Tales Of The Ketty Jay

Some pretty compelling stuff in this series is its beautiful prose, imaginative scenes, and hilarious action that will have you giggling as you struggle to turn the pages faster.The key word when describing this series is 'fun and funny.' Indeed, I've heard this series described as a cross between the Firefly TV series combined with the character Jack Sparrow. The crew is a motley mishmash of different characters who all form a cohesive unit when one of them lands in trouble.  The plot is nothing new but the setting, characters, and story fit so well together that it just works. The premise of the first book in the series follows the crew of the Ketty Jay as they struggle hand to mouth to keep afloat; when they see a get rich quick scheme to end their financial woes for good, they take it, only to find out it was a horrible mistake that gets them framed for a crime they did not commit. This forces them to go on the run -- they have to prove their innocence before they are killed.You won't find anything new or unique in the book; it's not deep, intellectual or anything to write to your English teacher about, but it's a fast paced, entertaining and wildly funny tale that refuses to slow down once you get past the first 100 pages or so. What's particularly entertaining is to watch the crew jump from one bad misadventure to another even worse catastrophe. The Tales of the Ketty Jay really brings to mind the sort of comedic misadventures (though less dark) of Lynch's Lies of Locke Lamora books.The biggest crime is that the author has not yet added anything new to this series in a while.