all that plus it's funny and visually lovely.

This was the first book that captured my daughter’s imagination in years! I just bought her the entire series and she couldn’t be happier. Thank you for making an inclusive storyline for girls everywhere!

I read a copy for free, but was so into it that I knew I needed it for my home. The story only gets better and better, which is why I also ordered the other trades and pre-ordered the next. I'm an adult, but my teenage self would have died 10x over while reading the angsty love triangle.

I really like pirates, and I'm bi so I'm all about the lady loving... this has both and Raven herself is a fantastically entertaining character. I pretty much have every lesbian pirate thing published & printed in English in my personal library and this is definitely one of the stars.To be critical and actually review it ...I mean there's nothing bad about it. I could say somethings the backgrounds can seem a little bland but the art work and writing is either on par or totally blows mainstream comics out of the water. I'm eagerly awaiting vol 2 (already pre-ordered it). This is totally worth supporting.