Re-title the book

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I think the title is fitting,it captures the crux of the book without giving too much away.
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I'd call it "The Lost Princess".
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A Toss in the Sea would be a good title. I think the pirate theme befits it.
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The Storm because it is about the tumult in taking over the piracy business.
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The Bitter-sweet would be another title. This is because it is about the difficult choices Brandy has to make which may take either of the two tastes.
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"The Red Witch" sounds awkward to me. I think something else would be better, like The Unlikely Witch.
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"The Unbeknown End" because Brandy does not know what her eventuality will be.
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The Heiress though too obvious is another good one.
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"The Tide" would be a perfect one, too.
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"Struggling for the Masts" is another quite obvious one.
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Betrayal in the Sea? That would be a good title, too.
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"At the Crossroads" because of the difficult choices Brandy has to make.
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Perhaps a fusion of the witch and pirate elements would be suited - such as "The Red Witch of the High seas" but if the author prefers keeping the current title it would be suited as well, except maybe as "Ballad of a pirate princess."
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I like the title someone posted earlier: "The Forgotten Heir." "The Red Witch" is good, too, but it reminds me of Game of Thrones.
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Post by Chelan Wilder »

I do agree that the title of this book did mislead me as a reader because I was expecting to read a pirates adventure when it seemed that the pirate theme really only held a few chapters at the beginning of the book. However, I think the title changing to The Red Witch is equally misleading until you actually read the book and know who the Red Witch is. I do agree with other reviews which state keeping pirate in the name is a good idea. Overall, I think the author understands his book best and think his title, though long does capture both the theme and his writing style quite nicely and I do not think a name change is necessary.
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