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Cursed Prince
by C.N. Crawford
This book is a good start to the world-building that Crawford created with this post-apocalyptic Norse mythology-based reality. Ali, short for Astrid, is a Night Elf and her kind have been trapped below ground for a thousand years. Marroc, voice silenced for a thousand years cannot do spells without it causing him pain. He is a lich, a dead being, that has no real emotion or feeling until Ali finds the ring which holds his soul. The ring, after contact, transfers Marroc's soul into hers.
Ali and Marroc find themselves in a predicament. Ali needing to find a sorcerer named Galin, the one who is said to have trapped the Night Elves into darkness, and Marroc needing to get his soul back from Ali. Ali is also Marroc's mate. Throughout the book, it becomes clear that Marroc and Galin are one and the same. Marroc and Ali travel through Vanaheim and Helheim and by the end of the first book, Marroc (now revealed to be Galin at this point) is controlled by a crown that his father, King Gorm, places on him.
I appreciate the building of trust throughout this book. Galin is finding his humanity once again after being trapped for so long. Ali is, rightfully so, wary of being around him as his prisoner and his partner in finding answers. There was a lot of information in this book and Crawford does a nice job of making it clear what certain things mean. Since this world is based on Norse mythology it is nice to have some context to back up this world. I feel like by the end of this book there was a sense of partnership between Galin and Ali that isn't love. I like that there wasn't an instant love between them and that their relationship can grow as individuals breaking through their own races and the prejudices of their kind.
Ali and Marroc find themselves in a predicament. Ali needing to find a sorcerer named Galin, the one who is said to have trapped the Night Elves into darkness, and Marroc needing to get his soul back from Ali. Ali is also Marroc's mate. Throughout the book, it becomes clear that Marroc and Galin are one and the same. Marroc and Ali travel through Vanaheim and Helheim and by the end of the first book, Marroc (now revealed to be Galin at this point) is controlled by a crown that his father, King Gorm, places on him.
I appreciate the building of trust throughout this book. Galin is finding his humanity once again after being trapped for so long. Ali is, rightfully so, wary of being around him as his prisoner and his partner in finding answers. There was a lot of information in this book and Crawford does a nice job of making it clear what certain things mean. Since this world is based on Norse mythology it is nice to have some context to back up this world. I feel like by the end of this book there was a sense of partnership between Galin and Ali that isn't love. I like that there wasn't an instant love between them and that their relationship can grow as individuals breaking through their own races and the prejudices of their kind.